Dedication Recipient

Each year, El Tour is dedicated to a special person who has made significant contributions to the bicycling community.  


February 6, 2013:   We’re in the midst of choosing this year’s Dedication Recipient!  Check back to see who it is!

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Read the 2012 Dedication Recipient announcment: 

The 30th El Tour is proud to annouce the 2012 Dedication Recipient is ANDY CLARKE, America’s leading bicycling advocate and President of the League of American Bicyclists! 

Click here for the press release

The Dedication Dinner to honor Andy was on Thursday, November 15, 2012.  The dinner to honor the 2013 Dedication Recipient will be on Thursday, November 21st.  Check back for a reservation form after the summer!

Past Dedication Recipients

Here's information about the 2011 Dedication Recipient

2011 El Tour Honors Rahsaan Bahati
World-Class Cyclist and Champion of the Kids

Rahsaan Bahati – 2008 US Pro Criterium Champion, seven-time national cycling champion and founder of the Bahati Foundation.

The University of Arizona Medical Center 29th El Tour de Tucson presented by CenturyLink was dedicated to Rahsaan Bahati – 2008 US Pro Criterium Champion, seven-time national cycling champion and founder of the Bahati Foundation.

Rahsaan, a pro cyclist since 2001, does work through his non-profit foundation (www.bahatifoundation.org) to inspire and empower underprivileged inner-city youth to rise above their circumstance through the sport of cycling. The world-class cyclist and champion of youth is the epitome of this year’s event theme, “El Tour…all about giving.” Rahsaan was honored at the Dedication Dinner the Thursday before the event.