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February Communiqué

The location for the USA Cycling Mountain Bike Gravity National Championships in 2013 and 2014 is the Angel Fire Bike Park in Angel Fire, N.M., USA Cycling announced. The exact dates of the 2013 and 2014 events will be announced at a later date.

Fort Lewis and Mars Hill have strengthened their hold on the number one spots in Divisions I and II, but anything can happen in Ogden!

The first of 17 of this year’s USA Cycling National Championships went into the books last month. As we gear up for the rest of 2012, let’s take a look back at 2011! Last year, USA Cycling members raced for national titles at 16 national championship events in various locations across the United States. Additionally, two national championship events were held for para-cycling athletes. In all, American cyclists took home 516 national championship titles. These national champions represent the best of the best across all disciplines and categories of cycling. Congratulations to all of our 2011 national champions! Click on the links below to see the names of each national champion.

The world governing body of professional cycling Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) selected Greenville, S.C. to host the UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships in September 2014. This event is projected to include more than 450 athletes and 200 coaches and staff from over 45 countries. The Para-Cycling Road World Championships have not been hosted by an American city since Colorado Springs, Colo. in 1998.

Two-time world championship medalist Katie Compton surged to take fifth place in the elite women’s contest at the 2012 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Koksijde, Belgium on Sunday. Ryan Trebon powered through the sand dunes of coastal Belgium to finish 18th as the Belgians recorded a record top-seven sweep.

Zach McDonald gave the U.S. its top finish with a 12th-place result in the U23 men’s event on the opening day of the 2012 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Koksijde, Belgium on Saturday. Two American juniors, Andrew Dillman and Logan Owen also landed inside the top 20 to contribute to a respectable American showing on the sandy Koksijde course.

Each year, USA Cycling recognizes outstanding cycling programs with cash grants through the USA Cycling Development Foundation Centers of Excellence program.

The initial 2012 calendars for the Lance Armstrong Junior Race Series and the Alison Dunlap Junior Race Series have been announced.

USA Cycling is pleased to introduce Tioga, a bicycle component and tire manufacturer, as an official sponsor of its BMX Junior Development Program (JDP) camps.

Last weekend, 13 USA Cycling officials graduated from level B to level A after attending a Level A Clinic taught by USA Cycling International Commissaire, Phil Miller in Austin, Texas.

It's been a long, but productive winter for the riders of the USA Cycling National Development Program. As the calendar threatens to flip to February and cyclo-cross season winds down, the road season is on the verge of beginning in earnest. A group of nine U23 riders traveled to Colorado Springs for a rookie camp while a small group of junior riders contested the last UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup race in the Netherlands.

The deadline for registering your Domestic Elite Road Team is February 15, 2012.

USA Cycling is pleased to introduce Chase BMX, a division of the BMX Racing Group, as an official sponsor of its BMX Junior Development Program (JDP).

If you didn’t catch the elite men’s and women’s races at the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships - Not to worry! We’re re-broadcasting them again on Wednesday, Jan. 18.

USA Cycling is proud to announce SPY, the Southern California-based purveyor of technical sunglasses, goggles and prescription eyewear, as an official sponsor. Along with supporting the development of America’s next generation of world champions and Olympic medalists, this multi-year partnership allows SPY to build upon its heritage in cycling and technical eyewear development, further integrating its brand, products, events and athletes.

Racing concluded Sunday at the 2012 UCI Masters Cyclo-cross World Championships in Louisville, Ky., with six more Americans claiming the top step of the podium.

USA Cycling sent a group of twelve to Beijing for the third round of the UCI Track World Cup this weekend. <strong>Bobby Lea</strong> (Mertztown, Pa./Pure Energy Cycling-ProAirHFA) posted the best performance for the U.S. contingent with seventh-place overall in the men’s omnium.

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) held the penultimate Cyclo-cross World Cup Sunday in Liévin, France.

Americans took five of six possible rainbow jerseys Saturday on the third day of racing at the 2012 UCI Masters Cyclo-cross World Championships.

American riders earned a silver and a bronze in the first championship race of the 2012 UCI Masters Cyclo-cross World Championships in Louisville, Kentucky.

USA Cycling announced Friday the roster of elite, U23 and junior athletes that will represent the United States at the 2012 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Koksijde, Belgium on Jan. 28-29.

USADA announced today that Nick Brandt-Sorenson of Los Angeles, Calif., a masters athlete in the sport of cycling, has accepted a two-year suspension for an anti-doping rule violation