The group takes off on brevets, or courses of at least 200 kilometers, and populaires, smaller events of less than 200 km. The rules, as outlined by Randonneurs USA (RUSA), the national supervisory ...

For many of us, a single cycling event — the Tour de France — defines athleticism on two wheels. The epic race was first organized by a French newspaper editor named Henri Desgrange in 1903. But ...