Luke Lamperti and Kate Courtney plan debuts at The Growler road race in April - North American Roundup

American Luke Lamperti of EF Education - EasyPost celebrates on the podium of the first stage of 84th edition of the Paris-Nice cycling race, 170,9 km from Archeres to Carrieres-sous-Poissy, Sunday 08 March 2026.BELGA PHOTO DAVID PINTENS (Photo by DAVID PINTENS / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP).

Paris-Nice stage winner Luke Lamperti (EF Education-EasyPost) and UCI Cross-country Marathon MTB world champion Kate Courtney are among the riders making debuts at this year's The Growler race at Levi's GranFondo presented by Skipstone.

Both Lamperti and Courtney are from northern California and wanted to take part in the local event that had exploded in popularity over the first two years. The 136-mile one-day race, with a $156,000 prize purse for elite men and women and a live stream, returns for a third edition on April 25, 2026 in Windsor, California.