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America\u2019s top one-day pro cycling race takes place in Baltimore City on Saturday, September 6<\/p>\n
Maryland Public Television<\/a>\u00a0(MPT) will again serve as the exclusive regional broadcaster of the\u00a0Maryland Cycling Classic<\/a>\u00a0taking place in Baltimore on\u00a0Saturday, September 6. The statewide public TV network will offer viewers up to nine hours of live coverage of the prestigious professional cycling race on MPT-HD, the\u00a0MPT livestream<\/a>,\u00a0and the free\u00a0PBS app<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Maryland Cycling Classic will feature competitive cyclists from around the world including Tour de France participants, world champions, national champions, Olympians, and cycling heroes from 30 countries. Competitors include top teams from Europe and North America as well as the Benin National Team, which is slated to make history at the Maryland Cycling Classic as the first African female national team to participate in a major American pro road race.<\/p>\n The event is considered America\u2019s premier one-day pro cycling race. It is also a UCI ProSeries one-day international cycling race sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and USA Cycling. The race is hosted by the City of Baltimore and the State of Maryland.<\/p>\n MPT\u2019s Maryland Cycling Classic coverage begins at 8 a.m. with a 30-minute preview show prior to the women\u2019s race, featuring sports broadcaster Jim Hunter anchoring the MPT Sports Desk from Owings Mills. MPT reporters Sue Kopen, Nancy Yamada, and Charles Robinson will offer features on the women\u2019s race and a local bike event, while former professional champion road-racing cyclist Fred \u201cFast Freddie\u201d Rodriguez and other special guests will join in from the course to offer pre-race analysis and insights.<\/p>\n MPT will broadcast the women\u2019s race starting at 8:30 a.m. Live coverage will continue through the men\u2019s race winner crossing the finish line and the podium award ceremony, which is estimated to take place around 4:30 p.m. The network\u2019s coverage will wrap up with a post-race MPT Sports Desk segment. More information is available at\u00a0MPT.org\/MarylandCyclingClassic.<\/p>\n With 28 turns, the 2025 race course covers a route of nearly 18 miles. The women\u2019s race will be comprised of four laps totaling 71.6 miles, while the men\u2019s race will include six laps for a total distance of 107.4 miles. Both races will start at the Harbor Point District\u2019s Central Plaza and finish on East Pratt Street at the Inner Harbor. The course will feature Fan Zones along the route where viewers can watch the live race.<\/p>\n During a recent press conference, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott indicated that he expects approximately 100,000 spectators citywide to cheer on the competitors.<\/p>\n MPT provided similar broadcast coverage during the second edition of the Maryland Cycling Classic in 2023. The race did not take place in 2024.<\/p>\n Visit\u00a0MarylandCyclingClassic.us<\/a>\u00a0for up-to-date information about the full schedule of race weekend events.<\/p>\n About Maryland Public Television<\/p>\n Maryland Public Television (MPT) is a statewide, public-supported TV network and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member offering entertaining and educational content delivered by traditional broadcasting and streaming on TVs, computers, and mobile devices via its\u00a0online video player<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0free PBS app<\/a>. A state agency operating under the auspices of the Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission, MPT also produces local, regional, and national programming and frequently earns regional Emmy\u00ae awards for its work. MPT\u2019s commitment to educators, parents, caregivers, and learners of all ages is delivered through its\u00a0Maryland Center for Media Literacy & Education<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Thinkport.org<\/a>. MPT\u2019s year-round community engagement activities connect viewers with resources covering a wide range of topics. More information is available at\u00a0mpt.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"America\u2019s top one-day pro cycling race takes place in Baltimore City on Saturday, September 6 Maryland Public Television\u00a0(MPT)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-87725","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\/87725","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=87725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}