Racing News
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Superior Morgul Classic Partners with USA Pro Cycling Challenge
February 2, 2012 Boulder, Colo. – The 2012 Superior Morgul Classic, the largest amateur race in Colorado, has teamed up with the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, one of the largest professional cycling races in the United States to help build stronger support of amateur racing with hopes of fostering the next level of professional riders. Read More
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Greenville, S.C., Selected for 2014 UCI Para-Cycling World Championships
January 30, 2012 Greenville, S.C. – The world governing body of professional cycling Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) selected Greenville, S.C. to host the UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships in September 2014. This event is projected to include more than 450 athletes and 200 coaches and staff from over 45 countries. The Para-Cycling Road World Championships have not been hosted by an American city since Colorado Springs, Colo. in 1998. Read More
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Last Chance for Race the Ridge and Barry's Roubaix Early Registration
January 30, 2012 Maple Ridge, BC - (January 27, 2012) There are only a few days left to take advantage of early-bird registration discounts for Race the Ridge and Barry’s Roubaix, Maple Ridge’s premier road cycling races presented by Local Ride Bike Shop. Read More
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Zach McDonald Places 12th at UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
January 29, 2012 Colorado Springs, Colo. (Jan. 28, 2012) — Zach McDonald (Bainbridge Island, Wash./Team Rapha-Focus) gave the U.S. its top finish with a 12th-place result in the U23 men’s event on the opening day of the 2012 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Koksijde, Belgium on Saturday. Two American juniors, Andrew Dillman (Fairdale, Ky./Bob's Red Mill) and Logan Owen (Bremerton, Wash./Team Redline) also landed inside the top 20 to contribute to a respectable American showing on the sandy Koksijde course. Read More
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Global Relay Brings Bicycle Racing Back to Gastown for 2012 and Beyond
January 27, 2012 Vancouver, BC – January 27, 2012 — Global Relay, a Gastown-based technology services firm, today announced a multi-year commitment to bring back the Gastown Grand Prix, (formerly the Tour de Gastown) as title sponsor. Wednesday, July 11, 2012 will mark the revival of this prestigious professional cycling race which ran for 28 years, beginning in 1973. Read More
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Revitalized Brand Identity Created for 2012 Tour of Utah
January 27, 2012 Salt Lake City, Utah (January 26, 2012) –The Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, one of four top-rated, international professional cycling stage races in North America, will sport a new look in 2012 for its eighth year of competition. Organizers of the Tour of Utah, set for August 7-12, 2012, unveiled the new brand identity today, in collaboration with marketing partner TWIO Brand. Read More
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2012 Ft. Steilacoom Trail Duathlon Updates
January 26, 2012 Next race in the Trail Duathlon Series is coming up Saturday, January 28. Preregistration is extended until this Friday at 6 p.m., day of registration is available for $5 more if it's not sold out. Read More
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TransRockies Challenge Raises Over $17,000 for Local Trail Groups
January 26, 2012 Calgary, AB (January 25, 2012) – TransRockies Challenge, North America’s original epic Mountain bike stage race, celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2011. While featuring some of the best singletrack trails in the Canadian Rockies, TransRockies also raised money to further improve the incredible mountain biking opportunities available in the region. Using an innovative fundraising method that built an Optional Trails Donation into rider entry fees, the 2011 event raised over $17,000 for 5 local non-profit groups. Riders were also able to opt out of the donation by pledging to complete a minimum volunteer commitment in their home region. Either way, the riding community benefits from entries in this event and camaraderie grows among riders. Read More
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Students, Volunteers and Industry Figures Honored at 2011 NICA Awards
January 23, 2012 Berkeley, Calif. – Outstanding participants from the Washington High School Cycling League were honored at the 2011 National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA) Awards, at the Clif Bar and Co. headquarters in Emeryville, California, Saturday, January 14. Read More
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Tour of Utah to Announce 2012 Host Cities on February 1
January 23, 2012 Salt Lake City, Utah - Organizers will introduce the communities that will serve as host venues for the six-day, professional cycling event scheduled for August 7-12, 2012. Event organizers will reveal the overall race route with representatives on hand from each community. Read More
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Canada Cup Series Expands to BMX
January 18, 2012 Ottawa, ON – The BMX scene in Canada has just improved, thanks the new expansion of the Canada Cup Series to the cycling sport of BMX. Read More
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USA Pro Cycling Challenge Race Partners with Carmichael Training Systems in 2012
January 17, 2012 Denver, Colo. – Fans of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge will have the opportunity to experience the race like the pros through the Carmichael Training Systems’ (CTS) USA Pro Cycling Challenge Race Experience. Through an exclusive partnership between CTS and the USA Pro Challenge, a privileged few amateur riders will be selected for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to ride every stage of the 2012 USA Pro Challenge as a team, just hours before the professionals. These lucky amateurs will eat, sleep and live like professional cyclists for all seven days of the race, August 20-26, 2012. Retired professional cyclist and CTS Founder Chris Carmichael will be leading the selection process and riding with the team during the event. Read More
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Gastown is Back!
January 17, 2012 Gastown Grand Prix is back on the schedule for 2012 with a new title sponsor (to be announced in January) in association with the Gastown Business Improvement Association. Read More
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Master Cross Worlds - Report
January 15, 2012 Louisville, Ky. (January 14, 2012) —Americans took five of six possible rainbow jerseys Saturday on the third day of racing at the 2012 UCI Masters Cyclo-cross World Championships. Read More
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Track World Cup - Beijing Report
January 15, 2012 January 15 — USA Cycling sent a group of twelve to Beijing for the third round of the UCI Track World Cup. Bobby Lea (Mertztown, Pa./Pure Energy Cycling-ProAirHFA) posted the best performance for the U.S. contingent with seventh-place overall in the men’s omnium. Read More
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Compton Third in Fance CX World Cup
January 15, 2012 January 15 — Liévin, France - World Cup Report. Read More
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Whiskey Off-Road to Send Two to South Africa for 2012 SSWC
January 9, 2012 Tucson, Ariz. - Two very fast AND very lucky participants in the singlespeed category at the Whiskey Off-Road will win a free trip to the 2012 Single Speed World Championships (SSWC) located in Spioenkop/Winterton Kwa-Zulu Natal province, South Africa. Read More
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Powers and Compton Win Elite Crowns as Cyclo-cross Nationals Close
January 8, 2012 Verona, Wisc. (Jan. 8, 2012) -- Jeremy Powers (Easthampton, Mass./Rapha-Focus) and Katie Compton (Colorado Springs, Colo./Rabobank-Giant) took home elite national titles as the 2012 USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships concluded Sunday with thousands fans watching live both in person and on line. Collegiate national titles were also decided on the final day of competition; wrapping up five days of racing which saw more than 1,100 competitors and 5,000 spectators at Badger Prairie Park outside Madison, Wisconsin. Read More
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McDonald Dominates the U23 Field to Claims the National Title
January 7, 2012 Verona, Wisc. (Jan. 6, 2012) — The 2012 USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships reached its penultimate day Saturday and crowned eight more national champions, including the U23 men's and Collegiate women's champions. The temperatures began to reflect the calendar as the record highs earlier in the competition yielded to lower digits more common of Badger Prairie Park outside Madison, Wisc. Read More
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Tour de Victoria Announces Presenting Sponsor and 2012 Tour Details
January 6, 2012 Victoria, B.C. – Coming off a successful inaugural event in 2011, Ryder Hesjedal’s Tour de Victoria (TDV) announced a three-year presenting sponsor partnership with GoodLife Fitness. Read More
