The 24th annual Tour De Bowness looked a little different this year.

The usual hill climb was replaced with the Canadian Road Masters Championship (athletes 35 and older) road race.

The event drew athletes from across the country to Calgary last weekend.

The weekend-long bike racing event involves three different races: the Time Trial, which took place north of Cochrane on Saturday; the road race, which happened on Sunday in Rocky View County near Old Banff Coach Road; and the iconic criterium races, which took over the streets of Bowness on the holiday Monday.

The Tour De Bowness combines both competitive road cycling with a lively street festival.

This year’s street festival featured music, dancing and dozens of vendors and food trucks. 

You can find the race results here.

Video: Men competing in the Tour De Bowness’ Masters D Men criterium event race along Bowness Road in Calgary’s northwest on Monday, August 3, 2026. VIDEO: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF

Award-winning Canadian country singer Brandon Lorenzo performs during the annual Tour De Bowness and Street Festival hosted by the Mainstreet Bowness Business Improvement Area (BIA) on Monday, August 3, 2026. PHOTO: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
Line dancers perform during the annual Tour De Bowness and Street Festival hosted by the Mainstreet Bowness Business Improvement Area (BIA) on Monday, August 3, 2026. PHOTO: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
Female cyclists race past Bow Cycle on Bowness Road in the Tour De Bowness’ Masters A, B, C, D Women race on Monday, August 3, 2026. PHOTO: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
From the foreground of the peloton to the back: Tyler Hartle, with Bikes & Beyond; Finn Morsmayer, with Calgary Cycle Racing; Thomas Rilett, with PRW Racing; and Luca Veeman, with Calgary Cycle Racing, compete in the Tour De Bowness’ road race west of the city on Sunday, Augst 2, 2026.  PHOTO: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
From the foreground of the peloton to the back: Finn Morsmayer, with Calgary Cycle Racing; Thomas Rilett, with PRW Racing; and Luca Veeman, with Calgary Cycle Racing, compete in the Tour De Bowness’ road race west of the city on Sunday, Augst 2, 2026. 
PHOTO: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Children – and some of their parents– race along Bowness Road as part of the Tour De Bowness’ Kids Crit. PHOTO: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Children – and some of their parents– race along Bowness Road as part of the Tour De Bowness’ Kids Crit. PHOTO: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Children – and some of their parents– race along Bowness Road as part of the Tour De Bowness’ Kids Crit. PHOTO: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Children – and some of their parents– race along Bowness Road as part of the Tour De Bowness’ Kids Crit. PHOTO: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
Female cyclists turn the corner from Bowness Road NW to 64 St NW in the Tour De Bowness’ Masters A, B, C, D Women criterium race on Monday, August 3, 2026. PHOTO: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
Rebecca Zivanovic, with Project Instinct Racing, competes in the Master A Women’s (35-44) Tour De Bowness criterium race on Monday, August 3, 2026. PHOTO: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
Quebec’s Francois Doyon, with Équipe Rackultra, competes in the Master’s B Men’s (45-54) Tour De Bowness criterium race on Monday, August 3, 2026. PHOTO: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Dozens of cyclists – Master’s B Men’s (45-54) – compete in the fast-paced Tour De Bowness criterium race on Monday, August 3, 2026. The race involves cyclists circling a one-kilometre closed circuit around Calgary’s northwest community of Bowness for 45minutes, followed by five additional laps. PHOTOS: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Dozens of cyclists – Master’s B Men’s (45-54) – compete in the fast-paced Tour De Bowness criterium race on Monday, August 3, 2026. The race involves cyclists circling a one-kilometre closed circuit around Calgary’s northwest community of Bowness for 45minutes, followed by five additional laps. PHOTOS: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Dozens of cyclists – Master’s B Men’s (45-54) – compete in the fast-paced Tour De Bowness criterium race on Monday, August 3, 2026. The race involves cyclists circling a one-kilometre closed circuit around Calgary’s northwest community of Bowness for 45minutes, followed by five additional laps. PHOTOS: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Dozens of cyclists – Master’s B Men’s (45-54) – compete in the fast-paced Tour De Bowness criterium race on Monday, August 3, 2026. The race involves cyclists circling a one-kilometre closed circuit around Calgary’s northwest community of Bowness for 45minutes, followed by five additional laps. PHOTOS: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Dozens of cyclists – Master’s B Men’s (45-54) – compete in the fast-paced Tour De Bowness criterium race on Monday, August 3, 2026. The race involves cyclists circling a one-kilometre closed circuit around Calgary’s northwest community of Bowness for 45minutes, followed by five additional laps. PHOTOS: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Dozens of cyclists – Master’s B Men’s (45-54) – compete in the fast-paced Tour De Bowness criterium race on Monday, August 3, 2026. The race involves cyclists circling a one-kilometre closed circuit around Calgary’s northwest community of Bowness for 45minutes, followed by five additional laps. PHOTOS: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Dozens of cyclists – Master’s B Men’s (45-54) – compete in the fast-paced Tour De Bowness criterium race on Monday, August 3, 2026. The race involves cyclists circling a one-kilometre closed circuit around Calgary’s northwest community of Bowness for 45minutes, followed by five additional laps. PHOTOS: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Dozens of cyclists – Master’s B Men’s (45-54) – compete in the fast-paced Tour De Bowness criterium race on Monday, August 3, 2026. The race involves cyclists circling a one-kilometre closed circuit around Calgary’s northwest community of Bowness for 45minutes, followed by five additional laps. PHOTOS: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
Alberta’s Oliver Hamel, who trains with Manteo Racing, at the start of the Masters A Men’s (35-44) Tour de Bowness criterium race on Monday, August 3, 2026. Hamel won the race with a time of 51:57. PHOTO: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Alberta’s Oliver Hamel won the Masters A Men’s (35-44) Tour de Bowness criterium race on Monday, August 3, 2026. PHOTOS: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Alberta’s Oliver Hamel won the Masters A Men’s (35-44) Tour de Bowness criterium race on Monday, August 3, 2026. PHOTOS: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Alberta’s Oliver Hamel won the Masters A Men’s (35-44) Tour de Bowness criterium race on Monday, August 3, 2026. PHOTOS: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Alberta’s Oliver Hamel won the Masters A Men’s (35-44) Tour de Bowness criterium race on Monday, August 3, 2026. PHOTOS: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Alberta’s Oliver Hamel won the Masters A Men’s (35-44) Tour de Bowness criterium race on Monday, August 3, 2026. PHOTOS: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
Jakob Claffey, with Vectra Heavy Haulers, and Calum Thirlwell, with Wildrose Collective, turn the corner from Bowness Road NW to 64 St NW in the Masters A Men’s (35-44) Tour de Bowness criterium race on Monday, August 3, 2026. PHOTO: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
Female cyclists at the start of the Tour De Bowness road race west of Calgary on Sunday, August 2, 2026. PHOTO: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
British Columbia’s Heather McCracken, who races with Blizzard Bike Club, competes in the Tour De Bowness road race west of Calgary on Sunday, August 2, 2026. PHOTO: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Dozens of cyclists from across Canada raced in the Tour De Bowness road race west of Calgary on Sunday, August 2, 2026. PHOTO: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Dozens of cyclists from across Canada raced in the Tour De Bowness road race west of Calgary on Sunday, August 2, 2026. PHOTOS: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Dozens of cyclists from across Canada raced in the Tour De Bowness road race west of Calgary on Sunday, August 2, 2026. PHOTOS: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Dozens of cyclists from across Canada raced in the Tour De Bowness road race west of Calgary on Sunday, August 2, 2026. PHOTOS: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Dozens of cyclists from across Canada raced in the Tour De Bowness road race west of Calgary on Sunday, August 2, 2026. PHOTOS: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Dozens of cyclists from across Canada raced in the Tour De Bowness road race west of Calgary on Sunday, August 2, 2026. PHOTOS: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Dozens of cyclists from across Canada raced in the Tour De Bowness road race west of Calgary on Sunday, August 2, 2026. PHOTOS: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Dozens of cyclists from across Canada raced in the Tour De Bowness road race west of Calgary on Sunday, August 2, 2026. PHOTOS: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Dozens of cyclists from across Canada raced in the Tour De Bowness road race west of Calgary on Sunday, August 2, 2026. PHOTOS: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF
  • Dozens of cyclists from across Canada raced in the Tour De Bowness road race west of Calgary on Sunday, August 2, 2026. PHOTOS: CALGARY JOURNAL STAFF

Video: Scenes from Calgary’s Tour De Bowness cycling race

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