Limited Spots Remaining... The 508

The 50^th edition of The 508 will take place September 19-21, 2025 in Borrego Springs, CA, a community of 3,500, roughly 90 miles NE of San Diego.

There are 4 spots open for solo, less than 7 spots for each 2-person and 4-person teams. When the spots are full we will start a waitlist. Don't delay your registration!

The 50^th edition of The 508 will be open to solo racers as well as 2 and 4-person teams. Solo riders may ride with or without a support crew. Teams must be accompanied by a support vehicle. The course will feature 4 loops totaling 508 miles with 38,000 ft of elevation gain. Each loop uses a portion of the RAAM route. Each loop will start and finish at the Borrego Springs Resort and Spa.

More information and To Register … https://www.the508.net/

WTTC Is Filling Up Fast!

 2025 6-12-24 HOUR WORLD TIME TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

OCTOBER 31-NOVEMBER 2 - BORREGO SPRINGS, CA



REGISTRATION IS OPEN!

Every fall, the best endurance time trial racers from around the world gather in Borrego Springs, a quiet Southern California resort community. They come to determine who is the fastest in the world, to set personal records, and to spend time with friends in the bicycle racing community.

This year, the 24-hour race will start at 5:00 pm on Friday, October 31st, and the 12-hour at 5:00 am on Saturday, November 1st. The 6-hour race will be held the following day, Sunday, November 2nd. This will give racers the extra opportunity to challenge themselves by racing either the 24-hour or the 12-hour and the 6-hour race the next day.

Full details at www.24hrworlds.com

How To Follow RAAM – RAW - RAE

CHOOSE YOUR RESOURCE

Visit our website at www.raceacrossamerica.org. Scroll over “FOLLOW THE RACE” and you’ll see a dropdown menu that lists, “ROSTER & RACE COVERAGE,” “LIVE TRACKING,” and “RAAM FACEBOOK.”

Or, see our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raceacrossamerica/?hl=en

RESULTS

The Results tab is where you’ll find the official standings and much more. On the dropdown menu, click on “ROSTER & RACE COVERAGE,” then move your cursor to “RACE COVERAGE” and then click on “RESULTS.”

Click on any of the solo racer or team names and you’ll see a full report of their arrival date and time at each of the 55 time stations on the route. The column labeled “TS#” tells the most recent Time Station at which a given racer or team has arrived. “Miles” is the distance a racer has ridden since the start. “ARR DT” is the date and time a racer arrived at their most recent time station. “Race TM” is the time elapsed since the start of the race, expressed total elapsed time since the start in days, hours, minutes. “Avg” is the racer’s average speed thus far, expressed in miles per hour.

For more information about the racers/teams click on the ’Racers’ tab and select the team of racer name.

LIVE TRACKING: Become a RAAM “Dot Watcher”

Access it by clicking on “LIVE TRACKING.”

Each solo racer and team has a tracker from TrackLeaders that transmits their position on the course and their current speed. Each solo racer and team shows as an individual dot on a map of the course.

“Dot Watching” is a fun way to keep up with RAAM. This system practically takes the fans onto the course. It’s possible to zoom in on the map to see every turn in the road, the elevation profile can be shown so it’s possible to tell just how steep a particular climb is. Each racer or team’s distance since the last time station is shown, so you can really see the battles unfold as one racer chases another.

As great as TrackLeaders system is, crews sometimes forget to change their tracker’s battery, and we’ve had racers damage their trackers, so in either case, that racer or team will disappear from the tracking stream. We’ve also had crews forget the tracker in one of their vehicles, (“Wow, racer # so-and-so is going 65 mph!”).

 RAAM FACEBOOK

Our Facebook page is the best source of videos, photos and written reports of what is happening on course. Thanks to Facebook, many of the photos here are posted within minutes after being taken, many of the videos are posted within a couple of hours—sometimes sooner.

Facebook is also where we LiveStream the RAAM and RAW starts from Oceanside, the RAE start from Ohio, and the racer finishes from Atlantic City.

NOTE: Other than the starts and finishes, 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗡𝗢 𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗠𝗦. If you see a comment in one of our posts claiming to be a live stream of the race, know that the post is fake, and that if you click on it, the link will ask for your credit card for access. Don’t fall for it! We delete these bogus posts as we find them, but these scammers are persistent and sometimes their posts stay up for a while.

• Send this link to any friends who want to follow RAAM. (https://www.facebook.com/RAAMraces)

Tortour Ultra (Zurich, Switzerland) - July 10, 2025

Tortour starts July 10 in Zurich, Switzerland. Organized in 2009, this year will be the 16th edition of Tortour. The event employs 4 loops – 500km, 250km, 200km and 50km. The 4 loops are arranged in cloverleaf fashion. Each loop starts and finishes in Kusnacht, a municipality located on Lake Zurich, 8km SSE of Zurich.

The event features 4 distances – 1000km, 500km and 250km, as well as a 50km route for beginners. In addition, there is a 200km gravel ride, as well as other activities. The 1000km is the RAAM Qualifier. The actual distance - approximately 1,007km with 15,300mt of elevation gain – is achieved by riding all 4 loops. Tortour Ultra is open to solo racers as well as 2 and 4-person teams. There is also an open category which accommodates teams of 5-8 riders.

In addition, there is something called “Tortour Myself” where you can ride the 50km loop as many times as you can in 9-, 12- or 24-hours.

Tortour has become an “ultra-classic”, attracting more than 500 participants every year. The event has become an important step on the road to RAAM. Since inception 5 Tortour winners have won Solo RAAM – 3 women (Nicole Reist, Trix Zgraggen and Isabelle Pulver – all Swiss) and 3 men (Dani Wyss and Reto Schoch, both Swiss, and Slovenian Jure Robic).

More information … https://www.tortour.com/en/

Race Across Germany – 2 Races

The Race Across Germany was organized in 2014 by Dieter Gopfert. The first race ran north-to-south, from Flensburg on Germany’s northern border with Denmark to Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Germany’s southern border with Austria. Later he added a second race, from Aachen on Germany’s western border with Belgium and Netherlands to Gorlitz on Germany’s eastern border with Poland. Both are point-to-point road races.

Racers pass through medieval towns steeped in history. Both are open to solo racers as well as 2-person team with a support crew or self-supported and 4-person teams with a support crew. Both have a 60 racer field limit. Both races offer live tracking. Solo racers with a support crew or self-supported may qualify for Solo RAAM.

Race Across Germany W-E (Aachen, Germany) – August 22, 2025 The Aachen to Gorlitz race is 800 km with 7,800 mts of elevation gain. The route runs west-to-east through the heart of Germany. Racers start in Aachen at the Marketplace in front of the town hall and finish in Gorlitz at Europamarathon event area on Elisabethstrasse.

Race Across Germany N-S (Flensburg, Germany) – July 11, 2025   The Flensburg to Garmisch-Partenkirchen race is 1,100 km with 7,500 mts of elevation gain. The route runs north-to-south through the heart of Germany. Racers start at the port in Flensburg on the westernmost inlet of the Baltic Sea and finish at the foot of the Bavarian Alps in Garmisch-Partenkirchen at the Olympic Ski Jump Stadium.

More information … https://www.raceacrossgermany.de/

D+ Ultracycling Dolomitica (Sarmede, Italy) - July 11, 2025

The 12th edition of D+ Ultracycling Dolomitica will take place July 11. Racers will start and finish in the Piazza del Popolo, Vittorio Veneto, Italy, a small town located at the foot of the Dolomites, roughly an hour’s drive north of Venice. Participants will be treated to absolutely spectacular mountain scenery. There are 3 distances: 180km, 380km and 714km, the 714km distance being the RAAM Qualifier.

The race was the brainchild of Roberto Pico. The race is dedicated to the memory of local cycling legend, Vito Favero. Racing as a professional from 1956 to 1962, he recorded a number of wins, including stages in the Giro d’Italia and a 2nd place finish in the 1958 Tour de France.

At 714km with 19,220mt elevation gain Dolomitica has the most climbing of any RAAM Qualifier. This year racers must climb 22 mountain passes.

Dolomitica finishers have gone on to post Solo RAAM finishes. After winning the inaugural Dolomitica in 2014, Ralph Diseviscourt (LUX), recorded two Solo RAAM finishes - 2016 and 2018. Many Solo RAAM finishers have subsequently raced Dolomitica, including Edward Fuchs (AUT), Martin Bergmeister (ITA), Valerio Zamboni (ITA/MON), Hansi Nyfeler (SUI), Dani Genovesi (BRA) and Angela Perin (ITA).

Dolomitica is open to Solo racers as well as 2 and 4-person teams. If you are looking for a challenging course with spectacular mountain scenery, this is the event.

More information … https://www.ultracyclingdolomitica.com/

RTTC National 24-Hour Challenge (Frandon, UK) – July 26, 2025  

 We are pleased to announce the RTTC (Road Time Trials Council) National 24-Hour Championships will again be a RAAM Qualifying event.  In 1922 a group of clubs formed the Road Racing Council (the Council). In 1937 they organized the Road Time Trials Council (RTTC) with the purpose of establishing standards for time trials, admitting non-member clubs and promoting the sport. In 2002 the Council and RTTC reached an agreement to continue the long standing aims, standards and integrity of the Council. There are over 3,000 events in England, Scotland and Wales, among them, the RTTC National 24 hour Championship … the RAAM Qualifier.

The event takes place in the Northwest of England. Race headquarters will be at the Farndon Community Club, in the village of Farndon, Cheshire, approximately 50km S of Liverpool. The course is 196 km with 1,452.5 meters of elevation gain.  The race field is limited to 120 participants. So, register early!

More information … https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/events/32190-rttc-national-24-hour-championship

6-12-24 Hour Mid-West Time Trial Championships (Chillicothe, OH) – July 26, 2025  

The event is produced by Heather and Joe Lawhorn, a 2018 Solo RAAM finisher.  The event will be held at Gearhart Farms, near the village of yellowbud, approximately 12 miles N of Chillicothe.

The course is a clockwise loop – 19.8 miles with 291 ft of elevation gain. The course is extremely flat – only 88 ft between the lowest point and the highest point. There are 6, 12 and 24-hour options in the drafting and non-drafting solo, tandem, 2 and 4-person relay teams and fixed gear categories.

More information … https://www.raam593.com/general-clean

OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA:

The Host With The Most

Since 2006, one of the coolest things about RAAM & RAW is the warm welcome that our racers, their crews, and our staff receive from our starting line host, the classic seaside town of Oceanside, California. It's such a great place to visit and enjoy!

If your travels take you to Southern California, you really should spend a day or three in Oceanside. For more information about Oceanside: https://visitoceanside.org/