Welcome to the Tour de Picayune Sunday April 2, 2023 7:30am
13th Annual Tour
Picayune Strand State Forest
Collier County
Naples, Florida
Wes Wilkins at 239 280-8837, text or call.
About Us
Picayune Strand State Forest- a marvel of Nature and restoration.
The best Cross Country Bike Riding anywhere in south Florida. This course can be extremely challenging but fun, safe and easy to ride.
Picayune Strand State Forest- a marvel of Nature and restoration.
Be a part of a wild place and learn about the woods while enjoying great and wholesome exercise in a world of raw nature and friendly competition, a Florida jungle and safari ride of fun. Wildlife is abundant even in these dry season days.
We provide 3 aid stations with water
and shade. Snake Pit Camp will have ice cold drinks and snacks.
Be a part of a wild place and learn about the woods while enjoying great and wholesome exercise in a world of raw nature and friendly competition, a Florida jungle and safari ride of fun. Wildlife is abundant even in these dry season days.
We provide 3 aid stations with water
and shade. Snake Pit Camp will have ice cold drinks and snacks.
Bring a camera and have a small picnic along the course if a nice day of low key touring is your preference.
But be very, very ready and prepared if you expect to compete.
And if you're not into going fast, we offer the tour of the forest beauty that can be enjoyed not by racing but by appreciating.
There is just winner though, as at the conclusion there will be awards presentation of the Cup for the overall champ and his/her ass kissed for the rest of the day.
13th Annual Event 2023
The best Cross Country Bike Riding anywhere in south Florida. This course can be extremely challenging but fun, safe and easy to ride.
Picayune Strand State Forest- a marvel of Nature and restoration.
The Durrwalker Cup has had a host of great champions and are listed on it's base. Check the course map and details page for more information regarding the significance of this cup.
Originally the cup was a prize awarded to the local winner of a Swiss town's 1914 bicycle mountain race championship and continues its legacy here.
It will be aw
The Durrwalker Cup has had a host of great champions and are listed on it's base. Check the course map and details page for more information regarding the significance of this cup.
Originally the cup was a prize awarded to the local winner of a Swiss town's 1914 bicycle mountain race championship and continues its legacy here.
It will be awarded for the year to the overall course champion.
More to come about this year's tour very soon.
The best Cross Country Bike Riding anywhere in south Florida. This course can be extremely challenging but fun, safe and easy to ride.
The best Cross Country Bike Riding anywhere in south Florida. This course can be extremely challenging but fun, safe and easy to ride.
The best Cross Country Bike Riding anywhere in south Florida. This course can be extremely challenging but fun, safe and easy to ride.
Several bike types and tires can be used successfully. Hybrid type and family bikes are just fine for the eco-tour course but there's opportunities to use more competitive style special bikes with fat tires and 29ers for the long gravel grinds or fat bikes for the grassy, sandy logs and rocks of the single track trails. Of course that al
Several bike types and tires can be used successfully. Hybrid type and family bikes are just fine for the eco-tour course but there's opportunities to use more competitive style special bikes with fat tires and 29ers for the long gravel grinds or fat bikes for the grassy, sandy logs and rocks of the single track trails. Of course that all depends on lungs and legs and how you feel that day. The ground varies throughout and it is an odyssey of pathways and
right of ways.
The 59 miles is a very tough course physically and should not be attempted by the unprepared. If you are a first timer out here, expect to take it easy and follow the map and be flexible. Consider shorter loops.
There are several easy go home bailouts along the course. Just riding section 1 East or West side loops. only as a goal is a good start.
You are not alone, but this is a self rescue event so be prepared.
But if you expect to be competitive, you need to come out for a practice run or two.
Call on us anytime and we can help you.
Preparation is key and the right equipment for your chosen course will make things much more fun.
Everything from the correct tire pressure to the right cycling shoes to carrying enough water
and hand grips that feel good are just a few of the factors.
Durrwalker Cup Championship Series Sunday 4/2 7:30am Start. 7am sign up.
Picayune Strand Overall Trail Map
Tour de Picayune Strand showing 2023 course. See link of for entire 59 mile gpx course and download or copy as needed. See image gallery below for downloading of this map.
About last year's Race/Tour, etc.
2022 TdP Re-cap.
Last year's tour was different but not by much. Jerald Brownell, 3 time champion accepted my request to be the tour Director for the twelfth annual as I had already directed the 11 previous. Why not check out another approach? And he did a very fine job. It was two identical laps and one of the toughest courses ever. He even finished second place in another very close battle. That was really hard and finishing second was amazing still. But he did have some excellent help from his outstanding 17 yr old son. It was another fight to the end and Mark Spore of Grand Rapids Michigan was the clear winner. Mark was new to the race competitively but was ready and prepared to take on Jerald and he did prove his mettle in defeating an extremely tough and very competitive and skilled rider. Congratulations Mark on joining this exclusive club.
LIST of TdP CHAMPS
2011 BRIAN HILL
2012 JOE ROSE
2013 ANDY HOLLAND
2014 ANDY HOLLAND
2015 BILL QUINSEY
2016 ANDY HOLLAND
2017 BILL QUINSEY
2018 JERALD BROWNELL
2019 JERALD BROWNELL
2020 BILL QUINSEY
2021 JERALD BROWNELL
2022 MARK SPORE
2023 ???
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