USA Cycling

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.

A reader asks why a suspended rider keeps showing up at local training races.

On-and-off rain over the weekend in Port Angeles, Washington made for a slick, fast course at the ironically named Dry Hill venue for the first installment of the Pro Gravity Tour.

When it comes to time trial equipment, it's 2009 all over again for most USA Cycling events this year. The racing organization announced Friday that it will enforce UCI rules on aero equipment the same way it did last year, a reversal of the policy announced in March, when it said that it would follow the UCI's recent more strict interpretation of the rules for all racers except masters.

PRESS RELEASE: Following a recent notice from the UCI, the sport’s international governing body, USA Cycling will be able to adopt a “tolerant” attitude towards bicycle compliance in 2010 for all races below 1.1 or 2.1 and especially in junior, women and masters events.

Specialized Factory Racing's Todd Wells and Lene Byberg take first ProXCT race of the season in California.

Cross-country and gravity racers chosen to represent U.S. at Pan American Continental Mountain Bike Championships in Guatemala City April 9-11.

As board president Peterson will work closely with the organization's senior management team to fulfill USA Cycling's mission of achieving sustained athletic success and growing the sport of cycling in America.

U.S. masters racers who plunked down big bucks for Specialized Shivs just like Alberto Contador's won't have to sell them this year. USA Cycling announced Tuesday that it will follow the UCIs lead and enforce rules barring some frame shapes for any racing bearing UCI points or qualification potential — except for masters competition.

USA Cycling effort aiming for gold in 2010 Olympics and will be headed by Sean Dwight.

Overall leaders of USA Cycling's ProGRT as of July 14, will also be an automatic selections to the United States World Championship team.

USA Cycling's COO Sean Petty says that only time will tell whether the race radio ban is a good thing for American racing.

Award recognizes Boulder Junior Cycling Team for achieving national and international results, placing riders into National Team programs and landing riders onto world championship rosters.

Race radios for riders will be banned in nearly all USA Cycling road and track races going forward. The USCF Board of Trustees met this week and on Tuesday afternoon amended the rule regarding radios in response to a request from the UCI.

2010 American Mountain Bike Challenge announced. Series features 21 events in 16 states and serves as qualifying races for USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships in Granby, Colorado.

Beginning next month, Skins' full range of compression clothing will be the competitive cycling apparel used by USA Cycling racers in mountain, road, track and cyclocross.

Active Knowledge in Albuquerque picked up the USA Cycling award for offering children the opportunity to be involved with mountain biking.

Scott Tedro — owner of Team ShoAir and chairman of US Cup, which was managing the Pro XCT for USA Cycling — has announced the 2010 dates for the inaugural Triple Crown All Mountain Series.

USA Cycling has announced the recipients of its annual Club of the Year awards. Nine USA Cycling-sanctioned clubs received recognition for outstanding programs throughout the 2009 season and will receive complimentary registration fees for the 2010 racing season.

USA Cycling is pleased to congratulate the 49 graduates of the 2009 Bill Woodul Mechanics Clinic which took place at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Dec. 9-13.

After working behind the scenes on the structure of a new professional calendar for domestic mountain bike racing, cross-country pro and Singletrack.com columnist Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski says he's frustrated yet hopeful that top-tier racing will continue in the U.S.

Energizer Asia Pacific has become a sponsor of the Kelly Benefit Strategies pro cycling team.

Word from Lance Armstrong's Austin bike shop is that an application is in to USA Cycling for a May 29-30 spot for the Mellow Classic on the national calendar.

After split with national cross-country series management company, number of UCI-sanctioned races goes from six to three.

The USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships are not a part of the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Racing Calendar, and last weekend’s four events were the final calendar races for the season. Jeremy Powers and Maureen Bruno-Roy are the overall winners of the 2009/2010 Cyclo-cross National Racing Calendar. The final standings are below.

The owners of US Cup MTB Event Management have announced their intention to withdraw as organizers of the 2010 Pro XCT series.

US Cup Chairman Scott Tedro, the man behind Team ShoAir, said UCI sanctioning demands impose unnecessarily high costs and provide only small benefits to a limited number of riders. He is set to start a new 20-race series.

Noel Dejonckheere, the long-time director of USA Cycling's U23 development program in Belgium, is leaving the organization to join the BMC professional team as European Operations Manager and Assistant Director Sportif.

New rules for 201o allow tech zones in USAC cross-country races, ban aero equipment in collegiate time trials and more.

In 2010, one new addition will be a single-speed class added to the USA Cycling Marathon Mountain Bike National Championships.

The elite series will feature six UCI-sanctioned events in California, Alabama, Wisconsin and Colorado.

The Pro XCT will feature six UCI-sanctioned events in 2010, kicking off in California on March 13. Races follow in Alabama, Wisconsin and Colorado.

USA Cycling held its second annual race promoter summit at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs Nov. 13-15.

From June through October 2010, USA Cycling has most of the mountain bike national championships venues chosen.

The 2010 National Racing Calendar is pared down a bit from what was announced for the 2009 season — but, since several 2009 events were canceled — the 2010 NRC has about as many events as this year's. Next year the NRC will include 27 events in 22 states, comprising 15 criteriums, eight multi-day stage races, two one-day road races, one circuit race and one omnium. While there is no series prize list, the combined prize lists from the individual events totals $981,000. Events must offer a certain level of prize list and meet other requirements to be part of the calendar.

MTB summit aims at discussing the direction and changes within the sport, share best practices and develop initiatives to advance mountain bike racing in the US.

With three of five series events complete, Kain Leonard and Darian Harvey lead the first-ever Pro Gravity Tour.