The year’s biggest competitive cycling event in Vancouver, the Gastown Grand Prix, returns Wednesday starting at 5:30, with one of the most challenging turns on the circuit located right in front of the Angel store, which is open until 9 p.m. on July 15.

The professional women’s race will feature 35 laps of the circuit for a total of 42 kilometres, with 50 laps for 60 km for the pro men’s race.

For the first time this year, the event will begin with a youth race at 5:30 p.m., showing off the talent of about 50 of the best girl and boy cyclists who may become future participants in the men’s and women’s races, which offer $50,000 in prize money, including $12,000 for each of the first-place men and women racers.

Click here for more details about the 2015 Gastown Grand Prix event.

Angel Vancouver has the largest selection of the Barcelona brand Desigual in Western Canada. We carry Desigual for men, women and kids.

We also carry Desigual shoes, sandals and flip-flops, plus Desigual towels and Desigual travel kits. We ship worldwide.

We have men’s Desigual shorts on sale at 20% off, all Desigual shoes at 10% off and select Desigual at 35% off.

Just arrived: New Desigual Maxi Bags, which we’re giving away if you purchase $169 worth of Desigual clothing…

Angel Vancouver is located at No. 2 Powell Street in the Gastown district of Vancouver, Canada. Our store is on the corner of Powell & Carrall Street in Maple Tree Square, where Vancouver began.  The photo above shows what the location of my store looked like in 1886.

Today’s video features highlights from 2012’s Gastown Grand Prix, followed by a video of the whole race from the viewpoint of one of the riders:And here’s Around & Around by The Rolling Stones from 1964: