Originally Posted by gonefishing4eve
Its the Tour de Whidbey. It is held every year about Sept. It is very diffucult (super hilly) and beautiful. If you ride up the island and don't leave 525 and HWY20, you are making a mistake. If you get the chance to ride the island again, get on the side roads.
Most of the route I followed was away from 525 and 20 simply because the route was set up by the organisers of the Trek Tri-Island who wanted to keep the 500 or so riders as much out of harm's way as possible. We took a lot of backroads and coastal routes and it was wonderful so I try and repeat those same routes when I can. It would be interesting to see some other scenic planned routes as well so I'll try and look up the route map for the TdW.