Tour of Somerville Scheduled for Memorial Day in Somerville

May 16, 2022 Sports

When hometown hero Furman Kugler crossed the finish line in 1940 ahead of Johnny Webber of Milwaukee to win the first Tour of Somerville bicycle race before a crowd of 20,000, Mayor Freas Hess told a reporter, “Maybe we should do this again next year.”

They did, and with the exception of the World War II and a two-year pandemic hiatus, America’s oldest competitive cycling event will be held again for the 77th time this Memorial Day, May 30.

Pro and elite cyclists from California, Canada, Puerto Rico and New Zealand have entered the two featured events, the 25-mile women’s race at 2 p.m., and the 50-mile men’s “Kugler-Anderson Memorial” starting at 3:15 p.m.

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Tour of Somerville Scheduled for Memorial Day in Somerville

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