http://www.usacycling.org/road/ The latest road cycling news from USA Cycling en-us Copyright 2009 by USA Cycling, Incorporated. All rights reserved Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:29:36 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss webmaster@usacycling.org http://www.usacycling.org/myusac/images/usac_logo.gif http://www.usacycling.org/road/ 136 72 http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=4531 USA Cycling received and is reviewing and processing 12 candidates for menandrsquo;s UCI Continental Team status for the 2010 season. The deadline for submitting a team inscription was October 31, 2009 and no other candidates will be accepted for the 2010 season. asmith@usacycling.org Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:24:41 GMT http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=4524 The BMC Racing Team today announced the signing of current World Professional Road Champion Cadel Evans to a three year contract. This partnership will create mutually beneficial opportunities for both the current World Champion as well as the U.S.-based BMC Racing Team. asmith@usacycling.org Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:06:29 GMT http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=4523 The Greenville Hospital System USA Cycling Professional Championships will return to Greenville, S.C. for a fifth consecutive year in 2010, with new dates set for September 18-19, 2010. The Championship weekend features the USA Cycling Professional Time Trial Championship on Saturday and the USA Cycling Professional Road Race Championship on Sunday. asmith@usacycling.org Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:20:36 GMT http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=4504 Featuring 27 events and nearly one million dollars in overall prize payouts, the 2010 National Racing Calendar (NRC) was announced today by USA Cycling. The NRC enters its 14th season as the nationandrsquo;s premier Pro-Am menandrsquo;s and womenandrsquo;s road cycling circuit and will visit 22 states from March through September, highlighting the United Statesandrsquo; best domestic teams and athletes. asmith@usacycling.org Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:33:55 GMT http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=4509 A national program is offering race promoters the opportunity to send their top amateurs to the 2010 edition of the Nature Valley Grand Prix (Minnesota andamp; Western Wisconsin, June 16-20) to compete against the countryandrsquo;s top men and women professional bicycle racers. asmith@usacycling.org Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:31:24 GMT http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=4495 Cari Higgins has been elected to the USCF Board of Trustees as one of its three athlete representatives. A multi-time track national champion and Pan Am Games medalist, Higgins was elected as the newest athlete trustee on Oct. 13 following a recent special election. Higgins will be seated on the USCF Board of Trustees until the next quadrennial election, set for mid-summer of 2012. asmith@usacycling.org Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:05:49 GMT http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=4485 The U.S. Olympic Committee announced USA Cyclingandrsquo;s Kristin Armstrong and track athlete Tyson Gay as the September Athletes of the Month, while the USA World Cup Baseball Team was awarded Team of the Month honors. Performing in her last international competition, Armstrong rode into retirement in September by earning her second world title in the elite womenandrsquo;s time trial at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships in Mendrisio, Switzerland on Sept. 23. asmith@usacycling.org Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:43:10 GMT http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=4482 As a reminder, Men's and Women's UCI Continental Teams wishing to register must contact USA Cycling BEFORE OCTOBER 31. All UCI documents and contracts must be submitted to USA Cycling before November 5. New teams for 2010 should immediately contact USA Cycling's Technical Director Shawn Farrell. kkahn@usacycling.org Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:34:06 GMT http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=4461 Kristin Armstrong won this week's USA TODAY Olympic Athlete of the Week award. The 2008 Olympic time trial champion retired from the sport on top last week, capping off her final season with a second career time trial world title at the 2009 UCI Road World Championships in Switzerland. kkahn@usacycling.org Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:59:32 GMT http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=4456 The 2009 UCI Road World Championships wrapped up on Sunday with Australiaandrsquo;s Cadel Evans winning the menandrsquo;s road race. Twenty-four-year-old Craig Lewis was the top U.S. finisher coming in 59th in the grueling seven-hour affair. After a pair of near misses with fourth-place-finishes in the womenandrsquo;s road race and menandrsquo;s time trial, the U.S. team leaves the 2009 UCI Road World Championships with one gold medal, a blistering final ride by Olympic champion Kristin Armstrong in the time trial. asmith@usacycling.org Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:24:13 GMT