Purdue Tour d’Eclipse 2024
Thanks for racing! We hope to see you again next year.
TTT START LIST - ver. 2c
TTT Results (v1)
Criterium Results (v1)
Road Race Results (v2)
April 6th - Criterium at Wea Ridge Middle & Elementary Schools
April 7th - Road Race & Collegiate TTT at Martell Forest
Collegiate Racing at Purdue
Purdue University is a part of the Midwest Collegiate Cycling Conference (MWCCC), a division of USA Cycling. There's no pressure to race at all, but racing provides a fantastic opportunity to test your fitness, develop racing skills, push yourself to the limit, and overall have an exciting time on the bike. Because the races are all over the Midwest, you'll get to travel quite a bit too. The club finds itself consistently near the top of the conference standings!
How do I start racing?
Come out to our group rides to meet the club!
First, you'll need to purchase a license through USA Cycling. Go to the USA Cycling website and select Purdue University as your club.
Next, see our kits page to purchase a PCC kit
Races are categorized by skill level, so if you're new to collegiate racing, you'll start out as category D and will be racing alongside other beginners. As you rack up points from race results, you can upgrade categories. At the highest level, category A riders with enough points are invited to the USA Cycling Collegiate Nationals.
Ride with the club and attend the weekly meetings to train & get all the info and advice you need!
Seasons by Discipline
Road: spring semester (March – May)
Cyclocross: fall semester (September – December)
MTB: fall semester (September – October)
Track: summer (May – September)
For more information regarding collegiate racing, check out the official Midwest Collegiate Cycling Conference website.
Road Racing
Collegiate racing offers a great way to try racing if you are interested with racing categories for all levels of experience. The collegiate road season usually begins in early march and continues until Collegiate Road Nationals in May. We have a great central location in the Midwest Collegiate Cycling Conference allowing us to travel to races from Wisconsin and Michigan to Missouri and Kentucky. Many club members also race on the road throughout the summer in non-collegiate races.
Race weekends typically consist of a Team Time Trial, a Road race and a Criterium Race. Collegiate racing is very affordable at usually only $20 per race compared with summer racing (~$30-$60 per race)
Mountain Bike Racing
Purdue Cycling Club is part of the Midwest Collegiate Cycling Conference which holds several intercollegiate Mountain bike races between early september and mid october. Purdue has a great central location allowing relatively easy access to these races.
The DINO (Do INdiana Offroad) series often extends from the summer into the school year. These are very well organized races and several Purdue Cycling Club members race in this series. Check out their site.
Cyclocross Racing
Purdue's central location gives our club great access to several great CX series. The Ohio Valley Cyclocross (OVCX) and Chicago Cross Cup (CCC) series provide high quality races and great competition. They tend to be a bit further but have several races within an hour and a half drive of campus.
Collegiate-only cyclocross unfortunately does not currently have a large scene in the midwest and the races vary from year to year. Most of our cyclocross riders are primarily active in these non-collegiate races.