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Congratulations to everyone who has completed
at least One Double Century in 2024 shown HERE.
Even More Congratulations to the
2024 California Triple Crown Winners shown HERE.
Be a California Triple Crown Winner this year!!
HUGE Congratulations to the
2024 California Triple Crown Gold Thousand Mile Club Winners shown HERE.
Be a California Triple Crown Gold Thousand Mile Club Winner this year!!
You need to volunteer at a Double Century to be a Gold Thousand Mile Club Winner.
Click the Volunteer link next to a Double in the Calendar below.
To The California Triple Crown Family:
In order to be a more informed Double Century cyclist, we highly encourage you to join the California Triple Crown Group on Facebook HERE
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CALIFORNIA TRIPLE CROWN AWARDS BREAKFAST ANNOUNCED
The California Triple Crown Awards Breakfast will be held on Sunday September 22, 2024 from 7:30 A.M. to about 10:00 A.M. In order to attend, you need to reserve your seat in advance for the Awards Breakfast. You can find out all about it, reserve your seat and see who has registered at www.CalTripleCrown.com/Awards
The Breakfast will be held indoors at the same location as last year, the Back Bay Conference Center in Irvine. It is just one mile from the Start / Finish of the Beach City Double from the day before. Please wear your favorite California Triple Crown Jersey or Double Century Event Jersey and stay to the end to be in the photos and congratulate the Hall of Famers.
Be sure to come and recognize those who will be inducted into the California Triple Crown Hall of Fame this year!! The California Triple Crown Hall of Fame was started in June of 1999 to recognize those who have accomplished a significant milestone in the Double Century Series by riding over 10,000 Miles or over 50 Double Centuries!! There will be special awards given to those riders who complete 100, 150, and 200 Double Centuries as well. There will be some surprises that you won't want to miss. Because of the COVID pandemic, we couldn't safely have an Awards Breakfast in 2020 or 2021 so we have some catching up to do which we'll do this year.
If you're already in the Hall of Fame, please attend this Breakfast so you can welcome the new Hall of Famers into this elite group.
We will also recognize cyclists who completed their first Double Century in 2024 or their first California Triple Crown Completion in 2024 with complimentary California Triple Crown Water Bottles so please join us at the Awards Breakfast!!
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RESULTS OF 9 2024 DOUBLE CENTURIES POSTED
The results of the 2024 Camino Real, Solvang Spring, Hemet, Mulholland, Devil Mountain, Davis, Eastern Sierra, Alta Alpina 8 Pass Challenge, and Grand Tour Doubles have been posted HERE.
Congratulations to the 82 riders who have already completed their California Triple Crown in 2024 as shown HERE by riding 3 of these Double Centuries!!
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CARMEL VALLEY DOUBLE CENTURY
XeDapViet (XDV) Cycling Club organized a great 9th Annual Valley Double showcasing some of the challenging scenic roads of California's coastal range mountains and dazzling coastline of Monterey County. This Double Century was Stage 2 of the 2024 California Triple Crown Stage Race.
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BEACH CITY DOUBLE CENTURY
This year the 7th Annual Beach City Double is on September 21, 2024. The Courtyard/Marriott JWA in Irvine will be your host hotel and the location of the start/finish. There will be a well planned out route with friendly well stocked rest stops and awesome SAG to help make your day all that more enjoyable.
The route starts in Irvine, goes through Santigo Canyon, Live Oak Canyon, Florence Joyner Olympiad Park, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Beach, Inspiration Point, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach (Surf City, USA), Seal Beach, Long Beach, and turns around at the Queen Mary, then back to Irvine through Newport Beach's Back Bay, then lunch at a nice Irvine park. After lunch then the route goes through Mission Viejo to Wagon Wheel Canyon, San Juna Capistrano, Capo Beach, down to a beautiful ocean view park in San Clemente, and then back to Irvine via Dana Point, Laguna Niguel, Aliso Viejo, Lake Forest, and finish back in Irvine.
We look forward seeing you at the Beach City Double to enjoy a fun filled energetic day with your friends riding to the beautiful vista points along the beaches and to all the other great highlights in Orange County.
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KNOXVILLE FALL CLASSIC DOUBLE CENTURY
The Knoxville Fall Classic Double Century is filling up fast for the main event on September 28, 2024. The Staff Ride will be held September 21, 2024. Check out the Knoxville Fall Classic Double Website for ride details and to register. We are also still in need of some volunteers for both out workers ride and the public event. If you are interested in volunteering, please let us know by signing up on our website on the volunteer information page..
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BEST OF THE BAY DOUBLE CENTURY
This year's Best of the Bay Double (BOB) will be October 5, 2024. See a sunrise and panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay Area, cycle through wooded hills, regional parks, and our very own wine country. Registration is open. Check out the Best of the Bay Website for ride details and to register. This Double Century will be Stage 3 of the 2024 California Triple Crown Stage Race.
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The Prestigious Gold Thousand Mile Club Jersey
The Gold Thousand Mile Club Jersey is only available to those cyclists who complete Five Double Centuries or 1,000 Miles of Double Centuries in One Year PLUS volunteer to support at least one of them. These rides can only continue if volunteers (spelled Y-O-U) jump in and help. Support means that you and/or a family member or friend volunteered to help with a California Triple Crown Double Century. It's not enough to just ride the rides because if that's all everyone does, these major adventures will go the way of the dinosaurs!! It's not easy running Rest Stops 200+ Miles from nowhere so each of these rides need YOUR help. Besides that, it's fun to help out your fellow cyclists and get a chance to talk to some really great people. Active Double Century riders cannot donate their volunteer days to other riders.
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In 1987, Lon Haldeman and Pete Penseyres rode Across America from Huntington Beach, California to Atlantic City, New Jersey, on a Tandem in 7 Days and 14 Hours.
Their record is still the fastest non-stop crossing of the United States by bicycle!!
On the last day, Pete was interviewed while riding on the back of the tandem:
"The important point is to set a goal just beyond your reach.
So if you do meet it, you'll feel really good about the fact that you did your best, considering the circumstances.
As opposed to just like cruising in and then two days later, you start thinking back, Gee we could have done better. There won't be any of that.
We won't have any regrets about how hard we rode. And whether we made it.
We''ve done the best we could the whole way.
And we're going to feel great tonight!!"
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We look forward to seeing and riding with everyone on the Double Centuries in 2024!!
Tony Musorafite, California Triple Crown Assistant Data Guy
Mike Sturgill, California Triple Crown Assistant Data Guy
Lynn Katano, California Triple Crown Social Director
Roland Hoffman, California Triple Crown History Guy
Charlie Irwin, California Triple Crown Software Guy
Chuck Bramwell, California Triple Crown Guy
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2024 California Triple Crown Calendar
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2025 California Triple Crown Calendar
The Rides below are for the 2025 California Triple Crown
The California Triple Crown is awarded on a Calendar Year Basis
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