USA Cycling Professional National Championship

Lauren Stephens was crushed when she wasn't selected for the U.S. Olympic squad but she refocused herself on winning big races.

U.S. pro road champs Ruth Winder and Alex Howes to keep their jerseys until the 2021 events.

Joey Rosskopf and Amber Neben both defend their national time trial titles in Knoxville

Amber Neben attacks with over two laps to race and holds off a hard-chasing peloton to win the Stars and Stripes.

Larry Warbasse claims his first pro national championship title in Knoxville, Tennessee.

A number of top contenders for the Stars and Stripes jersey head to Knoxville without much team support. Here's a full USPro preview.

Two years after a crash at nationals nearly ended his career, Taylor Phinney will compete for the stars and stripes this weekend.

Part one of a wide-ranging, exclusive interview with Cannondale-Garmin team founder Vaughters ahead of the Tour de France

Winston-Salem, North Carolina announced as host of USA Cycling pro road national championships for 2016 and 2017

Matthew Busche blasts to his second pro national championship title in a rainy, hard race in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Megan Guarnier claims stars-and-stripes jersey with help from Boels Dolmans teammate Evelyn Stevens

Megan Guarnier and Matthew Busche take home stars and stripes jerseys in Chattanooga

The 30-year-old wins his second U.S. road championship, finishing in solo fashion ahead of a pair of chasers

After winning Strade Bianche in March, Guarnier's second national title also brings a spot at Richmond worlds in September

Matthew Busche rides away from Joe Dombrowski and a small group of chasers to win the 2015 national championship race

Megan Guarnier and Evelyn Stevens deliver an impressive one-two punch to set up Guarnier to win her second national championship title

Andrew Talansky nets his first national TT title as a pro, and Kristin Armstrong returns to the top of the podium

Pressed to name favorites for Monday's U.S. pro road championships, most would begin with two teams: Boels-Dolmans and Cannondale-Garmin

Casey B. Gibson and his Nikons were at the ready on Saturday during the U.S. professional time trial championships in Tennessee

Andrew Talansky says it will be an honor to wear the U.S. champion's colors at the start of the Tour de France

Kristin Armstrong wins the 2015 women's national time trial title, earning the final available place in the Richmond worlds ITT squad

How do the pros pack for important races? Kiel Reijnen (UnitedHealthcare) shows us what's in his travel bag for nationals

26-year-old Andrew Talansky earned himself a year in the American TT champion's jersey, while his teammate Ben King took runner-up honors

Olympic gold medalist and former world champion Kristin Armstrong takes national time trial title in Chattanooga

Kristin Armstrong hopes to earn a ticket to the Rio Olympics with a national championship title in Saturday's time trial in Chattanooga

The Cannondale-Garmin climber rates his California performance as "Okay. Not bad. Not great.”

Even as defending champ, Eric Marcotte says he'll be team player at nationals this weekend, but he's ready to make the most of opportunity

USA Cycling's professional road nationals will again feature Lookout Mountain, a punishing climb in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Taylor Phinney talks to reporters for the first time about his horrific crash at nationals, moving forward, and not being bitter

The Chattanooga newspaper publishes photos and witnesses' accounts from the crash that left Phinney hospitalized

Check out the photos from the men's road race at the USA Cycling Professional National Championships in Chattanooga

Casey B. Gibson captures the action during the women's road race at the USA Cycling Professional National Championships

Taylor Phinney crashed at high speed and broke his left leg in the U.S. nationals road race Monday. Was a race moto to blame?

Marcotte, who led SmartStop to a one-two finish in Chattanooga, thinks the competition may have underestimated his team

Results from the 2014 USA Cycling Professional Road National Championships

UnitedHealthcare rider made history as first American woman to simultaneously hold national titles in all three road cycling disciplines

A broken left leg suffered during Monday’s road national championship leaves the remainder of the 23-year-old’s season in doubt

A group of riding partners based in Boulder, Colorado, that calls itself "The Wolfpack" will face off against each other during Monday's U.S. road nationals

Casey B. Gibson is on hand in Chattanooga as the top U.S. pros race for the national time trial titles

Results from the 2014 USA Cycling Professional Time Trial National Championships

Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) and Alison Powers (UnitedHealthcare) took U.S. national time trial titles in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Despite adding a whole new set of responsibilities to her program, time-trial champ Small is in Chattanooga to give it her all

Taylor Phinney is seeking history this weekend in the time trial and the road race at the U.S. championships

Given USADA's reasoned decision, America's national championship results from 2006 to 2009 are strange at best

Parx Casino Philly Classic winner looks back at a fruitful week on the East Coast

Former pro and journalist Ian Dille examines the uncomfortable reality of a Freddie Rodriguez national title

A close men's finish highlights the road races at the Volkswagen USA Cycling Professional Road and Time Trial National Championships

Bissell rider launches solo attack that nearly sticks at the Volkswagen USA Cycling Professional Road and Time Trial National Championships

Men's and women's results from the U.S. professional road race championships

Weeks after signing a contract, "Fast Freddie" Rodriguez shocks the field in Chattanooga to reclaim the record for U.S. pro titles

Optum goes 1-2 in Chattanooga with Jade Wilcoxson taking a stars-and-stripes solo flyer and Lauren Hall sprinting for second

UnitedHealthcare has honed its teamwork in crits, and Reijnen hopes it translates to red, white and blue in Chattanooga

The lone American on Marianne Vos' Rabobank-Liv Giant team, Guarnier will have to race smart in the absence of teammates

Casey B. Gibson shoots the time trial at the Volkswagen USA Cycling Professional Road and Time Trial National Championships

Zirbel and Small open the weekend's racing with victories in the race against the clock

Results from the individual time trial at the Volkswagen USA Cycling Professional Road and Time Trial National Championships

The Bookwalters say sharing a profession helps make their personal lives run a little more smoothly

Former world champion says she will return to racing after her Amgen Tour crash, but isn't certain when

Ted King is trim and aiming for a national title and a Tour de France spot

Phinney's illness knocks him out of the Giro and keeps him from the national championships

With new courses, equal prize money, and live television and online coverage, a high-energy U.S. professional championships are set to open

The Garmin-Sharp sprinter says he's climbing well and hopes for the best at nationals in Tennessee

Women will race alongside men at the 2013 U.S. pro road nationals, while U23 women will contest their own event at elite nationals

Duggan talks about putting together a healthy 18 months, winning a U.S. championship and his medal goals in London

U.S. road champ Timmy Duggan set a PR of 6.4 W/kg for 10 minutes on the final climb of Paris Mountain during his title ride on Monday

Timmy Duggan and Ted King received no support, as usual, from their Liquigas team at the U.S. national championships — and pulled though for an emotional win

1. David Zabriskie, Garmin-Barracuda, in 40:41.4 2. Tejay Van Garderen, BMC Racing Team, at 40:47.9 3. Brent Bookwalter, BMC Racing Team, at 41:08.1 4. Thomas Zirbel, Team Optum P/b Kelly Benefit Strategies, at 41:23.6 5. Nathaniel English, Kenda 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team, at 41:38.7

With just one teammate in the race, Liquigas American wins national title on well-timed solo effort

The starters for the road race nationals

A star-studded National Pro Championships start Saturday in Greenville, South Carolina

For the first time, starting in 2013, men and women will share one stage for nationals

Domestique Matt Busche pips veteran and hometown favorite George Hincapie to win the USA Cycling Professional National Championships.