http://www.usacycling.org/mtb/ The latest mountain bike news from USA Cycling en-us Copyright 2009 by USA Cycling, Incorporated. All rights reserved Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:02:09 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss webmaster@usacycling.org http://www.usacycling.org/myusac/images/usac_logo.gif http://www.usacycling.org/mtb/ 136 72 http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=4214 The UCI Mountain Bike World Cup is set to return to the U.S. next year for the first time since 2005 as Windham Mountain Resort in New York has been chosen to host the series finale August 28-29, 2010. After successfully hosting a 2008 national calendar event, Windham Mountain resort hosts a UCI Category 1 event his year as the sixth stop on the 2009 USA Cycling Pro Cross Country and Gravity Mountain Bike Tours. kkahn@usacycling.org Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:52:22 GMT http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=4200 Max Plaxton topped a field packed with nearly 100 of the continent's best male mountain bikers on Saturday while fellow Canadian Catharine Pendrel won the pro women's race at the CTS Sand Creek International, the fourth event on the USA Cycling Pro Cross Country Tour presented by Sho-air (Pro XCT). With their wins both Plaxton and Pendrel move into the top spots in the standings with four of the seven series events completed. The next race on the 2009 Pro XCT will be the U.S. Cup at Mount Snow in Vermont on Aug. 8. asmith@usacycling.org Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:57:11 GMT http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=4191 The fourth stop on the USA Cycling Pro Mountain Bike Cross Country Tour presented by Sho-Air (Pro XCT) is set to get underway this Saturday with the Carmichael Training Systems Sand Creek International Classic at Cheyenne Mountain State Park in Colorado Springs. The June 13th event will welcome some of the world's top mountain bikers as they duke it out for the Pro XCT lead. kkahn@usacycling.org Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:19:28 GMT http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=4178 The UCI 2010 mountain bike inscription period is now open with a deadline of July 3, 2009. All inscriptions are submitted to the UCI through national federations, therefore the completed forms need to be submitted to USA Cycling by Monday, June 22, 2009. The 2010 USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Calendar (MBNC) application period has also been bumped up to an earlier date this year to coincide with the UCI inscription period. asmith@usacycling.org Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:31:16 GMT http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=4172 Sid Taberlay outsprinted Jeremy Horban-Kobelski to take the victory at the third event on the USA Cycling Pro Cross Country Tour presented by Sho-air (Pro XCT) by a two seconds. In the women's event, Catherine Pendrel out dueled her Luna Chix teammate, Georgia Gould to win the Bump and Grind Pro XCT women's event near Birmingham, Ala. Max Plaxton and Gould lead the standings after three events. The next race on the Pro XCT will be the CTS Sand Creek International Classic in Colorado Springs, Colo. on June 13. asmith@usacycling.org Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:04:26 GMT http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=4170 The third race on the USA Cycling Pro XCT presented by Sho-air will take place on Sunday May 31 in Pelham, Alabama. Dozens of the continent's top cyclists, including a pair of Olympians, will compete on the spectator friendly, six-mile loop course at Oak Mountain State Park with the Pro XCT events beginning at 1:00 p.m. asmith@usacycling.org Sat, 30 May 2009 17:37:20 GMT http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=4168 USA Cycling is pleased to announce a unique opportunity for six junior riders to compete with full support in a U.S. Cup Mountain Bike Race Series event as part of the USA Cycling Development Camp andldquo;All Star Team.andrdquo; Four males and two females will be hand-picked from USA Cyclingandrsquo;s Regional Mountain Bike Development Camps to compete at the USA Cyclig Pro XCT presented by Sho-air #5 in Mount Snow, Vermont this August. kkahn@usacycling.org Thu, 28 May 2009 21:50:03 GMT http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=4155 As a part of USA Cycling's European Mountain Bike Development Camp, six American U23 mountain bikers contested the third round of the Bundesliga International andquot;Bike the Rockandquot; cross country contest in Heubach, Germany on May 17. Tristan Cowie led the team against the world-class competition, finishing 23rd in the U23 category. The group will next contest the Buhlertaler Hill Climb on May 23 and the Solingen Rennen cross country race on May 24. asmith@usacycling.org Tue, 19 May 2009 15:54:35 GMT http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=4126 The USA Cycling National Development Mountain Bike Team grabbed both first and second place at the Wittnauer mountain bike race in Germany on May 10. U.S. team member Tad Elliott earned a victory in the local mountain bike race, while his teammate Robbie Squire grabbed second. Six additional U23 cross country athletes also raced alongside the development team members, experiencing European mountain bike racing for the first time as a part of the first of three USA Cycling European Mountain Bike Development Race Camps scheduled for this summer. asmith@usacycling.org Tue, 12 May 2009 23:10:31 GMT http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=4144 Sean McClendon made the trip across the country to win the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Gravity Calendar's third event, the Massanutten Yee-Ha! in Virginia. McClendon only finished less than a second ahead of 16-year old Neko Mulally in the downhill event. Allegra Burch came out on top of the pro women's race at Massanutten Resort. The fourth of eight events on the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Gravity Calendar will be the Chile Challenge in Angel Fire, N.M., May 23-25. asmith@usacycling.org Mon, 11 May 2009 18:03:47 GMT