Cyclists converge on Sisters
Riders in the Elite Women category battled over a dusty course in the Sisters Stampede last Sunday.
photo by Jerry Baldock
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photo by Jerry Baldock
Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of cycling season in Sisters.
Estimates are that a thousand riders visited Sisters over the holiday weekend. Five hundred took part in the annual Sisters Stampede on Peterson Ridge. Event officials told The Nugget that entrants from at least nine states registered for this year’s ride. A cyclist from New Jersey traveled the farthest and a rider from Tucson made the 1,250-mile journey to compete in one of two timed events — the short course (14 miles) and the long course (25 miles).