USA Cycling will be sending the women’s pursuit team that took silver at last year’s world championship to the 2012 worlds next month in Melbourne, Australia.
The trio of Dotsie Bausch, Sarah Hammer and Jennie Reed will be joined by Lauren Tamayo in the event, which has been added to the program for the London Olympics  … More
The 13 Americans representing the United States racked up 11 medals at the recent Pan American Continental Track Championships in Mar del Plata, Argentina. The USA Cycling squad gained new continental champions in the men’s team sprint and scratch races. Overall the USA Cycling team also tallied seven bronze and two silver medals.
The competition marked one of the squad’s final opportunities to gain  … More
Racing kicked off in the Midwest Conference this weekend with the usual inaugural races hosted by Lindsey Wilson College in Kentucky. Everyone showed their early-season fitness and tested their legs at the short team time trial and challenging road race on Saturday and at the crit on Sunday. Thirty teams contested the time trial on a gently rolling course then a near-conference-record 246 riders took to the start line for a brutally-rolling road race course, of which the men’s A field rode for 75 miles. Alex Meyer (Wisconsin-Madison) found victory in that race while freshman Coryn Rivera (Marian) won the women’s A race.
Sunday brought a sunny clear day: perfect for  … More
Collegiate races are often small, making them appear to some onlookers like inferior offshoots of bigger USAC events. However, the collegiate cyclist knows that small races often consist of a handful of insanely talented racers and nowhere to hide. Last weekend exemplified this kind of competition to a T, with a start list featuring pros, ex-pros, and soon-to-be-pros.
No matter the fields, UCLA’s road race is one of the least forgiving in the conference, with altitude, snow, and fabled stair-step climbs that test riders’ lungs and … More