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Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY24 Cycling Returns to UCI Status

Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY24 cycling team is announcing its transition to a Union Cycliste Internationale program in a step up in competition for the team that since its inception 18 years ago has seen its athletes earn 14 Olympic and Paralympic medals. The team is home to the only integrated junior mentorship program of its […]

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Posted On : By : Matt Traub
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Virginia Blue Ridge to Host 2022 USA Cycling Amateur Road National Championships

Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge, with support from the city of Roanoke and Botetourt County, will host the 2022 USA Cycling Amateur Road National Championships. Several hundred athletes will compete for a chance to earn national titles in the road race, individual time trial and criterium. Action starts June 29 and will run through July 2. […]

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Posted On : By : Matt Traub
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Some members of Virginia's Blue Ridge Team Twenty24 Women's Olympic cycling team pose with local and state dignitaries during a press conference announcing the tourism office's sponsorship of the team.
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Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge Sponsors Professional Women’s Cycling Team

Team TWENTY24, a diverse team of female professional and junior cyclists, will relocate their base of operations from Idaho to Virginia’s Blue Ridge and rebrand as Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY24, a move announced by leaders of Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge and the Virginia Tourism Corporation. For more than 17 years, the women’s cycling team has […]

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Posted On : By : Jason Gewirtz
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Virginia’s Blue Ridge Lands Ironman

In recent years, Ironman has been in acquisition mode. One of those purchases involved three former Rev3 races, including a 70.3 triathlon held in Williamsburg, Virginia. After fulfilling a commitment to hold the 2019 event in May, Ironman decided to shift the event to midsummer, something the colonial city’s already bustling summer tourism scene couldn’t […]

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Posted On : By Jason Gewirtz
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Virginia’s Blue Ridge Lands Ironman 70.3 Event

Ironman has announced that Roanoke, Virginia, will become a multiyear host of the Carilion Clinic Ironman 70.3 Virginia’s Blue Ridge triathlon starting in 2020. The event was previously held in Williamsburg, Virginia. Carilion Clinic is a Roanoke-based health care organization and will serve as the title sponsor of the event, which will be staged June […]

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Posted On : By : Jason Gewirtz