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REMINDER: Road Closures Friday for Beaumont Stage of Bike Race

The Redlands Bicycle Classic will ride into town Friday, and there are some road closures you'll want to plan ahead for.

Just a Patch-friendly reminder that on Friday, there is a series of road closures coming to Beaumont, as the Redlands Bicycle Classic hosts a stage in town.

As we first reported on March 25, there will be several hard closures, along with many more intermittent, or rolling, closures when racers are present in the area.

There will be a total of eight hard road closures, and more than a dozen intermittent closures, city officials announced.

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The road closures are:

  • 6th Street - between Palm Avenue and Beaumont Avenue
  • Beaumont Avenue (northbound) - between 6th Street and 7th Street
  • Oak Valley Parkway - between Desert Lawn Drive and Palmer Avenue
  • Highland Springs Avenue - between Cherry Valley Boulevard and 8th Street
  • Oak Valley Parkway - between Highland Springs Avenue and Starlight Avenue
  • Palm Avenue (southbound) - between Oak Valley Parkway and 6th Street
  • Orange Avenue - between 6th Street and 8th Street
  • Magnolia Avenue - between 6th Street and 8th Street 

Intermittent Closures will be held along:

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  • Beaumont Avenue • Oak Valley Parkway • Palmer Avenue • Cherry Valley Boulevard • Champions Lane • Desert Lawn Drive • Brookside Avenue • Nancy Avenue • Orchard Street • Avenida San Timoteo • AvenidaAltura Bella • Winesap Avenue • High Street • Bellflower Avenue

The above listed 'intermittent' closures mean roads will close while racers pass, and then be reopened.

Stage 2 of the Redlands Bicycle Classic, part of USA Cycling's national racing calendar, will be held in Beaumont and includes separate stage races for men and women, and a circuit race for paracyclists.  The start and finish will be at Beaumont Civic Center, 550 E. Sixth Street.

The April 5 event features three separate races through Beaumont and Cherry Valley:

  • PossAbilities paracycling race for disabled athletes, scheduled start 8 a.m.
  • Men's race, scheduled start 9:30 a.m., consists of 5 laps, 119.5 miles.
  • Women's race, scheduled start 9:45 a.m., consists of 3 laps, 71.7 miles.

The Redlands Bicycle Classic, started in 1985, is a four-stage race.

Stage One of the event included time trials and was held Thursday in Big Bear.  Check out Patch's coverage of that event here.

The other two stage races will be held April 6 and 7 in Redlands.


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