Tour de Boerne rolls into new home at Joshua Springs Park

More than 1,000 cyclists will hit the Hill Country roadways next weekend as the eighth annual Tour de Boerne comes to Kendall County and its new home, Joshua Springs Park.

Riders will begin showing up at Joshua Springs at about 5 a.m., with the ride set to begin at 7 a.m.

Greg Pratt, Tour de Boerne event director, said last year’s ride raised $70,000 that was distributed among charities and organizations, including Blessings in a Backpack, Coats for Kids, Hill Country Boys and Girls Club, Hill Country Family Services, Hill Country Pregnancy Care Center and Open Trail Ranch. The Waring, Comfort and Sisterdale volunteer fire departments were also included.

“We’ve given to them in years past, but it was even more meaningful last year, because our event happened one week before the floods,” Pratt said, referencing the deadly Guadalupe River flood July 4, 2025.

Riders have signed up to complete one of three courses: the 63-mile CenterPoint course, the 45-mile Comfort ride and the 28-mile Sisterdale course.

“We constantly get feedback from the riders about how well-supported our ride is, and how we’ve thought about every detail. So that’s very satisfying to hear,” Pratt said, calling the ride “the premier ride in the state of Texas.” All the roads the riders will use remain open to the public, Pratt said, giving residents a chance to see the riders en masse.

“It’s not a race, it’s a recreational ride,” Pratt said. Every rider who finishes their selected course receives a finisher’s medal.

“We didn’t want this to be a race because of the beauty of the Texas Hill Country,” Shawn Hudson, Tour de Boerne IT director, said.

More than 200 volunteers make the tour happen, staffing registration tables and manning the many turns and directions necessary on the course.

Pratt said the Boerne YMCA will be at Joshua Springs helping out.

“They will cater to the families waiting around for their significant others to finish the ride. We wanted to offer some activities for them,” Pratt said.

The ride also has an economic impact on the area.

“The economic impact of Tour de Boerne is fantastic. We try to drive traffic here to the hotels and the shopping and the restaurants,” Pratt said. “It’s really made an impact, and that’s important to us, to make that happen.”