After a decade-long absence, the Philadelphia Cycling Classic is returning this August, marking the reemergence of one of America’s most popular and beloved bicycle races and one of the first bicycle races in the world to offer equal prize pay for both the men’s and women’s races.
The race, which was first held for the men in 1985 with a women’s race added in 1994, is known for its leafy run down Kelly Drive, its legion of screaming fans lining the city’s historic roads, and, most of all, for its repeated climbs up the wall-like hills of the city’s Manayunk neighbourhood.
