USA Cycling welcomes Slipstream and Highroad
to Development Team
USA Cycling announced today two new partners in its mission to develop
future professional cyclists, welcoming long-time management companies
Highroad Sports and Slipstream Sports as key supporters of the USA
Cycling National Development Team. The newly-created partnership marks
the next step in the evolution of USA Cycling's European-based programs
and represents a substantial investment by the American professional
cycling industry to ensure the U.S. continues to produce future
champions.
Junior National Team's Adam Leibovitz wins in
Belgium Junior
National Team member Adam Leibovitz won Friday's prologue of the Ster
van Zuid Limburg stage race in Belgium, clocking a winning time of 6
minutes, 21 seconds over the five-kilometer course. One of 34 Americans
participating in USA Cycling's national team program in Europe this
month, Leibovitz led a U.S. charge that left five riders in the top 20
of a 186-rider field. Leibovitz will wear the yellow leader's jersey in
stage 1 on Saturday, a 119-kilometer race from Borlo to Alt-Hoeselt.
Registration now open for 2009 UCI BMX World
Championships Registration
is now available via the USA Cycling website for the 2009 UCI BMX World
Championships and Challenge slated for July 20-26 in Adelaide,
Australia. All qualified riders will need a valid USA Cycling
International BMX license in order to register for the event. A
complete list of qualified riders and more details on how to register
are available on the USA Cycling BMX World Championship information
page on the BMX homepage. Registration for all amateur class riders
closes May 1 and on July 3 for all championship class athletes.
USA Cycling's Miller named Director of
Athletics After
being appointed to the position on an interim basis last February, Jim
Miller was named USA Cycling's Director of Athletics effective Monday,
April 6. Miller, 38, began his tenure at USA Cycling in 2002 and has
since served USA Cycling in a variety of capacities. As director of
athletics, Miller will oversee athletic programs for all major
disciplines of competitive cycling with the ultimate goal being the
success of American riders at the international level, as well as the
continued development and support of future talent.
Free webinar surrounding USA Cycling MTB and
CX national programs USA
Cycling is offering a free webinar covering national program
opportunities for mountain bike and cyclo-cross athletes. Set for April
13 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. MDT, the presentation will provide an
overview on USA Cyclingandrsquo;s national programs and information on
how athletes are identified, how to enter USA Cyclingandrsquo;s
Development Pathway and the new European race program. Dr. Kristin
Dieffenbach, Ph.D. will also be presenting a series of webinars in
April, including Training on Limited Time coming up on April 9.
National Development Team's Barton and
Phinney top 10 at Triptyque Behind
the top-ten overall performances of Chris Barton and Taylor Phinney,
the USA Cycling National Development Team scored a fifth-place overall
ranking at the Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux race in Belgium. The
squad, made up of a compilation of U23 athletes from various U.S.-based
squads, helped Barton to a fifth-place overall finish following his
third-place result in the opening stage. After a sixth-place finish in
the eventandrsquo;s stage two individual time trial, Phinney pulled in
at ninth-place overall.
USA Cycling sends 34 athletes to Europe for
April racing campaign USA
Cycling announced today its National Team rosters and race schedules
for the month of April as its U23, Junior, and Womenandrsquo;s National
Team squads will contest a total of 24 races throughout western Europe
this month. Beginning with this weekendandrsquo;s Triptyque des Monts
et Chateaux in Belgium, USA Cycling will host 14 U23 athletes, 6
juniors and 14 women throughout the month of April, providing them with
valuable exposure to European racing andndash; a primary factor in the
successful development of future world-class cyclists.
Barton opens National Team's Belgian campaign
with third place Racing
with the USA Cycling National Development Team, Chris Barton placed
third Friday in the opening stage of the Triptyque des Monts et
Chateaux race in Belgium. Barton, one of 14 U23 athletes racing with
the National Development Team throughout Europe this month, sprinted to
a third-place finish amidst a 12-man lead group in the 170-kilometer
stage from Vieux-Conde, France to Quevecamps. Racing alongside Barton
are teammates Taylor Phinney, Kirk Carlsen, Austin Carroll, Taylor
Shelden, Cole House and Peter Salon.
USA Cycling Communiqué 4 April
is set to be a busy month for bike racing and USA Cycling wants to keep
all members in the know about what's going on as the season gears up.
Check out the latest edition of the USA Cycling Communiquandeacute;
here for information on the upcoming USA Cycling Collegiate National
Championships, the U.S. trials for the UCI Junior Road and Time Trial
World Championships at the Soto Classic, find out more about the BMX
World Challenge, USA Cycling's BMX Supercross prep camp, the latest
educational seminars, how to help the USA Cycling Development
Foundation grow the next crop of champions, how to secure one of
Liberty Mutual's Responsible Sports Community Grants and much more....
USA Cycling National Racing Calendar
Standings: March 30 After
securing the overall lead following the stage two circuit, Jeff Louder
held off Bissell's Tom Zirbel to secure the overall victory at the
Redlands Bicycle Classic by just five seconds. Ina-Yoko Teutenberg used
the race's bonus sprints to gain the last second needed to edge out
Nanduuml;rnberger-Shoair's Amber Neben by one second and claim the
overall victory. The next event on the 2009 NRC will be the Dana Point
Grand Prix of Cycling. The 1.5-rated event will take place on April 26
in Dana Point, Calif.
