COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (BRAIN) — Following the final event of the 2017 Haute Route Cycling Series around Mont Ventoux in France last weekend, Switzerland-based OC Sport announced its full calendar of 11 events for the 2018 season, including three new events in the U.S.
The 2018 season will open with the inaugural three-day Haute Route San Francisco (April 20-22). The season will continue in the Appalachian Mountains in North Carolina with the three-day Haute Route Asheville (May 18-20).
The final new three-day event on North American soil next year will be the Haute Route Utah (Sept. 14-16), which will be held in Cedar City in September.
The new three-day events build on Haute Route's seven-day U.S. event, the Mavic Haute Route Rockies. This event returns for a second edition in Colorado from June 23-29.
Additional new global events include the Maserati Haute Route Norway and a revamped three-day Haute Route Dolomites and Haute Route Stelvio.
FULL CALENDAR 2018:
- SAN FRANCISCO April 20th to 22nd
- ASHEVILLE May 18th to 20th
- STELVIO June 8th to 10th
- MAVIC ROCKIES June 23rd to 29th
- ALPE D'HUEZ July 13th to 15th
- MASERATI NORWAY August 3rd to 5th
- PYRENEES August 18th to 24th
- ALPS August 26th to September 1st
- DOLOMITES, 3 days in September
- UTAH September 14th to 16th
- VENTOUX October 5th to 7th
