Thirty-four men’s and women’s domestic elite teams will join 17 total UCI Continental squads in competition for the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar (NRC) as well as the National Criterium Calendar (NCC) team titles in 2012. Several Southern California based mens and women’s teams have registered: CashCall Mortgage, Spy-Swamis Development Elite Team and Stage 17 …

The Merco Cycling Classic has gradually grown over the past 4 years from a conventional two day road race-criterium weekend to a challenging 4-day stage race that kicks of the stage race month off March. I first did the race back in 2009 when I was racing mostly in Northern California, and one thing about …

The Champion System Pro Cycling Team has hired former U.S. national road champion Chris Wherry to serve as an assistant sport director for Asia’s first pro continental team. Wherry raced for the Saturn Cycling Team, Mercury-Viatel, Navigators Insurance, Health Net and Toyota-United during an 11-year professional career. In addition to winning the national road title …

Helen’s Cycles, regionally known for supporting women’s racing and cycling, is excited for the 2012 season. This will be the 19th year that Jay Wolff of Helen’s Cycles has supported an elite women’s team. The program will continue to carry the torch of women’s cycling with a two-pronged approach that has been successful in the …

We recently caught up with Humberto Baca, the Director Sportif for the Bahati Foundation Professional Cycling Team, where he brought us up to speed on his role as Director Sportif, the Bahati Foundation Team’s success in Philly, what the sponsorship outlook and goals are for the Bahati Foundation Team for the remainder of the season …

We caught up with Ben Day as he heads into the San Dimas Stage Race as the defending GC Champion. Ben put in a strong performance in the Glendora Mountain Time Trial to take the leaders jersey on Stage one with a time of 12:44.18 and held the leaders jersey through the final stage with …