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{{Short description|Annual bicycle ride}}
{{More citations needed|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox cycling race
| name          = Hotter'N Hell Hundred
| current_event =
| image         = 
| date          = August
| region        = [[Wichita Falls, Texas]]
| english       = 
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| nickname      = 
| discipline    = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]]
| competition   = National calendar
| type          = One-day race
| organiser     = 
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| first         = {{start date|1984}}
| number        = 41 ''(as of 2023)''
| last          = 
| firstwinner   = 
| mostwins      = 
| mostrecent    = {{flagathlete|[[Dušan Kalaba]]|SRB}}
}}
The '''Hotter'N Hell Hundred''' is an annual [[bicycle]] race in [[Wichita Falls, Texas]].  It is held each year on the 4th or 5th Saturday in August (always nine days before [[Labor Day]]) and includes [[Professional sports|professional]] as well as amateur riders.  The professional racers ride a 100-mile [[Road bicycle racing|road race]], as well as [[time trial]]s and [[criterium]]. For the amateur riders, there are road routes of 100&nbsp;mi, 100&nbsp;km, 50&nbsp;mi, 25&nbsp;mi, and 10&nbsp;km.  The [[amateur]] routes are also open for [[inline skating]]. Approximately 10,000 to 14,000 riders participate each year, making the Hotter'N Hell Hundred the largest sanctioned [[challenge riding|century]] bicycle ride in the [[United States|U.S.]] 2009's Hotter'N Hell had over 14,000 riders.

The race was first held in 1982 as part of the Wichita Falls [[wiktionary:centennial|Centennial]] Celebration. The name is thus a rare example of a [[triple entendre]]: one hundred miles (i.e., [[Century ride|century]]) in one hundred degree Fahrenheit weather (the race is held in August, where temperatures in Wichita Falls frequently reach and exceed this level by noon), initially conducted to celebrate the city's 100th anniversary.

The race begins at 7:05 am. Participants in the 100 mile route must reach "Hell's Gate" at the 60 mile mark no later than 12:30 pm or else cannot qualify to finish the 100 mile segment, instead doing a shorter route. Averaging 20 miles an hour it is possible to complete the ride in five hours or less for well-prepared athletes, however most complete in six to nine hours.

Additional events are held throughout the weekend including mountain bike races.

==Winners==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
! Year
! Winner
! Second
! Third
|-
| 1992 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Roy Knickman]] || ||
|-
| 1993 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Roy Knickman]] || ||
|-
| 1994 || {{flagicon|GBR}} [[David Mann (cyclist)|David Mann]] || ||
|-
| 1995 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kent Bostick]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Colby Pearce]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Jorge Espinosa
|-
| 1996 || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kent Bostick]] || ||
|-
| 1997 || {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Eric Wohlberg]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Colby Pearce]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Olin Bakke
|-
| 1998 || {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Julian Dean]] || {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Eric Wohlberg]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[David Clinger]]
|-
| 1999 || {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Eric Wohlberg]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kent Bostick]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Steve Speaks]]
|-
| 2000<ref>{{cite web |language=en |title=Hotter 'N Hell Hundred - NE 2000 |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2000/aug00/hotternhell00.shtml |website=autobus.cyclingnews.com}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref> || {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Sylvain Beauchamp]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Fisher (cyclist)|Chris Fisher]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dirk Friel]]
|-
| 2001<ref>{{cite web |language=en |title=Hotter 'N Hell Hundred - NE 2001 |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2001/aug01/hotternhell01.shtml |website=autobus.cyclingnews.com}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref> || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Clark Sheehan]] || {{flagicon|CAN}} Jesse Keefer || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dirk Friel]]
|-
| 2007 || {{flagicon|USA}} Aaron Smathers || {{flagicon|USA}} Edgar Ibarra || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Charles Bradley Huff|Brad Huff]]
|-
| 2010 || {{flagicon|NZL}} [[Logan Hutchings]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Joshua Carter || {{flagicon|USA}} Russ Walker
|-
| 2013 || {{flagicon|USA}} Matt Stephens || {{flagicon|DOM}} [[Augusto Sánchez]] || {{flagicon|USA}} David Wenger
|-
| 2015 || {{flagicon|USA}} Nicholas Torraca || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jacob White (cyclist)|Jacob White]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Sheehan
|-
| 2017 || {{flagicon|GUA}} [[Julio Padilla]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Grant Koontz]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tristan Uhl]]
|-
| 2018 || {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Sheehan || {{flagicon|GER}} [[Stefan Rothe]] || {{flagicon|HON}} [[Pablo Cruz (cyclist)|Pablo Cruz]]
|-
| 2019
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[David Tolley (cyclist)|David Tolley]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tanner Ward]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kyle Swanson]]
|-
| {{grey|2020}}
| colspan=3 align=center| ''Cancelled''
|-
| 2021
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Pavle Kalaba]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Justin McQuerry]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Doug Frenchal]]
|-
| 2022
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Doug Frenchak]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Pavle Kalaba]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eli Husted]]
|-
| 2023
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Dušan Kalaba]]
| {{flagicon|AIA}} [[Hasani Hennis]]
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Pavle Kalaba]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.hh100.org/ Official site]

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[[Category:Bicycle tours]]
[[Category:Cycle races in the United States]]
[[Category:Sports in Wichita Falls, Texas]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1982]]
[[Category:1982 establishments in Texas]]
[[Category:Road bicycle races]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Wichita County, Texas]]

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