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Chicago-Area NRC Race Originally Slated For August 21 Cancelled
Posted on 19. Jul, 2011 by lyne.
The USA Cycling National Racing Calendar (NRC) event originally scheduled in Evanston, IL on August 21st has been cancelled. Organizers of the Evanston Grand Prix previously announced an event date change, due to contractual issues, which forced the race’s removal from the NRC schedule – as originally reported by ChicagoBikeRacing.com. Local Chicago-area and USA Cycling [...]
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NRC Standings Going Into Cascade
Posted on 18. Jul, 2011 by lyne.
With only eight events left on the NRC, the upcoming Cascade Cycling Classic is even more important for the teams and riders battling for points. Francisco Mancebo (RealCyclist.com) has been leading since winning the first race, the Redlands Bicycle Classic, back in March and it will be difficult to topple him especially as the next [...]
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Revamped Call Up Procedure For USA Cross Nationals
Posted on 30. Jun, 2011 by lyne.
With fields getting bigger and bigger in non-UCI categories, USA Cycling has been struggling to find a fair way to do call-ups for the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships. Methods such as time trials, order of registration and random drawings were used but for 2012, a new ranking system will be used. In years past, [...]
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Mancebo, Neben Top NRC Standings Midway Through Calendar
Posted on 29. Jun, 2011 by lyne.
Two events, only for the men, on the NRC last weekend, two crits on each side of the country, the Glencoe Grand Prix and the Manhattan Beach Grand Prix. More than midway through 28-event calendar, no changes to the top of the NRC Standings. Francisco Mancebo (RealCyclist.com) has been on top the men’s individual standings [...]
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Farina, Korus Crowned US Road Champions
Posted on 26. Jun, 2011 by lyne.
Emerging from a late race break, Robin Farina (NOW & Novartis) outsprinted her breakmates to win the USA National Road Championships to close out the USA Cycling Juniors, U23, Elite & Para Road National Championships in scorching hot Augusta, Georgia. Alexey Vermeulen (Prochain) won the Men Jr 17.18 title and and Max Korus (BikeReg.com-Cannondale), the Elite Men.
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Squire Leads Chipotle 1-2 At Brutally Hot USA U23 Road Race Championships
Posted on 25. Jun, 2011 by lyne.
The Chipotle Development Team went 1-2 in the scorching hot USA U23 National Road Race Championships earlier today in Augusta, Georgia. Rob Squire and Jacob Rathe escaped a select front group with two laps to go and never looked back. Squire claimed the Stars & Stripes. “I usually do pretty well in the heat,” Squire [...]
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Olds, Rivera, Bush Win USA Crit Titles
Posted on 24. Jun, 2011 by usacycling.
USA Criterium champions were crowned on day three of the USA Cycling Juniors, U23, Elite & Para Road National Championships. Shelley Olds (Diadora Pasta Zara), Robert Bush (Chipotle Development Team) and Coryn Rivera (Peanut Butter & Co. TWENTY 12) took home the Stars-and-Stripes in the day’s marquee contests on the four-corner course in beautiful downtown [...]
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Neben Back On Top Of NRC, Men Standings Tighter After Nature Valley Grand Prix
Posted on 21. Jun, 2011 by lyne.
As expected, the highest-rated NRC stage race, the 2.1-rated Nature Valley Grand Prix had an impact on the USA Cycling’s National Racing Calendar standings. The overall winner Amber Neben (HTC-Highroad) takes over the top of the individual women’s standings once again, a position she held at the beginning of the season after winning the NRC [...]
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Van Gilder Moves Up To Second; No Changes Atop NRC Standings
Posted on 06. Jun, 2011 by lyne.
No changes to the top of the NRC standings with two one-day races on the calendar this past week, the Base Camp International p/b Verizon Wireless in Basking Ridge, N.J. on June 2 for the men, and for the women, the Liberty Classic on June 5 in Philadelphia, PA. Janel Holcomb (Colavita-Forno d’Asolo) remains the [...]
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No Changes To Top Of NRC Standings
Posted on 01. Jun, 2011 by lyne.
With only one NRC event on the calendar this past weekend, and only for men, the standings remain mostly unchanged. RealCyclist.com’s Francisco Mancebo leads the men’s individual standings while BISSELL tops the team classification with PureBlack Racing moving up. Colavita-Forno d’Asolo continues to lead the women’s team and individual standings with Janel Holcomb.

