The first annual Korean Bicycle Festival (대한민국자전거축제) will run this year from April 25th through May 3rd, and will involve a bike tour around the country.
After April 29th the course will split into two different ones, an east and a west. On Saturday, May 2nd, Stage 8 of the west course will begin at Suncheon's Palma Stadium, and contestants will ride around here and parts of Gwangyang as they head toward Jinju.
This isn't to be confused with the Tour de Korea, which has run annually since 2001. The festival is actually an off-shoot; in the past there were two routes on the Tour, one for elite competitors and one for amateurs, but this year the amateur course has been converted into the festival.
The Tour de Korea will be from June 6th through 14th, and will pass through Jeollanam-do. Stage three will go from Jeong-eup in Jeollabuk-do to Gangjin county. Stage 4, on Monday, June 8th, will go from Gangjin to Yeosu.
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