On-line registration is Open!
Challenge Ride, Amateur Cycling Ride in Crystal City, Virginia
Saturday, June 3rd, 2023
Crystal City
Starts at 7 am, Closes at 10 am
The 2023 Armed Forces Cycling Classic Challenge Ride, brought to you by The Boeing Company, is an amateur ride, open to cyclists of all abilities. The ride will take place on Saturday, June 3rd on a course closed to traffic, starting and finishing in Crystal City, traveling past the Pentagon, up to Roslyn, and back. The official start is at 7:00 am and all riders must be off the course by 10:00 am.
Riders can participate as a General Registrant or as a member of a Corporate Challenge Team. Also, consider fundraising for TAPS, our official beneficiary! 100% of the proceeds raised from TEAM TAPS will benefit this wonderful organization!
The Armed Forces Challenge:
Active Duty, retired, veterans, and reserve armed forces members compete to earn bragging rights as the most competitive service. Save $10 on registration for ALL military, use COUPON CODE: MIL2022
The service whose participants complete the most TOTAL laps, as well as the most laps completed by their top 6 riders, will be honored and recognized on stage. It doesn’t matter if you are participating as an individual or if you are on a Corporate Challenge team, if you are active duty, guard, vet, retired or reserve, your laps will count as part of this challenge! When you register, simply indicate your branch of service, and don’t forget to bring your military ID to packet pick-up to confirm your status.
The Amazon Corporate Challenge
Companies and organizations form teams to participate in the Amazon Corporate Challenge Ride.
Registration fees are based on the number of riders in a team. To start your own team, go to our STORE and then CORPORATE CHALLENGE, and select the level based on your team size. There is also a $1000 suggested pledge per team to benefit TAPS.
Here are our 2022 Amazon Corporate Challenge Team Line-up:
The Boeing Company, Blue Halo, Corvias, JLL, Amazon, SAIC, United Airlines, Covington and Burling LLP, Clark Construction, Gibbs & Cox, LCOR, MITRE, NT Concepts, Total Civil Construction, CBRE, Grunley, Savills, Wiley-Wilson, Whiting-Turner and Cobalt.
Teams are invited to create their own fundraising page to support our beneficiary. The top three fundraising teams will be recognized on stage on Saturday, following the Challenge Ride.
In addition, awards will be given after the ride to the Corporate Challenge Team that accumulates the most TOTAL laps, as well as the most laps accumulated by their top 6 riders.
Set up your Challenge Team fundraising page HERE.
We can also offer an upgraded Team tent that can also include a signage package. Contact us directly if you are interested: info@arlingtonsports.org
Packet Pick-up: (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
We mailed bib numbers to ONLY those that registered prior to May 1st. Those that registered after May 1st will need to pick up their numbers on the morning of the event at the Event Information Center, next to the Freshman restaurant, on the service drive at 20th ST and Crystal Drive. Bib numbers will be available for pick-up between 5:30am - 8am.
Additionally, ALL corporate Challenge Teams will receive their packets from their Team Captain, the week prior to the event.
SATURDAY, June 4th: CRYSTAL CITY
Event Information Center: On 20th ST S near Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 6:00 am - 8:00 am
PLEASE NOTE:
For insurance reasons, all riders must be a minimum age of 10 on or before ride day. Each rider must be present to pick up their own packet, must have a photo ID and will be required to sign a USA Cycling Waiver prior to receiving their packet - No EXCEPTIONS!!
NO E-BIKES. Sorry, but this is a human powered challenge ONLY.
If you are registered in the DISCOUNTED ENTRY category, you must bring a valid Military ID indicating that you are active duty, reserve or retired military. There are no other Discounted Entry Categories that will be accepted. If you do not have an ID, then you will need to pay a $10 step-up fee to the general category when you pick up your packet. If you mistakenly registered in this category and are not Active Duty Military, it will be handled at pick-up.
Ride Start:
Corporate Challenge riders will be allowed to begin in the first waves. General Registrants will follow with many of those attempting to achieve a Gold medal pace. Remember, you will be able to begin your ride starting anytime between 7 am and 9:30 am. The course will close promptly 3 hours after the final White staging area participants begin after passing the start/finish line (approximately 10:05 am).
Upon completion of your laps, please follow the course exit signs to receive your finishers medal.
Age:
Participants must have reached the age of 10 on or before June 4, 2022.
Awards:
All finishers receive a medal! Riders that complete 9 or more laps receive Gold, riders that complete 6 to 8 laps will receive Silver, and riders that complete 5 or fewer will receive Bronze.
Standard Challenge Ride Registration Fees:
After March 31, 2022: $95 General Entry (We will continue to honor our $10 Military discount for Active Duty, Reserve, Retired, Guard, use Discount Code: MIL2022)
Online registration closes when we sell out.
Registrations prior to May 2nd will be mailed directly. Ride numbers will be available for registrations made after May 3rd at packet pick-up on Saturday morning, June 4th. Standard and Discounted Registration Fee Includes Closed course to traffic, Timing chip, finishers medal.
Refund Policy:
No refunds. If we need to cancel this year’s event, due to impacts associated with Covid-19, registrations will be automatically transferred to 2023, and you will receive a notification.
Transfer Policy:
There will be a $10 transfer fee applied to transfer your registration to another individual.
