USA Cycling

Scenes from Bear Creek Resort in Macungie, Pa. on the final day of racing at the USA Cycling XC MTB national championships

Today there is more UCI road racing in the U.S. than ever before, but the women's peloton isn't enjoying the benefits of growth

USADA is asking questions about the former Postal Service management team and the UCI and USA Cycling are pointing at each other

U.S. cyclocross champion details his run-in with the UCI over race insurance and talks about racing for three more seasons

Cycling governing bodies say they will strictly enforce unsanctioned races rule in 2014

Jim Miller has orchestrated an upgrade for the U.S. development program, which has moved to Sittard, Netherlands

California-based mountain bike team will send its elite roster to Arizona event, argues legitimacy of UCI license rule

Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski writes that unsanctioned racing is a vital pipeline for young athletes and sponsors in North America

USAC, OBRA officials and riders weigh in on flare-up over licensed riders in unsanctioned races

From the Rapha Gentleman's series to the Breck Epic, independent events are growing across the States

USA Cycling announces RaceClean program that will increase in- and out-of-competition testing for amateurs and professionals

Mike Sayers is changing the way the U.S. under-23 program does business, focusing on relationships and looking for new talent pools

Steve Johnson fights back at leaked accusation that he knew about a doping cover-up for Lance Armstrong at USA Cycling

Rules, liability questions and who's really growing the sport have USA Cycling and the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association at odds

Four women's teams among the 15 UCI registered squads announced by USA Cycling on Wednesday

After sponsor shortfall, USA Cycling, Louisville Sports Commission take on management of elite worlds

Former BMC assistant director Mike Sayers will direct both the USA Cycling men's U23 and elite road teams

USA Cycling has changed the road and 'cross upgrade structures, eliminating the 12-month lifespan of road points

USA Cycling has announced the national championship calendar for 2013

Applications for the John Stenner and the Joshua Kuck Memorial Scholarships are now available via the USA Cycling Development Foundation

David Chauner says that since a U.S. team was at the heart of cycling's worst doping conspiracy, Americans should lead the battle

U.S. officials aren't sure how or to whom prize money should be redistributed in the Armstrong Affair

Steve Johnson says sport is cleaning up with a number of technology developments in the anti-doping fight

The national governing body confirms notification from USADA as CEO says sport's future "has never been brighter"

U.S. officials have not received notification from USADA regarding suspensions for Danielson, Leipheimer, Vande Velde or Zabriskie

Energy firm says it has paid $2 million into cycling in 2012, but partners are considering legal action over unpaid bills

Steve Johnson says U.S. federation won't make a comment on pending Armstrong litigation or doping case

Waldo Canyon Fire tears through Colorado Springs

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

Concussions in bike racing are common, but diagnosis and treatment often fall short. Medicine of Cycling and USAC aim to change that

Partnership results in first cycling-focused cereal boxes since 1999

The United States will field 14 UCI-registered pro men's teams and two women's squads in 2012.

A new program from USA Cycling will offer certification, licensing and continuing education programs to race directors.

USA Cycling is dropping the 30-34 age category for both men and women at masters road and track nationals, citing what national events managing director Micah Rice called a "chronically low level of participation."

The Colorado-based American Cycling Association (ACA) voted to rejoin USA Cycling Friday night during a club council meeting in Golden.

The Collegiate Mountain Bike Championships begin Friday in New Mexico

USA Cycling on Friday announced the dates and locations for nearly all of the 2012 national championships. The lone significant change next year is the move of the U.S. Professional Criterium Championships to late July in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

USAC boss comments on Armstrong decision

Change is afoot again in the National Racing Calendar. USA Cycling announced the latest in a number of changes planned for the U.S. calendar this week with the creation of the National Criterium Calendar.

USA Cycling on Tuesday reversed course and announced it would ban race radios at national level events, including National Racing Calendar and national championship events.

UCI president Pat McQuaid cried foul over USA Cycling’s recent decision to allow race radios in its sanctioned events this season and said the federation has been “hijacked” by special interests.

When the French Cycling Federation sanctioned Paris-Nice 2008, in violation of UCI rules, the UCI fined and suspended the French governing body for six months. After its March 11 decision to allow the use of in-race radios in National Racing Calendar events, USA Cycling could be facing a similar fate.

Nevada DH State Championship is USAC's first MTB event of the year

The Univest grand Prix organizer weighs in on the dispute between the Tour of the Battenkill and USA Cycling.

2011 MTB worlds and 2012 World Cup season results biggest factors

The event's lawyer, in a letter sent to the cycling bodies Thursday, said their recent move allowing top teams at National Racing Calendar criteriums — but not at road races like Battenkill — is "exclusionary and monopolistic."

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The organizers of New York's Tour of the Battenkill are withdrawing the event's pro men's race from the UCI calendar due to sponsor difficulties — and in response to USA Cycling's decision to allow higher ranked teams to compete at National Racing Calendar criteriums, but not at NRC road races or stage races.

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5 MTB national championship events set for 2011.

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VeloNews' Nick Legan returns to the Bill Woodul mechanics clinic to see what's changed in the eight years since he first took the class.

USA Cycling considers proposals to ban helmet cams in races, prevent juniors from using carbon wheels and award singlespeed national championships

USA Cycling and the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame name Mara Abbott and Taylor Phinney Athletes of the Year.

Changes proposed for the 2011 rulebook.

Missoula, Montana will be the seventh race for riders in USA Cycling's 2011 Pro XCT, which is one more event than in 2010.

“We are sending three talented teams to Melbourne,” says Jim Miller, USA Cycling vice president of athletics.

USA Cycling plans to change the calendar to reduce travel, tweak the points system and figure out how UCI Pro Continental teams can participate in national-level races.

Before the pros hit the race course at the Mountain Bike National Championships on Saturday, U23 and Junior riders battled for their Stars-and-Stripes jerseys.

Staff was a member of the gold-medal winning team sprint squad at the Beijing Olympics. His other accolades on the track include a keirin world title (‘04) and team sprint world titles (’02 and ’05). The 38-year-old got his start in BMX, winning a world title in that discipline in 1996 and attaining world number one status in 2000 and 2001. He will begin his tenure with USA Cycling in July.