2025 MTB Time Trial
2025 MTB Enduro
Mountain Bike Time Trial
Friday, May 16 at 6:30 PM
Kick off the weekend with a Friday evening ride!
This MTB time trial event will have each participant going off in 1 minute intervals. It is you versus the clock, are you ready?
Participants will select one of the following categories during the registration process: Expert, Singlespeed, Sport, or Beginner. These categories will go off in the order you see below. Your seeding within each category will be based upon when you register; the earlier you register, the sooner your start time. Please remember Slower Riders Must Yield the Trail.
Mountain Bike Enduro
Saturday, May 17 at 10:00 AM
Get ready to race in this enduro-style XC MTB event!
The James River Park trails will give local mountain bikers and visiting riders alike a chance to test their skills. The rock gardens, short steep climbs, creek crossings, fast downhills, and twisty single-track trails are both technically challenging and physically demanding. Riders will complete stages at Dogwood Dell, Forest Hill Park, and Belle Isle for a total of 6-8 timed miles. The transition stages (the riding required to get from one stage to the next) are not timed and do not count toward standings. Pedal hard when it counts and take it easy on the in-betweens.
James River Gauntlet
Multi-Day Triathalon (Friday, May 16 - Sunday, May 18)
The James River Gauntlet is a three-day, multi-discipline race designed to test your endurance and versatility. Over the course of one action-packed weekend, competitors will take on three distinct events across three challenging days, each pushing different aspects of athletic performance. It all kicks off with the Mountain Bike Time Trial on Friday, May 16, followed by the James River Scramble on Saturday, May 17, and wrapping up with the Downriver Paddle on Sunday, May 18. With three races in three days, this stage race is designed to test your endurance and push your limits. Are you ready to rise to the challenge?
* Note, if you would like to purchase event insurance, DO NOT register for the challenge through the James River Guantlet event. You must register for each race separately. We will mark your registrations as part of the Gauntlet.
Help Us Maintain Our World Class Trail System
The James River Park System and the Richmond Riverfront is an extremely important asset to Richmond, and Dominion Energy Riverrock provides the opportunity to celebrate the Park System and Riverfront and all of the outdoor recreation opportunities RVA has to offer. Please consider donating to Friends of James River Park System to help fund recreational access improvements to James River Park System. Your donation helps park staff manage the impact of events in the park system. This nationally acclaimed trail system would not be what it is today without the hard work of countless volunteers throughout the year and it is donations like yours that make this work possible. In the past Dominion Energy Riverrock donations were able to support not only general trail maintenance through RVA More’s tireless efforts but also very specific infrastructure and equipment improvements like a donation to the universal access ramp at Huguenot Flatwater, two new trail ramps, and the replacement of all bike pumps at the bike repair stations around the James River Park System. The James River Park System and riverfront continues to see heavy use so donations to maintain and make improvements are important to the overall sustainability of this RVA asset.
Our Story
We live and work by Richmond’s picturesque riverfront. With a network of trails and amazing views just steps away from a vibrant downtown, we knew we had to let everyone in on the secret that was Richmond, VA. And what better way to celebrate than with the nation’s premier outdoor sports and music festival?!
Sports Backers and Venture Richmond both work to make RVA a vibrant place to live. Bringing our two nonprofit organizations together to create one of the nation’s most beloved outdoor festivals was a no-brainer! Venture Richmond provides the entertainment, and Sports Backers brings the athletes. It all adds up to a great showcase of Richmond’s riverfront and all it has to offer!
Sports Backers is a nationally recognized nonprofit whose mission is to inspire people from all corners of our community to live actively. Since 1991, Sports Backers has fostered a culture of active living in Central Virginia through its participatory sporting events and community-based programs that have inspired hundreds of thousands of people in the region to set fitness goals and pursue an active lifestyle. In everything that we do, we strive to promote health equity and create accessible opportunities for active living throughout our region. We fulfill our mission by: (1) advocating for bike and pedestrian infrastructure; (2) energizing the community through events; and (3) building a network of community-led group fitness programs in schools and neighborhoods.
Venture Richmond is a nonprofit organization formed to engage business and community leaders in partnering with the City to enhance the vitality of the community, particularly Downtown, through economic development, marketing, promotion, advocacy and events, to include: Friday Cheers, the 2nd Street Festival, the Richmond Folk Festival, and more.
Cancellation Policy
Entries are non-refundable, non-transferable, and non-deferrable, even in the case of a event cancellation, postponement, event format changes, and/or if you are unable to participate.
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