USA Cycling announced today its 2012 National Racing Calendar (NRC) and 2012 National Criterium Calendar (NCC). The NRC heads into its 16th year with nine of the nation’s top pro-am road and stage races while the NCC will debut with 19 single-day criteriums and criterium omniums.
As was previously announced, 2012 is the first year that criterium-only events will not be included on USA Cycling’s National Racing Calendar, but instead showcased in their very own calendar.
“Criterium racing is a discipline dominated by riders whose skill sets differ from those who dominate longer-format road races,†explains USA Cycling’s Managing Director of Events  … More