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Dynamic new course unveiled for 2010 Univest Grand Prix
The Univest Grand Prix returns to Souderton, Pennsylvania, on September 11 with a dynamic and exciting new race course for Saturday's USA Cycling ProTour road race and what promises to be the strongest field in the history of the 13-year-old North American classic.
Two more 2011/2012 National Championship events announced
USA Cycling announced today the host cities and dates for two of its 2011 and 2012 national championships events. Sun Valley, Idaho will host the USA Cycling Cross Country Mountain Bike National Championships and Augusta, Georgia will hold the USA Cycling Juniors, U23, Elite andamp; Paralympic Road National Championships for the next two years.
Thirty-two national titles awarded as Masters Track Nats wrap up
Competition wrapped up at the 2010 Richardson Bike Mart USA Cycling Masters Track National Championships on Sunday as the final 32 Stars-and-Stripes were awarded in the time trial and team events. Overall 81 national titles have been awarded over the past five days of competition at the Superdrome in Frisco, Texas.
DEVELOPMENT WRAP: Good week for USA Cycling's riders on the road
USA Cycling National Development Program riders had a good week as Taylor Phinney won the opening prologue of the Tour de l'Avenir on Sunday. Shelley Olds rode to 13th place overall in the Holland Ladies Tour, and a USA Cycling junior contingent wrapped up the Giro della Lunigiana in Italy. Additionally, USA Cycling National Development Program alum Tyler Farrar won a stage of the Vuelta a Espana on Wednesday and fellow development program graduate Tejay Van Garderen currently sits in 11th in the race's overall standings.
Neko Mulally grabs silver on final day of Mountain Bike Worlds
U.S. rider Neko Mulally descended his way onto the podium during the final day of competition at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, earning the silver medal in the junior men's downhill contest. Aaron Gwin barely missed out on the poiudm when he clocked the fourth fastest time in the elite men's race.
Phinney wins L’Avenir Prologue, Talansky sixth
The USA Cycling National Development Program started off the Tour de l'Avenir as hoped; with a victory in the opening prologue. Taylor Phinney won the 7.8-kilometer prologue of Tour of the Future in a time of 8:55 over Alex Dowsett of Great Britain.
Sprint and Points Race highlight Saturday Masters Track Nationals
Nine new sprint and points race champions were awarded at the Superdrome in Frisco, Texas on Saturday as the 2010 edition of the Richardson Bike USA Cycling Masters Track National Championships prepared to wrap up. Overall 49 Stars-and-Stripes have been awarded through Saturdayandrsquo;s penultimate day of competition.
Willow Koerber grabs bronze at Mountain Bike World Championships
The penultimate day of the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships was a good one for American ladies as Willow Koerber rode to the bronze medal in the elite women's cross country event and her teammate Heather Irmiger finished sixth. In the men's event, Sam Schultz was the highest-placed American in 20th.
Fifteen national titles awarded at Masters Track Nationals Friday
Fifteen more national titles were awarded on day three of the 2010 Richardson Bike Mart USA Cycling Masters Track National Championships. The Superdrome in Frisco, Texas played host to various time trial, points race and sprint national championship match-ups on Friday.
Seth Kemp rides to 18th in junior men's XC on day 3 of MTB Worlds
The 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships continued on Friday with the junior men's cross country race, U23 men's cross country race, and the elite men's and women's four-cross competitions. Seth Kemp had a super-impressive ride, taking 18th place among the junior men. In the U23 event, Robbie Squire was the highest placed American in 31st, and in the four-cross, Barry Nobles put on quite a show and rode to seventh place.