USA Cycling September Communiqué
September's monthly Communiquandeacute; features a look at the new film Chasing Legends, the story of how one cyclist lost a race but saved a life, and wrap-ups from the August national championships and the collegiate conference directors summit. Plus, find out how to watch the Vuelta live, and learn about upcoming summits and seminars for coaches, soigneurs and mechanics.
MTB Worlds continue with U23 womens XC and four-cross qualification
The 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships continued on Thursday with the U23 women's cross country contest and the elite men's and women's four-cross qualification rounds.
MTB Worlds continue with U23 womens XC and four-cross qualification
The 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships continued on Thursday with the U23 women's cross country contest and the elite men's and women's four-cross qualification rounds.
Mountain Bike Worlds open with team relay and junior women’s XC
The 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships kicked off on Wednesday with Todd Wells, Rob Squire, Seth Kemp, and Katie Compton placing the U.S. ninth in the team relay and junior rider Essence Barton riding to 13th place in the junior womenandrsquo;s cross country event.
Mountain Bike Worlds open with team relay and junior women’s XC
The 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships kicked off on Wednesday with Todd Wells, Rob Squire, Seth Kemp, and Katie Compton placing the U.S. ninth in the team relay and junior rider Essence Barton riding to 13th place in the junior womenandrsquo;s cross country event.
13 Stars-and-Stripes awarded on day one of Masters Track Nationals
The 2010 Richardson Bike Mart USA kids bike, man bike, woman bike Masters Track National Championships got underway on Wednesday, awarding 13 Stars-and-Stripes on Wednesday before the Texas skies opened up to a torrential suspending the evening session. All competition will resume in order on Thursday morning at 8:00 a.m. at the Superdrome.
Richardson Bike Mart Masters Track Nats underway on Wednesday
The Richardson Bike Mart USA kids bike, man bike, woman bike Masters Track National Championships will go off September 1-5 at the Superdome in Frisco, Texas. The two- and -three kilometer time trial events will kick things off on Wednesday. In all more than 250 masters track athletes will compete for the right to wear the Stars-and-Stripes signifying the country's best.
DEVELOPMENT WRAP: Road and MTB athletes busy around the world
A new group of junior road cyclists recently completed a trio of kermesses in Belgium while their off-road counterparts raced against world-class fields at the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup finale. U23 rider Andrew Talansky was second in a stage of Valle de Aosta last week. On the women's side of USA kids bike, man bike, woman bike's development initiatives, a team of six young women just completed the Classica Citta di Padova and are now racing in the Holland Ladies Tour in the Netherlands.
NRC team titles decided at Chris Thater
Although Catherine Cheatley and Luis Amaran all but had the USA kids bike, man bike, woman bike National Racing Calendar 2010 individual titles in the bag heading into the final event, their teams were still fighting for every point. The Fly V Australia men's squad pulled out all the stops at the Chris Thater Memorial, finishing one-and-two to lock down the men's team title. Cheatley finished second to help earn the overall women's title for the Colavita/Baci p/b Cooking Light ladies.
Aaron Gwin fourth overall in the Downhill World Cup standings
The 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup is officially in the books as racing wrapped up on Windham Mountain in New York's Catskills on Sunday with the men's and women's downhill contests. Reigning U.S. national champ Aaron Gwin earned a spot on the overall World Cup podium in only his second year racing the World Cup circuit. His fourth place finish in Sunday's final earned him fourth place overall in the final World Cup standings.