Saturday ECCC racing made its annual return to New York City for the Grant’s Tomb Criterium. Cold temperatures and blue skies greeted riders on the big wide fast course around Columbia University. Racers from as far as Canada and the ACCC took part in the longest continued race in the ECCC. The women’s A/B began slowly but a crash half way through took down a third of the field and turned up the pace of racing. Almost all riders return to the race, where track national champion Mandy Marquardt (Penn State-Lehigh Valley)   … More
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USA Cycling on Friday announced the return of the National Track Calendar (NTC). The eight-event calendar will feature events at the preeminent velodromes in the country.
The calendar begins May 12-13 with the Matrix Track Cup presented by Richardson Bike Mart at The Superdrome in Frisco, Texas. The second event is  … More
Australia has named eight defending champions in a strong team to contest the world track cycling championships in Melbourne next month, the last major event before the London Olympics.
Anna Meares, at her 10th world titles, and Kaarle McCulloch will be chasing their fourth world crown in the team sprint, while Jack Bobridge is  … More
Three-time champion Levi Leipheimer’s new team, Omega Pharma-Quickstep, is among 16 elite squads invited to the Tour of California in May.
The newly restructured RadioShack-Nissan-Trek team of defending champion Chris Horner, Jens Voigt and current U.S. road national champion Matthew Busche is … More