Overview

• The professional women’s and men’s races will run entirely within city limits on a 17.9-mile circuit that starts at Harbor Point’s Central Plaza and finishes on East Pratt Street, with riders from about 30 countries.
• Roads along the course close to traffic from about 5:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., with police-managed rolling closures, and the Jones Falls Expressway will be shut at Maryland Avenue from 3 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Parking bans on the route begin Friday at 8 p.m. and last through Saturday evening, with ticketing and towing enforced for violators.
• Charm City Circulator service will be modified until 8 p.m. Saturday and MTA buses will run diversions, while officials urge drivers to use real-time tools such as Waze and Passio GO!.
• The race coincides with an Orioles home game and a sold-out Benson Boone concert, and several businesses and events report closures or cancellations, even as organizers project roughly 100,000 attendees and emphasize potential long-term commerce benefits.