Chandigarh Cyclothon in Oct

The UT Administration will organise third edition of Chandigarh Cyclothon in October this year.

The initiative by UT Administration is aimed to promote Chandigarh as a clean and a green city with people motivated to adopt cycling as not only an exercise activity but also to promote cycling as a mode of transport , traveling short intra city distances amongst beautifully landscaped cycle tracks within the city.

Chandigarh is a cycle friendly city with special cycle tracks made along with the roads covering almost all sectors, having pleasant weather, good traffic control systems and green belts etc.

Consequently, the UT Administration has been promoting bike tourism events from time to time to encourage the people of all ages to use the bicycles as a mode of transport being most environment friendly and economical mode as also the need of the hour in the global warming era.

The event will be opened to national and international cyclists.

The Cyclothon will have four categories including National Elite (for professionals men category only, covering a distance of 60 km. The second category is Corporate Ride (for business houses, corporate institutes and organization set) and Amateur ride (for individual participants).

The Corporate and Amateur ride are open for both men and women and it will be flagged off at 8 am. The third category is Green Ride – (14 years and above, for men and women) covering distance of 10 kms.

A special ride of 5 km called the junior ride will also be organised for kids aged between 8 and 13. The Corporate and Amateur ride, Green and Junior Rides are fun, non-competitive rides, each of which will have a separate route.