The Revival of the Greenville Cycling Classic Shows There Are Still Enthusiastic Bike Racing Fans

By Aimee Trepanier

The Revival of the Greenville Cycling Classic Shows There Are Still Enthusiastic Bike Racing Fans

Greenville, South Carolina, has a 30-year history of hosting bike races. The inaugural event was the Michelin Cycling Classic and was raced each year from 1986 to 2000. The name was changed to the Greenville Cycling Classic in 2001 and continued until 2006.

The Tour DuPont started and finished here in 1995 and returned for a stage finish in 1996. It has hosted the US Professional Road Race Championships, ParaCycling World Championships, and the US Professional Criterium Championships.

Other than the annual Gran Fondo Hincapie that started in 2012, Greenville hasn’t hosted big time bike racing since 2016, but that all changed with the revival of the Greenville Cycling Classic this past Thursday, which was the first stop of the Speedweek Series.

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