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Mt. Washington Bicycle Hillclimb Adds Spots to Meet Demand

The 49th annual Mt. Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb in New Hampshire will add 50 more slots to this year’s event to accommodate demand, bringing the total number of race participants to 500. Presented by Tin Mountain Conservation Center, the event is scheduled for August 20, 2022. Cyclists ages 8–80 will gather at the base […]

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Pikes Peak Apex Welcomes Rockshox as Presenting Sponsor

Pikes Peak APEX has agreed to a two-year partnership with SRAM and its RockShox brand that will return as presenting sponsor of the 2022 and 2023 mountain bike events, Sports Strategies has announced. The 2022 Pikes Peak APEX presented by RockShox will take place September 22–25, drawing pros and amateurs for four days of riding […]

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Virginia Blue Ridge to Host 2022 USA Cycling Amateur Road National Championships

Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge, with support from the city of Roanoke and Botetourt County, will host the 2022 USA Cycling Amateur Road National Championships. Several hundred athletes will compete for a chance to earn national titles in the road race, individual time trial and criterium. Action starts June 29 and will run through July 2. […]

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USA Cycling Returns to Maryland for Marathon Mountain Bike Championship

The USA Cycling Marathon Mountain Bike National Championship will return to Gambrill State Park and the Frederick Watershed in 2022 after a successful first launch in 2021. The event will be staged October 23 and was announced as part of a series of USA Cycling championships for 2022. “USA Cycling is thrilled to return to […]

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How Tulsa Landed the USA BMX Headquarters

Flash back 10 years. USA BMX, the national governing body for the sport, was headquartered at its longtime home in Gilbert, Arizona. As the sport grew in popularity — one of the fastest-growing sports in the past decade, according to the Sports and Fitness Industry Association — so did the needs of the organization. More tracks […]

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FY 2023 Sports Tournament Grant applications are now open in Loudoun County, Virginia.

Loudoun County Launches Gravel Cycling Race

Gravel racing is coming to Loudoun County, Virginia, as the Gravel Grinder National Championship will make its Mid-Atlantic debut in May. The May 7 event, expected to bring hundreds of cyclists to the region, will be presented by US Endurance in conjunction with Dirty Kitten Productions. The event will feature a 100-mile “Grinder Nationals” championship […]

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USA Cycling Adds Four More Events to New National Criterium Series

USA Cycling, along with a core group of cycling stakeholders that include criterium race directors and cycling teams, has expanded the formation of a new professional criterium series. The new domestic series is aimed at highlighting the American road discipline of criterium racing and allow for the storytelling of athletes and events. The new series […]

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Some members of Virginia's Blue Ridge Team Twenty24 Women's Olympic cycling team pose with local and state dignitaries during a press conference announcing the tourism office's sponsorship of the team.

Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge Sponsors Professional Women’s Cycling Team

Team TWENTY24, a diverse team of female professional and junior cyclists, will relocate their base of operations from Idaho to Virginia’s Blue Ridge and rebrand as Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY24, a move announced by leaders of Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge and the Virginia Tourism Corporation. For more than 17 years, the women’s cycling team has […]

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