Photos by Paul Michaud

Race Results below the slideshow

The Stage 4 Race of the Tour of the Gila 2026 featured all categories of racers, including the finale of UCI Women and UCI Men riding the same approximate 1-mile laps starting on Bullard Street, turning left onto College Street, left again onto Cooper Street, a left turn and fast downhill on Broadway rounding the rapid corner back onto Bullard to the finish line. Each group had different numbers of laps, with the UCI Women and Men tackling the higher number of laps.

In addition to the multiple category races beginning in the morning on Saturday, May2, 2026, after the amateur races, the citizen races took place prior to the UCI Women and Men races. [Editor's Note: Some of the amateur races and the citizen races will be covered in another slideshow to be created on Sunday, the photographer hopes!]

Afternoon thunderstorms move over Hummingbird Fire

Map and smoke outlook at bottom of news release 

Acres: 5,650 

Start Date: 4/20/2026  

Location: 15 Miles East of Glenwood, NM

Personnel: 241 

Containment: 12% 

Cause: Lightning 

Summary: 

Photos by Paul Michaud

The long Tour of the Gila Inner Loop Stage 3 elite men and women racers made it back to Fort Bayard, on a mostly overcast and cooling day. Paul said several women were hypothermic after riding through cool rain storms and others said rivers were running down the road. So it was not a pleasant ride for any of them. 

Overall elite results below slideshow. 

Containment increases on the Hummingbird Fire 

Smoke outlook and Fire map at bottom

Acres: 5,298 

Start Date: 4/20/2026  

Location: 15 Miles East of Glenwood, NM

Personnel: 246 

Containment: 7 % 

Cause: Lightning 

Summary: 

On Monday April 27, 2026 at approximately 4:15 PM a burglary had been reported in the area of Lomita Rd in Silver City, New Mexico. Grant County Sheriff's Office Detectives were contacted to investigate the burglary and soon after the initial burglary report, two additional homes in the area were reported to had been burglarized as well.

Grant County Sheriff's Office Deputies and detectives worked together that evening to process the scenes, identify evidence as well as involved parties, and work with all victims in this case. Evidence was recovered during the investigation that suggested that two individuals accessed each home where the property was damaged and some had items stolen from them during the burglaries. One home in particular reported that two firearms had been stolen from the home. Deputies and detectives discussed a call for service that came out early that day in which two juveniles were seen walking Truck Bypass Road with firearms, heading toward an area residence. It was believed at that time that the suspects were the same in both calls.

Photos by Mary Alice Murphy (until her battery died!)

[Editor's Note: The start and finish will be posted later today upon receipt from Photographer Paul Michaud.]

Tour of the Gila, Stage 3, the Inner Loop, took off from Fort Bayard this morning, headed back to Fort Bayard at the end of the race. 

UCI Men heading northward on NM Hwy 15