Local Racing Series

Take a look at the wide range of skinny tire racing on the road, track as well as a TT series!

Related Notes & Updates

Some timely notes of particular interest:

• Some VCL updates (mainly added Caleb on June 28th, but turns out cancelled)
• Update on the Royal Bay Crit as well

Road Racing

Victoria’s road scene is features the VCL (Victoria Cycling League), traditionally with several dozen races from April thru July. Below is their draft schedule for 2025, keep an eye on their site for any last-minute updates we may miss here.

Also in July we’ll should expect to see the Victoria Cycling Festival, and in 2025 will predominately feature the Masters National Championships, but will feature non-Masters racing options as well. The three day event last year featured a TT in North Saanich, a hilly road race in Metchosin, and a crit around the Legislature!

NOTE: Check back, VCL date have been changing, will note when it happens.

March

Sun, Mar 23rd – North Saanich Kermesse

April

Sun, Apr 6th – Seabrook Crit
Sun, Apr 13th – Cobble Hill/Mill Bay RR May be a Royal Bay Crit – Confirmed, cancelled date.
Sat, Apr 26th – Caleb Pike (moved to May 4th)

May

Sun, May 4th – Windsor Park Crit (moved to the 11th)
Sun, May 4th – Caleb Pike (postponed or cancelled)
Sun, May 11th – Windsor Park Crit (changed date!)
Tue, May 13th – Sidney TT
Sun, May 25th – Metchosin RR – Cherry Pt

June

Wed, Jun 11th – Newton Heights
Wed, Jun 18th – Seabrook Crit (cancelled due to road permit requirements)
Tue, Jun 24th – Sidney TT
Sat, Jun 28th – Caleb Pike (I didn’t actually have it listed, but is cancelled)
Sun, Jun 29th – Windsor Park Crit

July

Wed, Jul 16th – Newton Heights
Wed, Jun 23rd – North Saanich Kermesse
Wed, Jul 30th – Caleb Pike (moved to Aug 10th)

August

Sun, Aug 3rd – Windsor Park Crit
Sat, Aug  10th – Caleb Pike (moved to Aug 17th)
Sun, Aug  17th – Caleb Pike (updated Apr 16th)
Sun, Aug 18th – Caleb Pike (typo)
Sat, Aug 23rd – PKOLS Hill Climb (updated Apr 16th, tho not sure if 23rd or 24th)

VCL Course Maps (Strava segments, for location reference):

Caleb Pike | Seabrook Crit | Cherry Point RR | Cobble Hill | Neild Rd HC | Newton Height Hilly Crit
North Saanich Kermesse | Sidney TT Lap | Willis Pt HC | Windsor Park | Latoria (retired) | Western Speedway (retired)

Royal Bay Crit Series

A new crit series, featuring fresh tarmac in Royal Bay! We ran a race in 2024 which everyone loved, and will be back for 2025!

Below are our draft dates, and will be holding a couple ‘Learn To’ practice crit sessions, especially great for those who want to learn to race crits, or work on their cornering and other crit skills!

UPDATE: Planned dates not working out, but currently have Saturday, July 12th as a working date.

Sat, May 3rd – Clinic/Learn To session (before the first Windsor Park)

Sun, May 11th – Royal Bay Crit #1

Sat, Jun 14th – Clinic/Learn To session (in conjunction with Tripleshot)

Sun, Jun 22nd – Royal Bay Crit #2

Sun, Jul 13th – Royal Bay Crit #3

Keep an eye on this section, or the Royal Bay Crit page for more details!

Up-island in Nanaimo MIVA have regular TTs and rides, check out their busy calendar here!

On the mainland, 2025 events we have:

• The Spring Openers series starting March 2nd-30th by Local Ride with three in the series, if you’re itching for racing and willing to travel!
• The Spring Racing League (or Legaue?🤣) organized by the Thrashers is a 6 week series, Mar 15th – May 24th, looks exciting! New courses for 2025, details here.
• Also of note, in 2023 the Delta road race is July 9th (website wasn’t working), July 10th is the 2024 Gastown Grand Prix, and hopefully we’ll have more events for BC Superweek!

2025 BC Provincial Championships

The BC Road Champs are back on the island for 2025! Dates should be set, but no links so far.

• Prov. TT Champs – Fri, May 30th, details TBA, but likely the Panache TT loop.
• Prov. Road Champs – Sat, May 31st, details TBA, but likely the Metchosin course
• Prov. Crit Champs – Sun, Jun 1, details TBA, but word is a loop in Sidney

2025 Canadian National Championships

• Nat. Road & TT Champs – Jun 27th – 30th, Elite, Jr, Para in St. Georges, PQ, details here.
• Nat. Road & TT Champs – Aug 8th – 10th, Masters in Victoria, BC, details here and here.
  Appears to be Airport TT, Metchosin hilly RR, Legislature crit.

Time Trials

The Sidney Velo TT series has been a Tuesday regular for decades, thank you to the Sidney Velo club for hosting this event so long! Here you can enjoy the past glory of results on their site.

Beginning in 2023 Jon Watkin is organizing the series through Panache Sports, there are several Tuesday dates (see the VCL schedule above!) Registration and details in the link. Note: new location/course! (Will post the Strava segment when it’s created!)

Track Racing

The local velodrome, built for the 1994 Victoria Commonwealth Games, is a 333m outdoor track with 29 degree banking – it makes for fun, fast and safe racing! It’s at the Juan de Fuca Rec Centre, and typically operates from April thru September, with weekly training sessions, a few larger events like Trackfest and Provincial Champs, and possibly weekly racing. Check out the GVVA for more details. (PS – let me know if you’ve seen my Argon 18 race bike which went missing around 2021!!)

• Weekly racing: ??
• Open House: Apr 12th
• Track Challenge: May 9th-10th
• Pacific GP: June 6th-8th
• Track Fest 1 – Time Trial Challenge: Jun 28th
• Track Fest 2: Aug 16th-17th (possible this may be Provincial Champs)

2024 Provincial Championships

• Likely in Burnaby, in December!

2024 National Championships

• Nat. Track Champs – March 29th – 31st, in Bromont, PQ. 2025 dates are TBD.