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The Buddy Ride

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States View on map
May 02, 2026 (America/Chicago local time)
Cycling

About this race

Thank you again for riding The Buddy ride!

This year is a donation only ride! That's right, no registration fee!

Please click the donate button when you register,  100% of the donations received will be going to Keep Tiger Town Beautiful.

Please donate what you can so we can clean-up Baton Rouge!

8th  Annual THE BUDDY RIDE (honoring Buddy Amoroso) 

Co-hosted by the Baton Rouge Bike Club and VS Tour de Friends RIDE HARD LIVE EASY Varsity Sports

Tiger Trails RV resort will be hosting the start / finish of this event and has Cabins available for over night stays 1-888-901-4060 

We will have a 1 mile walk option 

47, 28, 21, and 10 mile route options  will be available. Check BRBC club for maps on Ride with GPS.  https://ridewithgps.com/events/292484-the-buddy-ride

Registration/ Check-in opens at 6:30 

7:30 Ride Blessing and Safety briefing

Ride rolls at 8:00 am for all routes

This years recipient is Keep Tiger Town Beautiful. Proceeds from the Buddy Ride will go to Keep Tiger Town Beautiful, a non-profit with a mission to clean up Baton Rouge. To learn more or volunteer click here. https://keeptigertownbeautiful.com/

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Cycling

The Buddy Ride

There will be shorter routes available

May 02, 2026 Ultra 6:30 AM
Free
Closed

Typical race-day weather

Based on 5 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Baton Rouge, plus the 3 days either side.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (race-week average) 21.2° / Maximum temperature (race-week average) 30.3°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 21.2° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (race-week average) 38.1°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (race-week average)
14.0
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (race-week average)
2.9mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (race-week average)
73.9%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on May 2, 2026 (CDT)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on May 2, 2026 (CDT)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
13h 23m

The sun rises at 6:19 AM and sets at 7:43 PM local time (CDT) in Baton Rouge on May 2, 2026 — 13h 23m of daylight.

Course

No course map published yet.

The organizer hasn't released a route for this event, and we don't publish guesses. If you're the organizer, send us a GPX file and we'll draw the profile.

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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.

  • Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
  • Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
  • Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
  • Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 42 Baton Rouge events

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