Race details | |
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Date | May |
Region | Burlington, Iowa |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | National calendar |
Type | Criterium |
Organiser | Bike Burlington |
Race director | Kim Hunsaker |
Web site | snakealleycriterium |
History | |
First edition | 1983 |
Editions | 39 (as of 2023) |
First winner | Jeff Bradley (USA) |
Most wins | Jason McCartney (USA)(3 wins) |
Most recent | Cade Bickmore (USA) |
History (women) | |
First winner | Liz Heller (USA) |
Most wins |
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Most recent | Rylee Mcmullen (USA) |
The Snake Alley Criterium is a criterium cycling race that takes place annually on Memorial Day weekend in Burlington, Iowa. The bike race is most famous for riding up Snake Alley, which was named by Ripley's Believe It Or Not as the crookedest alley in the world. The Snake Alley portion of the race includes a 60-foot (18 m) ascent on the 276-foot-long (84 m) alley and includes five major turns.
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