Palm Desert Century

RIDE THE DREAM - COACHELLA VALLEY WELCOMES YOU! ~ 

Distance:      20/32/50/60/70/100/130 Mile Routes
Options:        Full Course Riders Only:
                   - 15-mi Chiriaco Summit TT/chip-timed
                   - "Super Century" 130 mi
                   - Virtual Rides: 20/50/100 Miles

California's desert is spectacular in November! Deep blue skies. Cool nights and warm days. Beyond the summer sizzle, and ahead of the Holidays. The sweet spot for desert cycling. With a Start/Finish in the idyllic City of Palm Desert, the PDC offers unsurpassed desert cycling paired with a world class destination. Palm Desert is the premier Coachella Valley community, with abundant lodging options at most price points, a wide variety of fine restaurants, El Paseo Drive Shopping, and cool attractions for the entire family. All within 2-3 hours of Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Tucson, and Phoenix.

The Palm Desert Century route offers an entirely unique Coachcella Valley cycling experience. The out-n-back course design allows riders to select distances from 20 to 100 miles, based on personal conditioning, weather, winds, etc. The gentle start glides southbound through well developed cities of Palm Desert, Indio, and La Quinta, before turning east into the low deserts checkered with Orange and Date Tree groves, and vast fields of crops, at the northern shores of the Salton Sea.

Prices rise $5 per month. Onsite cost is $125 for three longest rides or $110.

All riders receive with paid entry:
 •  Detailed Final Rider Instructions
 •  Distance Options: 20 - 130 miles
 •  Long Course & Short Course Prices
 •  Box Cyn/Chiriaco Summit Time Trial Option
 •  Optional Chip Timing for Time Trial
 •  Cue sheets for all distances
 •  5 Fully stocked Rest Stops
 •  Photography services by SCS Photoworks
 •  Dedicated Law Enforcement
 •  Mobile roving support van
 •  Subway Lunch Meal at turnaround, or finish
 •  Post-ride Music, DJ, Expo, and Exhibitors
     at University Park Start/Finish
 •  Free Parking:1st come, 1st served
 •  Rider Goodie Bag
 •  Refund/Rollover/Transfer (click here)
 •  Gear drop at Start/Finish and Rest Stop #1
 •  Full Century Finishers posted on website
 •  Chiriaco Summit TT Results posted online
 •  Custom Palm Desert Finisher Medal & Pin 
 •  Super Century 130-Mile Option
 •  Optional Hanes Cool Dry Custom Tec T's
 •  Trophies for Top 5 Men/Women Time Trial
 •  Club Challenge!