About Us

THR Cycling Club, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that exists to provide athletes of all backgrounds the support, knowledge, and competitive opportunities for growth both on and off the bike. To fulfill this goal, THR Cycling operates as both a bicycle racing club and event promotion company that currently has over 80 racing members and is responsible for the promotion of 13 events throught Virginia each year.

THR, which is short for Team Hampton Roads, began in 1983 as a club comprised of mainly Newport News Shipyard employees who wanted to race together throughout the Mid-Atlantic. Over the years the clubs numbers fluctuated as did the number of events it promoted as the popularity of bicycle racing ebbed and flowed. Eventually the club faded away as members stopped racing or joined other clubs. Fast forward to 2017, there was need for a club focused on beginner racers as most established clubs in the area catered to experinced racers. With the blessing of the founding members, Team Hmapton Roads was reborn with the simple goal of getting more riders into racing. Today, THR Cycling is the largest racing club in Virginia with riders of all experince levels and is home to national and world champion athletes.

In 2019 THR Cycling promoted its first event since its rebirth. Like its intial goal of getting more riders into racing, it saw a growing need for new events to be created to replace the ones that were dissapearing. Things were going well until COVID shut down eveything in 2020. While there were not any races happening during this time, more people then ever were getting into cycling. Recognizing this trend, THR Cycling began to plan more new events for when life and racing could return back to normal. When racing resumed in the middle part of 2021, events were seeing registration numbers they had never seen before because of the influx of new riders and the longing of past riders to return to competitive sport. This increase in registrations was a springboard that allowed the club to be able to financially afford to put on more events while increasing the scale of them.

Now in 2025, THR Cycling promotes seven road events and six cyclocross events each year. While our best known event is the Tour of Newport News, we are proud of every event we put on and we appreciate the support of all of the riders who have participated over the years. Our goal has always been to grow the sport, so thank you to all who have helped make that happen.