The Kwik Trip Tour of America's Dairyland is returning for its 16th year, bringing back-to-back bike racing and block parties to Wisconsin from June 19 - 29, and they just announced their schedule on Instagram. Registration opens on Saturday, March 1.

Whether you're in the pack pushing yourself to your limits, on the sidelines banging on the boards cheering for more heart-pounding drama or sitting on the local cafe patio to enjoy the spectacle with a beer, there is something for everyone.

While there are those mainstay stops you've come to expect, there are always a few new surprises to shake up the schedule.

Manitowoc and Mount Pleasant are out, and two new spots have been filled in, including an additional day in De Pere—which will feature a second, unique race course from day one—and Oak Creek's Drexel Town Square, which will enter the schedule for the very first time, as the newest mid-week destinations.

Another notable addition is the Masters and Junior Road Cycling National Championship (MaJR), which partially overlaps the end of the series, between June 28 and July 3, and effectively extends racing opportunities an additional 3 days. These national champ races are targeted by the best youth (ages 12-16) and older adults (ages of 35-99+) to duke it out for the highest honors in three different disciplines—Crit, Road and Time Trial.

What is ToAD?

The Kwik Trip Tour of America's Dairyland (ToAD) is a multi-stage criterium (often shortened to "crit") race in which cylists (and hand-cyclists) compete across multiple laps to be first across the line. Race blocks are lined up throughout the day by age, gender and skill-level.

ToAD draws racers from all over the country, and often from around the world, because it is somewhat unique amongst the North American crit scene. There are no other opportunities to race back-to-back(-to-back-to-back-to-back, etc.) for eleven days straight; most crit events offer a day or, at best, perhaps a multi-day weekend. Chicago Grit, the sister-series across the border caps out at 10.

On a recent episode of Cyclocross Radio, Adam Myerson…professional racer, race organizer and multi-time National Champion…pointed to ToAD as a model of what crit racing should look like (approximately 28 minutes and 30 seconds in):

"When I talk about to people [about ToAD], one of the ways I always describe it is, 'It's the bike racing that we all fell in love with, that doesn't exist in very many places anymore.' ... It feels like the [type of] criterium racing that is [the reason] why I race bikes and why I love criteriums. One of the few places it happens is at ToAD...and so ToAD is one of the events that people will target."

The Tour of America's Dairyland schedule

ToAD! ACC! MaJR! This year in particular is quite a tangle of events, so here's what we know so far:

For more information, visit tourofamericasdairyland.com.