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USA Cycling to bring Mountain Bike 24-Hour Nats to Gallup

Mar 30

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USA Cycling has awarded the 2013 and 2014 Mountain Bike 24-Hour National Championships to Gallup, N.M.

The event will be held on the third Sunday in June in each year in the Zuni Mountains in conjunction with 24 Hours in the Enchanted Forest.

The 16-mile course is nearly entirely singletrack and starts at 7,850 feet of elevation and reaches as high as 8,350 feet of elevation, featuring 1,344 feet of climbing.

“There are a lot of great endurance races and experienced race directors out there,” Director of Zia Rides Lindsay Mapes said. “I’ve been thinking about Nationals for a few years. We thought we had a shot — New Mexico has never hosted this event, Gallup is poised as a mountain bike destination, our team of organizers is seasoned, and we have a solid course. We’re honored to have been selected and stoked about hosting in 2013-14!”

The two-year agreement between USA Cycling, the sport’s national governing body, and Zia Rides is expected to bring approximately 300 of the country’s best endurance mountain bike riders to New Mexico.

“We’re looking forward to bringing the 2013 and 2014 USA Cycling Mountain Bike 24-Hour National Championships to Gallup,” National Events Director Kelli Lusk said. “The course in the Zuni Mountains featuring so much singletrack and climbing will certainly challenge the best endurance riders in the country.”

USA Cycling has identified other locations for its 2013 and 2014 national championships, including the Mountain Bike Gravity National Championships.

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Location for 2013 and 2014 MTB Gravity Nationals Announced

Feb 2

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The location for the USA Cycling Mountain Bike Gravity National Championships in 2013 and 2014 is the Angel Fire Bike Park in Angel Fire, N.M., USA Cycling announced. The exact dates of the 2013 and 2014 events will be announced at a later date.

The event, which was held independently from the cross-country national championships for the first time in 2011, features dual slalom and downhill races. The 2013 and 2014 contests will use part of the downhill course ridden during the 2011 USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships in late October.

“We’re very excited to bring the USA Cycling Mountain Bike Gravity National Championships to Angel Fire in 2013 and 2014,” USA Cycling National Events Director Kelli Lusk said, “Angel Fire has a long, illustrious history of hosting gravity events, so we’re looking forward to having the gravity national championships there.”

“Angel Fire Bike Park is extremely honored to host the most prestigious gravity event in the United States for 2013 and 2014,” Angel Fire Resort Bike Park Director Hogan Koesis said. “We look forward to showcasing the most exciting and challenging courses in the Rocky Mountains. Let the racing begin!”

The event this year will be held July 20-22 in Beech Mountain, N.C.

Several other 2013 and 2014 national championship events have previously been announced.

This Article Published February 2, 2012 For more information contact: dgaylinn@usacycling.org

via Location for 2013 & 2014 MTB Gravity Nationals announced – USA Cycling.

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2012 USA Cycling Cyclo-Cross Nationals Championships: Men’s Elite

Jan 22

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2012 USA Cycling National Championship Calendar

Jan 13

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2012 USA Cycling National Championships

2012 USA Cycling National Championship Calendar
*All dates and locations subject to change

  • Jan. 4-8: Cyclo-cross National Championships – Madison, Wisc.
  • April 1: BMX National Championships – Chula Vista, Calif.
  • May 4-6: Collegiate Road National Championships – Ogden, Utah
  • May 26-28: Professional Road & Time Trial National Championships – Greenville, S.C.
  • June 20-24: Elite, U23, Juniors, & Paralympic Road National Championships – Augusta, Ga.
  • July 5-8: Mountain Bike Cross-Country National Championships – Sun Valley, Idaho
  • July 11-15: Juniors Track National Championships – Trexlertown, Pa.
  • July 20-22: Mountain Bike Gravity National Championships – Beech Mountain, N.C.
  • July 28: Professional Criterium National Championships – Grand Rapids, Mich.
  • Aug. 2-7: Masters Track National Championships – Colorado Springs, Colo.
  • Sept. 5-9: Masters Road National Championships – Bend, Ore.
  • Sept. 15: Mountain Bike Marathon National Championships – Bend, Ore.
  • Sept. 21-23: Collegiate Track National Championships – Frisco, Texas
  • Sept. 27-30: Elite Track National Championships – TBA
  • Sept. 29-30: Mountain Bike 24-Hour National Championships – Colorado Springs, Colo.
  • Oct. 19-21: Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships – Angel Fire, N.M.
  • TBA: Tandem Track National Championships – TBA

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Mountain Bike National Championships To Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania 2013/ 2014

Nov 18

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Colorado Springs, Colo. (Nov. 18, 2011) — Locations for several national championship events in 2013 and 2014 are determined, USA Cycling announced Friday.

The following events will be held in these cities for the 2013 and 2014 years:
  • Elite, U23, Juniors & Paralympic National Championships – Madison, Wisconsin
  • Professional Criterium National Championship – High Point, North Carolina
  • Mountain Bike Cross-Country National Championships – Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
  • Mountain Bike Marathon National Championships – Sun Valley, Idaho
“We’re excited to get ahead of these events,” Managing Director of National Events Micah Rice said. “To be able to announce some our national championship events this far in advance creates great opportunities for our partner cities as well as the riders to plan ahead.”
The USA Cycling Elite, U23, Juniors & Paralympic National Championships in Madison, Wisc., will utilize road courses that proved themselves during the 2010 and 2011 USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships. Among those road courses is the Blue Mound road course, which has served as a challenge to riders during the Tour of America’s Dairyland and would have been part of the road course had Chicago’s bid to host the summer Olympic Games succeeded.
“The Greater Madison area has a rich history of hosting premiere cycling events. We are thrilled to be able to share our extraordinarily scenic, yet incredibly challenging landscape with USA Cycling athletes,” said Director of Sports Sales & Program Development for the Madison Area Sports Commission Jamie Patrick.
The triad region in North Carolina comprised of Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem has proven to be a strong spectator base for cycling events and offers a spectacular venue for criterium racing. The High Point City Criterium routinely draws large numbers of fans from the surrounding area.
“We are excited to host the USA Cycling Professional Criterium National Championship in High Point, N.C., as the culmination of three days of events and racing,” Chip Duckett, owner of Mock Orange Racing, “We look forward, through the resources and the energies of this city and region, to making this a National Criterium Championship to be remembered.”
The Bear Creek Mountain Resort in Lehigh Valley, Pa., received strong support from Discover Lehigh Valley Sports and allows USA Cycling the opportunity to host Mountain Bike Cross-Country National Championships in an eastern location, marking the first time this event will be held in the mid-Atlantic region. Additionally, it is located 10 miles from cycling hotbed Trexlertown, Pa. and approximately an hour away from Philadelphia.
“Bear Creek is excited to showcase our resort and challenge the best riders in the country on our demanding and technical trails.” Bear Creek Mountain Resort Events Manager Gary Klein, who will be the event’s Race Director.
On the heels of what will be two years of hosting USA Cycling Mountain Bike Cross-Country National Championships, Sun Valley, Idaho has proven to be a huge hit as a destination. The vast network of trails and the atmosphere created by the Ride Sun Valley Festival, makes this area of Idaho an ideal location for an endurance event such as the USA Cycling Mountain Bike Marathon National Championships.
USA Cycling had previously announced that its Collegiate Road National Championships will be held in Ogden, Utah on May 4-6, 2012, and May 3-5, 2013.
Additionally, USA Cycling is excited to announce the 2013 Masters Road National Championships will return to Bend, Ore., for a third-consecutive year. After receiving an overwhelming amount of positive feedback from riders after the 2011 event, USA Cycling asked Visit Bend to make a bid to host the 2013 event.
The 2012 USA Cycling National Championship calendar has already largely been announced.

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