Asheville bids for 2014-15 cyclo-cross nationals

Three cities are in the running to host the 2014 and 2015 cyclo-cross National Championships: Boulder, Colorado; Austin, Texas; and Asheville, North Carolina. To determine viability, USA Cycling examines the strength of each bid after reviewing the proposed course, venue location and available facilities. Additionally, USA Cycling meets with the local convention and visitors bureau [...]

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Southeast Pro Cycling News

As the transfer season draws to an end, 2012 season contracts for Southeast based pros are becoming public. Greenville’s George Hincapie will continue to ride for BMC in 2012 as is Athens, Georgia teammate Brent Bookwalter. However, his two other Southeast teammates are moving on: John Murphy and Chris Butler. Murphy also of Athens, Georgia [...]

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Marhanka wins his second national track championship title

The Masters Track National Championships continued over the weekend and so did POA’s Darin Marhanka’s winning streak. Earlier last week Marhanka, in a close battle, took the stars and stripes jersey in the points race. After that event the POA rider felt that his form was good enough to win in Saturday’s 45-49 year old’s [...]

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The Presbyterian Hospital Invitational Criterium

Charlotte, North Carolina again welcomed big crowds for the Presbyterian Hospital Invitational Criterium, the seventh race in the USA Crit series with a prize list of over $100,000. In its eighth year, the Presbyterian has become one of the biggest criteriums on the East Coast attracting the best domestic racers. This year the six-rider per [...]

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24 Hours of Booty – Charlotte 2011

In its ninth year the Charlotte 24 Hours of Booty is going stronger than ever. The Booty ride, as it is affectionately known, is a 24 hour ride on a closed 2.97 mile loop through a beautiful residential area of Charlotte. The ride is capped at 1,200 riders, a figure that is easily met each [...]

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2011 Friday Night Fights

Downtown Gaffney once again played host to the Friday Night Fights Criterium. This was the second race in the series and while the field wasn’t huge, the quality of the racers more than made up for it. The category 1/2/3 race was the final race of the evening and they would be racing in the [...]

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Marhanka wins national championship jersey at Master’s Track Champs

The Upstate has a newly crowned national champion. In a hotly contested points race at the master’s national track championships in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania, Darin Marhanka of the POA squad took the stars and stripes jersey. After a rain delay, which forced a pause in the action, 30 laps remained in the points race and Marhanka [...]

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Endurance training facility opens in Greenville

Opening just a few minutes from downtown Greenville, South Carolina is a new state of the art training facility The Edge Endurance Training Center. The new owners have taken over the empty Labor Ready building on Buncombe St, gutted it and installed training equipment. The main workout room has an area devoted to eight CompuTrainers [...]

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Tour de France giving cycling fans plenty to talk about

The first nine stages of the Tour de France have been a roller coaster of emotion. Those first stages included American team Garmin-Cervelo win the team time trial which put their rider Thor Hushovd in the yellow jersey. The next day Garmin-Cervelo followed up with Tyler Farrar’s first Tour stage win. While the American squad’s [...]

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North Carolina Cycling Talent at Track Nationals

North Carolina continues to create outstanding cycling talent. At last month’s US National Championships in Augusta, Georgia 17 year old Thomas Wrona, became the national criterium champion. “Anyone would have won any of the races, it just happened to be my attack that stuck,” is how Wrona graciously described his victory. In a press release [...]

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