Canadian Gravel Championships in April, Project Echelon starts 2023 in Spain - North American Roundup
Miami Blazers announce roster whil🍎e Miami Nights connect with fan headquarters in Florida; Canada and USA partner for joint eSports Nationals
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Project Echelon Racing begins their first season at the UCI Continental level at Challenge Ciclista Mallorca, a series of five 1.1-level races from January 25-29. They will race alongside eight WorldTour squads, including Soudal-QuickStep, with two-time World Champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jul𝔉ian Alaphilippe ma💫king his season debut.
There are 10 ProTeams in the field, along with an additional pair of Continental squads and the Spanish Track selection team. The Mallorca races begin on January 25 with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Trofeo Calvia and conclude on January 29 with Trofeo꧅ Palma, with live broadcasts on Eurosport for the final hour and a half of racing each day.
After six seasons in the amateur ranks as a US domestic elite squad, Project Echelon Racing moved to the UCI level and adde꧂d four international stage races to its calendar. After the Mallorca opener, other international stage races will include the ಞVuelta Colombia in South America, the 10-day Tour Cycliste International de la Guadeloupe in France and then Vuelta a Guatemala in Central America.
Project Echelon will also compete in the two remaining UCI stage races on the US calendar this spring - Tourꦚ of the Gila and Joe Martin Stage Race. Tyler Stites, the silver medalist at the US Pro Road Nationals, led the stage racingไ scoresheet for the team last year with third overall at Joe Martin and had a pair of stage victories at Tour of the Gila. He also took the GC title at Redlands Bicycle Classic.
Also returning is New Zealander Ethan Craine, w🌞ho secured the U23 crown and second place in the sprint classification at the 2022 American Criterium Cup series of nine men’s races.
Canadian Gravel Championships in 2023
Canada will join the growing list of countries that will host a gravel national champion🍨ships in 2023. The titles will be awarded by results in the Paris to Ancaster (P2A) bike race, the 110km Cento course.
P2A, inspired by Paris-Roubaix, is a pre♓decessor to the gravel race trend. In its 29th year, it has taken place since 1994 a♒nd incorporates rough cobblestone roads, farm lanes, gravel roads, singletrack trails and tarmac west of Hamilton, Ontario.
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This year's race will be held on April 30. As of January 16, P2A already had 1,600 registered riders for all four distaꦍnces.
USA Cycling listed a gravel championship event in its list of nationals for 2023, but the date and location have yet to be announced. The Netherlands held their championships in 2022, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marianne Vos winning the women’s tit൲le along with Coen Vermeltfoort in the men's race.
The UCI sanctioned their 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:first Gravel World Championships in 20๊22. Gianni Vermee✤rsch won the men's title, and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot won the women's.
Joint eSports championships for USA and Canada
USA Cycling and Cycling Canada have partnered for a joint National eSport Championship. The event will beheld February 11-12, 2023, with online registration open until 5 p.m. (ET) Februaryဣ 8.𒈔
Cycling Canada will offer six categories while USA Cycling will offer a total of 14 categories, eight of😼 the divisions for Para Cycling athletes for the first time. Al🦩l the Para Cycling events will be held on Sunday.
Feehery headlines new riders for Miami Blazers, new women's team confirmed
The Miami Blazers, a US domestic elite men’s team that found success at the inaugural 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:American Criterium Cup last year, confirmed they will have seven new on the 11-rider roster for 2023🃏.
One of the new riders will be part of a new women’s programme and the first rider confirmed was Alexi Costa-Ramirez, a sprinter from Trinidad & Tobago who raced with CWಞA Racing p/b Goldman Sachs ETFs for two seasons.
"The Miami Blazers are actively building the women's program and scouting new talent. Alexi is the first to sign to the women's program and the team looks forward to building its first women's squa𒉰d. The team has yet to determine their final race schedule for 2023," a team spokesperson said, noting that the focꦦus would not be to compete in the National Cycling League.
Last season the Blazers finisheඣd as the third-best men's team in the fledgling American Criterium Cup series. The four returning riders are Dante Young, Hasani Hennis, Joshua Kelly and 2018 US Pro Road Race champion Jonny Brown.
Leading the list of new firepower on the men’ꦑs roster is Brandon Feehery, who moves from Project Echelon Racing. Feehery domin♏ated the ACC series last year by winning the individual overall and sprint titles. He will be joined by Daniel Estevez, Ruben Campanioni, Oscar Quiroz, Spencer Moavenzadeh and Tanner Ward.
Miami Nights connect with ZleL Concept Store for fans
The newest domestic elite team in Miami is the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Miami Nights, founded by the organisers of the National Cycling League. The team announced this week it will partner with ZleL Concept Store, located in Coral Gabl🌌es, Florida, as an official fan headquarters and clubhouse for the pro riders.
The Zlel location offers cycling apparel and equipment for sale, as well as service and repairs and a selection of food and beverage products for retail custo𝓰mers. Memberships start at $250 per person.
“ZIeL is a hub for cyclists to train, recover, shop, service their bikes, and learn about the latest trends and tech in the s﷽port, surrounded by people who are passionate about cycling,” said Frank Travieso, one of the pro riders for the Nights.
The NCL plans to launch their four-race criterium series at Miami Beach in April. Zlel will support NCL riders and fans as the race headquarters. Throug🥀hout the 2023 season, the store will also serve as a base for cyclists and fans to 🐓participate in group rides, clinics and special events.
The NCL will launch in 2023 with 10 invitation-only teams competing across a series of criterium-style races in four major markets for a $1 million prize purse. Racing will b𝕴eginꦆ in Miami Beach, Florida, then spread across the summer to Atlanta, Georgia, Denver, Colorado and Washington D.C. In 2024, the NCL hopes to expand with races in eight cities. Dates for the 2023 four-race series have not been announced.
North American UCI Continental Teams
A total of 14 men&rsquo⛄;s and women’s teams have been confirmed by the UCI at the Continental level in North America for 2023. The United States leads the way with six men’s an🎐d four women’s teams for international racing, while in Canada, there are three men’s squads and a solo team for women. There were no teams at that level from Mexico.
On the women’s side, DNA Pro Cycling returns to the Continental level for a fourth consec⛄utive year and the sixth time since 2016. Reappearing after three years as a domestic elite programme is Virginia's Blu🔯e Ridge TWENTY24, which begins its 18th season.
InstaFund Racing is the only team from Canada and returns to a fourth season at the Continental level. The new teams on the block are Cynisca Cycling and Roxo Racing🔥, compet💟ing in their inaugural seasons.
The men’s team👍 with the most longevity is US-based Hagens Berman Axeon, which began in 2009, and spent two of its previous 14 seasons at a higher second-tier level. Other notable U23 development squads returning at the Continental level are EF Education-Nippo Development Team, in its third year, Canadian-based Premier Tech U23 Cycling Project, for a second year, and Team Novo Nordisk Development, in its 11th year but third at the Conti level.
Project Echelon Racing is back for a seventh year and moves up from the domestic elite level for the first time. Team Skyline returns for a fifth year, while L39ION of Los Angeles is back for 𝔉a third year.
Among the Canadian teams, fourth-year Toronto Hustle is back🧜 at the Conti level for a second season, while X-Speed United returns for a fifth season as a Canadian-registered squad based in♔ Belgium.
Men's teams for 2023
- EF Education - Nippo Development Team (USA)
- Hagens Berman Axeon (USA)
- L39ION of Los Angeles (USA)
- Premier Tech U23 Cycling Project (Can)
- Project Echelon Racing (USA)
- Team Novo Nordisk Development (USA)
- Team Skyline (USA)
- Toronto Hustle (Can)
- X-Speed United Continental (Can)
Women's teams for 2023
- Cynisca Cycling (USA)
- DNA Pro Cycling Team (USA)
- InstaFund Racing (Can)
- Roxo Racing (USA)
- Virginia's Blue Ridge TWENTY24 (USA)
Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not f♕ast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).