Sea Otter Classic

The Sea Otter Classic is a bicycling and outdoor sports festival and exposition held each spring since 1991 at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. The four-day event is considered the world's largest cycling festival, drawing nearly 10,000 professional and amateur athletes and 70,000 fans. The Sea Otter Classic is named in honor of the southern sea otter, an indigenous mammal which flourishes along the neighboring Pacific coast.

Sea Otter Classic

Race details
Date	15–18 April 2021
Region	Monterey, California USA
Local name(s)	Sea Otter
Competition	Professional/Amateur
Type	Multi-discipline
Organiser	Sea Otter Classic, Inc.
Race director	Frank Yohannan
History
First edition	1991 Laguna Seca Challenge
Editions	28

Ryan Trebon during the Elite Men's Short Track race at the 2009 Sea Otter Classic in Laguna Seca

Gee Atherton at the 2009 Sea Otter Classic

The Sea Otter Classic was founded by Frank Yohannan and Lou Rudolph. The inaugural event was held 06–07 April 1991. The first two events were held under the name Laguna Seca Challenge. The event name was changed to the Sea Otter Classic in 1993.