Capital Coast Bike Race

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Start – Saturday, September 26

  • Check-in Opens: 5:45 am at the host hotel.
  • Mandatory Safety Briefing: 6:45am
  • Grand Depart: 7am

Capital coast Bike race

View Routes
An overhead photographic view of a detailed route map for the Capital Coast Bike Race spread across a dark wooden table, showing multiple colored lines for 300-mile, 600-mile, and 1300+ mile routes radiating from Washington DC toward the coast. Laminated cue sheets, a high-end GPS cycling computer, and a metallic compass are neatly arranged around the map. Soft diffused window light from the left creates gentle reflections on the lamination and subtle shadows from the devices. The composition uses clean, professional typography on the map and a rule-of-thirds layout, emphasizing clarity and precision. The mood is strategic and focused, evoking careful planning for a demanding ultra-distance event, rendered in crisp photographic realism with subdued, sophisticated colors.

Endurance Racing From the Capital

The Capital Coast Bike Race starts in Washington, DC and offers routes from 300 to 850+ miles, testing navigation, resilience, and strategy on quiet backroads, river valleys, and coastal plains.

Race Details

Races

A dynamic, photographic close-up of a race number plate labeled “Capital Coast 1300” securely fastened to a matte titanium bike’s handlebars with black zip ties. The number plate is bright white with bold navy and crimson graphics, slightly speckled with dried road dust. Behind it, the bike’s bar tape, brake levers, and a compact front light are visible in partial focus. The background shows an out-of-focus start arch and a long, empty road stretching away from the U.S. Capitol dome at dawn. Cool blue early-morning light blends with a subtle warm glow on the horizon, creating a serious, anticipatory mood. Shot at eye level with a shallow depth of field for a modern, professional racing aesthetic.

Sprint

Tackle a fast 300 mile route from DC to Raleigh, NC, ideal for experienced riders seeking challenge.

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A dynamic, photographic close-up of a race number plate labeled “Capital Coast 1300” securely fastened to a matte titanium bike’s handlebars with black zip ties. The number plate is bright white with bold navy and crimson graphics, slightly speckled with dried road dust. Behind it, the bike’s bar tape, brake levers, and a compact front light are visible in partial focus. The background shows an out-of-focus start arch and a long, empty road stretching away from the U.S. Capitol dome at dawn. Cool blue early-morning light blends with a subtle warm glow on the horizon, creating a serious, anticipatory mood. Shot at eye level with a shallow depth of field for a modern, professional racing aesthetic.

Dura

Push your limits on a self-supported 500 mile odyssey linking DC, the Blue Ridge, and Atlantic coastline to SC

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A dynamic, photographic close-up of a race number plate labeled “Capital Coast 1300” securely fastened to a matte titanium bike’s handlebars with black zip ties. The number plate is bright white with bold navy and crimson graphics, slightly speckled with dried road dust. Behind it, the bike’s bar tape, brake levers, and a compact front light are visible in partial focus. The background shows an out-of-focus start arch and a long, empty road stretching away from the U.S. Capitol dome at dawn. Cool blue early-morning light blends with a subtle warm glow on the horizon, creating a serious, anticipatory mood. Shot at eye level with a shallow depth of field for a modern, professional racing aesthetic.

Ultra

Push your limits on a self-supported 850 mile odyssey linking DC and Jacksonville, Florida

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A nighttime scene of a high-end touring bike fully outfitted for ultra-distance racing, parked beside a reflective road sign that reads “Next Services 60 Miles” on a remote stretch of two-lane highway. The bike is loaded with compact frame, seat, and handlebar bags, each bearing small reflective “Capital Coast” tags. Its front dynamo light casts a controlled cone of white light onto the road, while a steady red rear light glows. The sky is ink-black, dotted with stars, with a faint suggestion of the Milky Way. Photographic realism with dramatic low-key lighting, shot from a low three-quarter angle, creating a mood of determination, isolation, and the challenge of overnight riding on a 1300+ mile course.