Colorado Springs, Colo. (August 11, 2010) — USA Cycling announced today the 53 athletes nominated to represent the United States at the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Mont Sainte Anne, Quebec, September 1-5.
Seven men and seven women will wear the red, white and blue while competing for world titles in the elite cross country races.
As the reigning national champion, and winner of the 2010 USA Cycling Pro XCT, Todd Wells (Durango, Colo./Specialized) earned the only automatic nomination to the elite men’s cross country squad. He’ll be joined on the course by discretionary nominees Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Boulder, Colo./Subaru-Trek), Adam Craig (Bend, Ore./Giant), Sam Schultz (Missoula, Mont./Subaru-Trek), Michael Broderick (Chilmark, Mass./Kenda-Seven-NoTubes), Carl Decker (Bend, Ore./Giant), and Spencer Paxson (Seattle, Wash./Team S&M Young Guns)   … Details
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So the deal then, Hardtail is not a proper race class here in the UK, officially we dont exist, there is no BC/UCI Hardtail race class, therefore we are unlicensed , mostly unsponsored ,  unprofessional racers. After feeling shut out we got into the 07 National champs at Rheola and it’s gone on from there. No frills bikes, some riders that are proper animals, maybe some beer and a chance to sort out an Unofficial ranking. Maybe some prizes, maybe not, but a get together to rip down some hill, have a laugh and work out who is the biggest animal on a bike.
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT.
As things stand the Hardtail class is run as  … Details
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Gilbert, Arizona (August 9, 2010) — In the first year of operating the USA Cycling Junior Development Races, the American Bicycle Association (ABA) contributed $35,000 to USA Cycling to further support BMX.
“We believe that this program has contributed significantly to the development of our young athletes and are pleased to be able to make this contribution to USA Cycling,” stated ABA Chief Executive Officer B.A. Anderson.
Through local races and its national series, the ABA had more than 200 young men and women compete in Junior Development races. The USA Cycling BMX Junior Development Program (JDP) Series is designed to take our next generation of young, talented amateur BMX athletes to the highest level of BMX racing. The goal of the program is to prepare this group by allowing unprecedented access to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California … Details
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