USA Cycling’s Development Program athletes were quite busy over the last week on the road, as well as on the BMX track.Riding for the National Development Program junior squad, Lawson Craddock (Houston, Texas/Hot Tubes) finished third in Sunday’s Junior Paris-Roubaix. USA Cycling also fielded U23 teams for both the Circuit des Ardennes International and the Tour of Flanders, and a women’s team for the Ronde van Drenthe World Cup in the Netherlands. USA Cycling also held its third BMX Junior Development Program Camp at the Olympic Training Center’s Supercross Track in Chula Vista, Calif … Details
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April 15, 2010 (Conshohocken, Pa.) – America’s Gravity East downhill racing series has released its confirmed 2010 schedule that includes a USA Cycling Pro Gravity Tour event. The Whiteface 5K Downhill will highlight the eight-race series that also features the first downhill race in a generation in Killington, Vt. Â
The eye-opening news was only one of several surprises on Gravity East’s recently-released 2010 schedule that will span much of the eastern United States from America’s northern border with Canada, to the charming beauty of the Shenandoah Valley that was known as the Breadbasket of the Southern Confederacy during America’s Civil War.Â
“We’ve made a lot of upgrades behind the scenes this winter,†says Gravity East’s Dan McDonald. “A lot of them may seem relatively minor on the face of if, but they’ll add up to a higher-quality experience for our racers and mountains … DetailsÂ
A new mountain bike park for Washington’s Stevens Pass Ski Resort has been approved by the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, which manages the land where the resort operates on U.S. 2 between Everett and Wenatchee. Â
Stevens Pass will start construction when the snow melts. It will also build a water treatment system. Â
The lift-served mountain bike park will includes  … Details
Colorado Springs, Colo. (April 13, 2010) – USA Cycling sent twenty riders to represent the United States at the Pan American Continental Mountain Bike Championships in Guatemala City, Guatemala, April 9-11. At the end of the three-day competition, the team had earned seven medals – three of which were Continental titles.
On Saturday, Katie Holden (Scotts Valley, Calif.) grabbed the first medal for the U.S. contingent, riding to the Continental title in the elite women’s downhill contest. After a near crash in the qualifying round, the 25-year-old played it smooth in her final run and descended to the gold medal, defeating Mexican Lorena Dromundo and Brazilian Luana Oliveira  … Details