{"id":759276,"date":"2026-06-25T02:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T02:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/759276\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T02:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T02:22:15","slug":"bend-summer-criterium-series-returns-for-five-week-cycling-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/759276\/","title":{"rendered":"Bend Summer Criterium Series returns for five-week cycling event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) &#8212; The Bend Summer Criterium Series, presented by McGlone Property Group-EXP Realty, is returning for a five-week series. The cycling event will take place around Pacific Crest Middle School in Bend, Ore., from June 24, 2026, to July 22, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Organized by the Horner Cycling Foundation, the series offers racing categories for various age groups. Horner Law, LLP will sponsor free racing for all junior participants.<\/p>\n<p>The race schedule for the series includes multiple categories. The Kiddie Crit, for ages 0-8, will be one lap and start at 5:10 p.m. for 10 minutes. Junior Open and Junior Women categories, for ages 9-12, will begin at 5:25 p.m. and last 20 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Additional races include Women one\/two\/3, Women four\/5, Women four\/five Masters and Women one\/two Masters, starting at 5:50 p.m. for 30 minutes. The Open four\/5 race begins at 6:25 p.m. and runs for 40 minutes. The Open one\/two\/three and Open one\/two Masters races will start at 7:10 p.m. and last 51 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>All participants must have an OBRA membership. Single race and annual OBRA memberships are available online and at the event. Online registration closes by noon on race day at obra.org\/schedule. Day-of registration starts at 3:00 p.m. under the OBRA tent at Pacific Crest Middle School, located at 3030 NW Elwood Lane, Bend, Ore.<\/p>\n<p>The Horner Cycling Foundation&#8217;s mission is to establish an inclusive junior road cycling team. This team is designed to be accessible to all socioeconomic backgrounds, focusing on skill development, team building and cultivating a lifelong passion for cycling.<\/p>\n<p>The Bend Summer Criterium Series begins today, June 24, 2026. More information can be found at www.hornercyclingfoundation.org, or by contacting Molly Cogswell-Kelley at 541-480-6975.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) &#8212; The Bend Summer Criterium Series, presented by McGlone Property Group-EXP Realty, is returning for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":759277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-759276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/759277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}