2025 ‘Tour de Lyme’ Benefiting Lyme Land Trust Takes Place June 1, Registration Now Open

LYME, CT — The 12th annual Tour de Lyme is happening on Sunday, June 1.

For competitive riders, this is a chance to warm up for the cycling season ahead. For others, it provides a wonderful occasion to pedal through Lyme and enjoy the surrounding countryside.  If you are a mountain biker, this is an opportunity to ride through private lands open only for this event.

Everyone – riders, sponsors, and volunteers – will enjoy a post-ride picnic at Ashlawn Farm in Lyme with popular food trucks, beer and live music. There will also be Tour de Lyme shirts for sale.

For complete information and online registration, visit www.tourdelyme.org.

Online registration is open through midnight EST on Friday, May 30.

It is not a race but a carefully planned series of rides designed to suit every level of skill and endurance. There are four road rides of varying length and degree of difficulty:

• The CHALLENGE, the name says it all, is 59 miles – a real workout;
• The CLASSIC, shorter at 26 miles, but still a challenge;
• The VALLEY Rides ‒ pleasant easier rides with fewer hills, 26 miles or 35 miles
• The FAMILY ‒ at just 8 miles designed for riding with children.

There are also two mountain bike options;

• the RIDER’S TEST, a 19.5 mile ride for serious enthusiasts
• the INTERMEDIATE, a shorter, 9.5 mile less challenging option.

The Tour de Lyme is hosted by The Lyme Land Conservation Trust.  Since 1966, the Lyme Land Trust has been conserving the unique and historic landscapes of Lyme, Connecticut. During those years, the Lyme rural community has shown that a small population can have a big impact and protect more than 3000 acres of woodlands, working farm fields, and bird-filled marshes. The result is an outdoor paradise – open to all.

Money raised from the Tour de Lyme will create added opportunities for public enjoyment of the Land Trust preserves while protecting and maintaining what has already been conserved for generations to come.

The Lyme Land Trust is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization – registration and donations are tax deductible.