This will be the 16th year of the Iowa Spring Classic!
The Iowa Spring Classic - Cumming edition is your early-season gravel tune-up, testing fitness on classic Cumming roads and wrapping it all up with a post-race party at the Cumming Tap! There is an A, B and C Race for all abilities!
A RACE (cash for top 3 in each category)
B RACE (prizes for top 3 in each category)
C RACE (prizes for top 3 in each category)
No USAC license needed.
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UPDATES:
- 4.2.26
- Registration closed (69 pre-reg)
- Cumming Tap will have Pull Pork sandwiches and chops for pre-race food - Tip well! - 1.29.26
- USAC Permit filed -
- Opened Online Registration - 1.22.26
- Event Posted - Details, times, payouts subject to change as we solidify the details.
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A RACE - Advanced
B RACE - Intermediate
- 4 Laps - 22.8 miles
- Recommended categories: USAC MTB cat 3 & USAC Road cat 3-4
- Awards Women - 3 places for BIKEIOWA Gear
- Awards Men - 3 places for BIKEIOWA Gear
C RACE - Beginner
- 2 Laps - 11.4 miles
- Recommended categories: Beginners & USAC Road cat 5
- This race is ONLY for beginners - If you've raced the C Race last year or any other gravel race, sign up for the B Race!
- Awards Women - 3 places for Cumming Tap Gear
- Awards Men - 3 places for Cumming Tap Gear
- What is the “C” Race at the Iowa Spring Classic?
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Itinerary
- 10:00 am Registration opens
- 11:30 am - Pre-race meeting outside Cumming Tap
- 11:35 am - Leisure ride to the race start - 4.2 miles ride along the Great Western Trail
- 12:00 pm - A Race start
- 12:02 pm - B Race start
- 12:04 pm - C Race start
- 3:00-ish pm - Awards presented at Cumming Tap once all races are over and everyone is back.
- Post Party - The Cumming Tap will be offering some post-race food. Stick around!
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Pre-Race Meeting and Ride to the Start Line
11:50 am - We'll have a short pre-race meeting at the starting line area (No longer at 11:35am at the Tap).
Take the Great Western Trail South for 4.2 miles to the start line (
VIEW ROUTE).
Leave ample time to ride down! recommended time is 20 minutes.
No mass start with all the racers this year - ride down on your own.
If you need a drop bag hauled to the start, we'll have a vehicle at the Cumming Tap.
Rules
All USAC Rules apply and a helmet is required at all times. Course is open to traffic and the center-line rule will be strictly enforced. The Promoter reserves the right to combine fields when applicable.
NO REFUNDS, in accordance with USAC rules.
No Neutral Follow - No Neutral Support - No Neutral Wheels.
The course is all gravel. Carry a tube, pump/CO2 canister, etc. during your race.
BE SAFE
The course is NOT closed. We will have course marshals, but watch out for YOU.
YOU need to know the course.
Watch out for vehicles, dogs, ruts, fresh gravel, soft spots and holes.
Be careful riding behind someone or in a pack
Be careful passing - the road conditions can change quickly
Watch the corners - they are very soft
Easy on the downhills.
Ride Right - move to the right when riding up hills
Be Nice - call out holes, ruts, etc to your fellow racers
Bike Choice
It's up to you. You know your skill-set.
35mm tires or more are recommended
Road bikes with skinny tires are not recommended
Fat-Bike friendly
Weather and gravel/course conditions are different each year
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What is a Spring Classic?
The Spring Classics are a set of major one-day races that take place across Northern Europe. With some of the sport's oldest and most iconic events among their number, they are deeply enshrined in cycling history and heritage. They kick off in late February and each race has its own charm and characteristics with the pavé or cobbles.
Iowa has had Spring Classics for years and the Cumming Spring Classic is our tribute to the great European races.
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That all said - Have Fun!