USA Cycling

Cycling's most passionate subset weighs in on USAC in gravel, prize money, the women's race, and worlds.

'Gravel is the most appealing entry point into the sport of bike racing. Naturally, more racers on the local level results in a bigger talent pool for producing the American world champions of tomorrow.'

The event is putting up a $60,000 prize purse, and the top three elite men and women will qualify for the UCI Gravel World Championships.

With a new chairwoman of the board and nine women on the 10-member Athlete Advisory Council, "there is a 'women’s revolution' happening at USAC," says CEO Brendan Quirk.

Athletes raced Saturday and Sunday ahead of this weekend's UCI Cycling Esports World Championships.

The Pennsylvania venue takes over from Winter Park, Colorado, for 2023 and 2024's events.

Madigan Munro was the best of the US cycling contingent, with 11th in the U23 women's race. The mixed relay team was sixth.

The revamped development pipeline includes day camps, regional camps, and European race camps.

Sixteen racers across the Junior, U23 and Elite levels will be headed to the Netherlands February 2-5

He worked with the 7-Eleven and BMC Racing Teams, as well as spending a decade leading USA Cycling's U23 development program in Belgium.

Dejonckheere was the longtime director of USA Cycling's U23 development program in Belgium.

The focus will be on supporting and training junior and collegiate mountain bike racers.

Six more championship events including a new gravel championship and MTB disciplines will be announced at a later date.

The governing body will launch a gravel national championship in 2023, followed by a junior and collegiate gravel series in 2024.

Olympic star reveals a recent spike in episodes that saw her heart rate accelerate to dangerous levels prompted the medical procedure.

American rider returns to training following latest surgery: 'I can sit here, complain and be a baby about it, but that’s not going to change anything,' she tells VeloNews.

USAC sets out improvements with a new five-point plan put in place ahead of Paris 2024 Olympic selection.

Huck nabs the stars and stripes seven months after giving birth to her first child.

The racing scene in the US has taken a big hit in recent seasons with few major road races remaining on the calendar.

Valente won all three of USA Cycling's medals on the boards in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in France.

American avoids a mid-race crash to take America's first medal at this year's championships.

Rising stars Zoe Ta-Perez and Katherine Sarkisov will be on 11-rider roster of team that aims to give North American women more European racing experience.

'I’m hoping that I can go better than last year, or equal to last year,' says American rider ahead of men's road race.

The 24-year-old is enjoying road racing again and eyeing a potential return to Europe in the future.

American ready to bounce back after crashing in the individual time trial.

The squad got off to a good start in Australia with strong performances from Kristen Faulkner and Leah Thomas in the time trial.

The 18-year-old hits sixth in the longest time trial of his young career.

A crash by Magnus Sheffield this weekend prompts USA Cycling's 'difficult decision to pull out of the race.'

American rider misses out on a ride at the UCI Road World Championships.

The inaugural event takes place in Veneto, Italy October 8-9, 2022

Powless, Swenson and Sheffield form part of a dynamic team for the men's road race.

Fatigue, injury, and the WorldTour relegation fight have all had an impact on the US selection for Wollongong.

Talented rider gets chance to compete against the top names on the road.

USA Cycling qualified six starting spots for Australia for the elite men's road race.

VeloNews selects the key riders to keep an eye on ahead of this weekend's race.

'I think that for sure Farrar was an original bunch kick guy for us and McGill is definitely picking up the baton,' says Sayers.

Down to four riders, the US team has enjoyed the highs and lows of the French U23 race.

American pros Neilson Powless, Quinn Simmons, Alex Howes to race 120 miles alongside international talent like Dylan Groenewegen, Giacomo Nizzolo, and Sep Vanmarcke.

Cooper Johnson also involved in the crash but Luke Lamperti takes seventh on stage 1.

The US will see a new criterium racing series next year with the National Cycling League.

'Anyone who wins a stage or does well overall at Tour de l'Avenir, it’s a big deal no matter what, and it really puts you on the map,' says 19-year-old.

US U23 national road champion heads to France as part of an exciting roster.

USA Cycling sends a strong team to a race that often highlights future Tour de France winners.

And this weekend, she'll be in Colorado racing for the stars and stripes

Over half the field kneeled in a gesture of solidarity before the elite women's criterium race.

Olympic star also hopes to race the US nationals later this month and will target the road worlds in Australia later this season.

USA Cycling confirms 98-rider multi-discipline team aiming toward ambitious long-term goals of world championship podiums and Olympic medals.

The three-time national champion will will lead the US cyclocross national team.

Chann McRae will take a break from the City of Austin police department this summer to ease back into the role as sport director for Roxo Racing.

‘Look and Corima would be my first choice every single time’ says USAC national sprint director Erin Hartwell.

'If things don’t turn around now, I think that we’re on the wrong path here,' said Human Powered Health sport director.

Many elite coaches are former pro riders. Performance scientist and Olympic coach Rob Stanley comes at it from a different angle — detailed, academic study.

Check out Michael Better's author page.

New national series to offer $100,000 prize purse split evenly between men and women.

Athletes and event organizers speak to us about what they've heard, while the UCI continues to defer any communication.

Investors in a Colorado-based hedge fund will earmark part of its proceeds to support the USA Cycling Foundation and other grassroots cycling programs.

The virtual cycling national championship will be hosted on RGT Cycling on February 20.

Six events have been announced so far.

Brendan Quirk will move into the role of CEO as Rob DeMartini departs.

The yet-to-be-named series includes many of the former USA CRITS races, but streaming video coverage is not yet part of the package.

Quirk, the co-founder of Competitive Cyclist and former Rapha North America president, takes over Dec 20 from Rob DeMartini.

Here's what's making headlines on Tuesday, December 14.

The UCI esports world championships will be on Zwift, but USA Cycling is partnering with the RGT virtual platform for the December 11 qualification race.

Cari Higgins, Meredith Miller, and Maddie Godby join Alison Tetrick, who returns for a second term.

Newly appointed USA Cycling chairman Brendan Quirk discusses the challenges and opportunities facing USA Cycling and how to grow cycling in the United States.

Here's what's making headlines Thursday, October 28.

Brendan Quirk's rise — from Competitive Cyclist and Rapha to working with the Waltons and USA Cycling — tracks with the rise in importance of his home state for cycling.

Final day of competition sees many Olympic champions add rainbows to their trophy case.

The American rider Ashton Lambie blasted to individual pursuit glory, but what else happened at track worlds on Friday? Here's a wrap.

With a time of 4:05.060, Lambie takes a world title not held by an American man since Taylor Phinney in 2010.

Former USA CRITS managing director says newspaper clipping from 15 years ago - 'something I was found not guilty of' - was the cause for his SafeSport suspension.

17 teams state their collective intent to continue competing under a unified criterium series in 2022.

Announcement of Arkansas-based Quirk's new post comes in the midst of various big cycling events in Northwest Arkansas.

Neilson Powless's fifth is the first top-10 since 2011 and equals Chann McRae's fifth of 1999.

USA Cycling sees its top-10 stripped away after UCI jury disqualifies rider.

David Lappartient was re-elected to a four-year term as UCI president during the UCI Congress while junior and U23 riders endured endless crashes.

Veteran American is coming off momentum from Vuelta a España, and said he expects an elite men's U.S. world champion 'within five years.'

Since 1984, the U.S. cycling team has won at least one medal in Olympic Games competition, and the pressure is building going into BMX and track.

Sixth place in elite men's road race best since Taylor Phinney was fourth in 2012 for USA Cycling.

USA Cycling brings two starters against a field packed with European 'superpowers' for the elite men's road race.