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The USA Cycling Pro Road Tour is a professional and amateur road bicycle racing series organized by USA Cycling. [1] It is the top road cycling series in the United States featuring criteriums, road races, stage races and omniums. Most events host races for both men and women and some events host races for men or women only.
Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common competition formats are mass start events, where riders start simultaneously (though sometimes with a handicap ) and race to a set finish point; and time trials , where individual riders or teams ...
From 1921 to 1964, the Amateur Bicycle League of America (ABLA) National Championships were held as an omnium of track-style events for Men, Women, and Juniors, rather than as a road race. In 1964 the American Cycling Newsletter (later Bicycling) reported the results of a Flemington, NJ race as the national road racing championships, but these ...
The first professional world championship took place in July 1927 at the Nürburgring in Germany where Italian Alfredo Binda won the professional men's race and Belgian Jean Aerts won the men's amateur race. The women's road race was introduced in 1958. [1] A men's team time trial, contested by national teams, was introduced in 1962.
In December 2018, the UCI announced various reforms to the structure and organisation of men's professional road racing. [1] One of the major changes is the introduction of a new division of races called the UCI ProSeries. With the introduction of the ProSeries, the UCI .HC road races disappeared from the calendar.
The UCI WorldTour is the premier men's elite road cycling tour, sitting above the UCI ProSeries and various regional UCI Continental Circuits.It refers to both the tour of 38 events and, until 2019, an annual ranking system based upon performances in these.
This is a list of important men's road bicycle racing events. The list only includes road races, ... USA Pro Cycling Challenge (2015) Colorado Classic (2018) ...
The UCI Road World Championships Elite Men's Road Race is a one-day event for professional cyclists that takes place annually. The winner is considered the World Cycling Champion (or World Road Cycling Champion) and earns the right to wear the Rainbow Jersey for a full year in road race or stage events. The event is a single 'mass start' road ...