Tuesday, May 20, 2014

2014 USA Cycling National Championships Preview

It's almost here! The USA Cycling National Championships is this Memorial Day weekend, May 24-26. The Time Trial will be held on Saturday, on Volkswagon Drive. The course will feature 2 X 9.5 mile laps; the para-cyclists will start at 8:30 AM EST, the women will start at 11:00 AM EST, and the men will start at 2:00 PM EST.
The Road Race will be held on Monday, in and around downtown Chattanooga. The women's race begins at 9:00 AM EST, and the men's race goes off at 1:15 PM EST.
The women's course will feature 3 loops of the start circuit, 2 loops of the long circuit, and 3 loops of the finish circuit, for a total of 64.7 mi/104.1 km.

The men's course will feature 4 loops of the start circuit, 4 loops of the long circuit, and 3 loops of the finish circuits, for a grand total of 102.8 mi/165.5 km.

We will have two teams riding Litespeed bikes: Astellas Cycling and Seasucker/Guttenplan, who have been racing hard and racing well this year so far, and who are sure to put on a good show for us this weekend.

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