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Pelotonia
Columbus, OH · Sports
- When
- August 6–8, 2027
- Where
- Genoa Park · Columbus · OH
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
Pelotonia is an annual cycling fundraiser that sends thousands of riders out from downtown Columbus over a weekend of rides ranging from short family routes to a full century. First held in 2009, proceeds fund cancer research at Ohio State's James Cancer Hospital, and it has grown into one of the largest peer to peer cycling fundraisers in the country.
The history within reach
- Pelotoniasame spot
Pelotonia is an annual cycling fundraiser that sends thousands of riders out from downtown Columbus over a weekend of rides ranging from short family routes to a full century.
- LeVeque Tower0.1 mi
Built for an insurance company and made deliberately taller than the Washington Monument, which for a while gave it the fifth-tallest roof in the world.
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- Jazz & Rib Fest0.3 mi
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Twenty-two years in building, using prison labour, through seven architects and a legislature that twice tried to move the capital.