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BMX Facility Utah
The new BMX Freestyle Training Facility in South Jordan, Utah, provided Team USA athletes a place to train for the 2024 Olympics. USA Cycling photo

USA Cycling Unveils New BMX Freestyle Training Facility

USA Cycling has unveiled a new BMX Freestyle training facility in South Jordan, Utah, which was built ahead of the 2024 Olympic Summer Games and used as a training facility for Team USA athletes as they prepared for Paris. In BMX Freestyle’s inaugural Olympic appearance in 2021 in Tokyo, Hannah Roberts securing the country’s first […]

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Roanoke cycling

Roanoke to Host USA Cycling Endurance Mountain Bike National Championships

Roanoke in Virginia’s Blue Ridge has been announced as the host for the USA Cycling Endurance Mountain Bike National Championships for the next two years. The event combines cross-country and marathon mountain bike events and brings together cyclists of all categories to compete for national titles in 2025–2026, with the first event tentatively slated for […]

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Maryland Cycling Classic 2

Maryland Cycling Classic Postponed for 2024

The Maryland Sports Commission and the Sport & Entertainment Corporation Of Maryland have announced that the Maryland Cycling Classic will be postponing the third edition of the event with a full return in 2025. After consultation with the SECMD Board of Directors, local government officials and stakeholders including USA Cycling and Union Cycliste Internationale, the […]

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Rock County to Host 2024 USA Para-Cycling Road National Championships

USA Cycling’s Para-Cycling Road National Championships will be held from June 11-13 in Rock County, Wisconsin, ahead of the 15th annual Kwik Trip Tour of America’s Dairyland series. With support from U.S. Paralympics Cycling, para-cyclists will have the opportunity to compete in a Road Race, Time Trial and Team Relay. “We are excited to continue […]

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Little 500 Cutters
The "Cutters" that were depicted in the 1979 movie Breaking Away are always one of the most competitive teams at the Little 500. Photo courtesy of Visit Bloomington

Little 500 Generates Big Results for Bloomington

The Indianapolis 500 may get all the spring headlines in the state of Indiana, but another race an hour south of Indianapolis is just as competitive. The Little 500 cycling race in Bloomington, Indiana, takes place the third week of April each year at Bill Armstrong Stadium on the campus of Indiana University. This year, […]

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Colorado Springs Veldrome

U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center Velodrome to Reopen

The Colorado Springs Olympic & Paralympic Training Center Velodrome will officially reopen on April 1. Once re-opened, the velodrome will introduce training sessions four days a week, classes for adults and youth and an 18-race series on select Friday nights. USA Cycling and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee will jointly work to continue building […]

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USA Cycling Announces 2024 Criterium National Series Dates and Locations

USA Cycling has released its 2024 Criterium National Series with 35 days of racing in eight events across the country in partnership with the American Criterium Cup. The 2024 edition will offer riders the opportunity to qualify for the 2025 Professional Road National Championships. The top 10 Elite Men and Elite Women in the overall […]

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APTOPIX Pan American Games Fencing
Samuel Imrek, left, and teammate Curtis McDowald, of the United States, celebrate their gold medal victory over Canada at the end of the men's fencing epee teams final, at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

DEI Initiatives Ongoing Throughout U.S. Olympic Movement

Whether it be state-by-state laws that are divergent in nature, international federations putting out mandates that may not match a member country’s intrinsic values and all in the background of the pandemic-era reckoning about race and diversity throughout the United States, national governing bodies throughout the U.S. Olympic movement have a list of topics to […]

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Gran Fondo

USA Cycling Gran Fondo Championship Becomes World Qualifier

The 2023 and 2024 USA Cycling Gran Fondo National Championships will become an official qualifier event for Masters aiming to compete in the 2024 and 2025 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships, the national governing body announced in partnership with the international event organizer. Masters racers who win competitions in their age group (30+) at the […]

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