Strade Bianche Rouleur Challenge – Dart Populaire

We celebrate the history of our sport by riding the “white roads” in Northeastern Iowa. Completion of this ride will count for the RUSA Rouleur award and pick up some Gravel K’s!

This is the first ride in our “Strade Bianche Rouleur Challenge” and is a team event. Teams consist of a minimum of 3 and maximum of 5 riders and at least 3 must finish in order to receive credit. More details here.

We’ve developed two routes for this event since if we have more than one team the second team would have to wait an hour before starting. This way we can have 10 riders (2 teams) before having to alternate start times.

We’ll start later than normal so you can drive to the start on the morning of the ride. After the ride we’ll have an informal gathering for dinner and beverages where we can review the days activities (also known as “talk about how great we are”) and discuss the next days ride.

This is going to be a fun weekend of riding and you won’t want to miss it!

Here are the routes:

Le Claire route: 79.2 miles, 2,197 feet of climbing, 32.3 miles of gravel (41%), 46.9 miles paved (59%)

Eldridge route: 83.5 miles, 2,961 feet of climbing, 24.5 miles of gravel (29%), 59 miles paved (71%)

To register for this event:

1. 1. Click on the link below to complete a waiver.
   2. After completing the waiver you’ll be taken to PayPal (note that a PayPal account is not required)

Register

Note that there will be no day of ride registration – advance registration is mandatory!

Your registration is not complete until your completed waiver and PayPal payment is received.

If you’ve registered and want to cancel, please go to this page to cancel