2025 Tour de Madison

DESCRIPTION.  The 37th annual Tour de Madison (TDM) will be held, rain or shine, on Saturday, May 17.  The tour offers a 65-mile metric century (with about 3,750 feet of climbing), a 45-mile route, and a 22-mile family ride.  The registration fee includes a t-shirt (if you register by May 3) and lunch at one of two food trucks.  The metric century route will feature four rest stops and SAG support.

REGISTRATION.  Register on the TDM website, https://tourdemadison.com.  TDM registration opened on Jan. 1.  The nonrefundable fee is $50 through the end of the day on May 3, and $60 from May 4 through 5 p.m. on Monday, May 12, when registration closes.  There is no day-of-ride registration.

DATE & TIME.  Saturday, May 17.  The metric century ride officially starts at 7:30 a.m.

STARTING LOCATION & ROUTE.  The ride starts at Hoover Ridge Park, 75 Primary School Dr., Madison, VA 22727.  From Madison, drive south on Fairground Road (VA Rte. 687).  Turn left onto Primary School Dr.  In 0.1 mile, turn left onto Hoover Ridge. Continue 0.1 mile to the Park.  The RideWithGPS route is 2024 Tour de Madison Metric Century (65.5).

STAYING OVERNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT.  It is a 2.25- to 2.5-hour drive from Williamsburg to Madison.  If you want to drive the morning of the ride, that’s an awfully early start.  In 2023 and 2024, WAB members stayed in Culpeper the night before the ride.  In the morning, they had a 20- to 25-minute drive from Culpeper to Madison.  You are encouraged to stay in Culpeper (17 miles north of Madison) because the University of Virginia’s graduation ceremonies will be held on the same weekend.  It will be virtually impossible to book a hotel room within a 30-mile radius of Charlottesville for Friday night, May 16.  In the past, WAB members have booked rooms at the Microtel Inn & Suites and at Baymont by Wyndham in Culpeper.