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Nebraska Road Racing Continues With Flatwater Cycling Weekend PDF Print E-mail
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Monday, 16 April 2012 18:45

2012_CCC_logoLincoln, NE -- The Nebraska road racing season fires up again with the Flatwater Cycling Weekend presented by Lincoln Industries, May 19-20. Celebrating its fourth consecutive year since being revived in 2009, the Flatwater Cycling Weekend presented by Lincoln Industries features two days of racing in the capitol city including the Capital City Criterium on Saturday and the Pioneers Park Grand Prix on Sunday.

"This race has come and gone through the years, but we remain committed to keeping it on the Nebraska race calendar for years to come," says Race Director, Sean Craig. "It is important to our team, our sponsors and most importantly, the local cycling community."

 

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Vanderkitten-Focus and Christian Helmig Find Redemption at the Dutchtown Classic PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Matt James/MoPro   
Sunday, 13 May 2012 00:00

MOPRO12_Web2St. Louis, MO - After a weekend of sprint finishes, near misses and stifled breakaways at the Missouri Professional Cycling Series, riders at the Dutchtown Classic found a more selective course favoring the opportunistic riding of women’s team Vanderkitten-Focus and Elbowz Racing’s Christian Helmig. With the previous two races on the weekend being strangled by the will of the pack, Sunday’s event was a showcase for aggressive riding and a chance for the animators to make amends after previously coming up empty-handed.

 

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Robert Forster and Erica Allar take out the Tour de Grove PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Matt James/MoPro   
Sunday, 13 May 2012 00:00

MOPRO12_Web2St. Louis, MO - Day two of the Missouri Professional Cycling Series saw top class fields contest the most recent round of the USA Crits on the streets of the Grove neighborhood in St. Louis, MO. With 150 riders in the men’s race and over 50 racers in the women’s field, all the top NRC teams were represented as perfect weather greeted the fields for an afternoon of full tilt crit racing.

 

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Brad Huff and Samantha Schneider Open MoPro Weekend With Wins PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Matt James/MoPro   
Saturday, 12 May 2012 00:00

MOPRO12_Web2St Louis, MO - As the cycling world looks to Italy and California over the coming days and weeks, a fast growing series of criteriums in St. Louis, MO is quietly attracting top teams from the around the country with a variety of quality courses and NRC points. With deep neighborhood support and a growing list of sponsors, the Missouri Professional Cycling Series, also know as MoPro, is working its way into the upper echelons of domestic criterium racing.

 

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Upcoming Events

May:

19 - Capital City Criterium, Lincoln, NE (Road) - Flyer - www.flatwatercycling.com
20 - Pioneers Park Gran Prix, Lincoln, NE (Road) - Flyer - www.flatwatercycling.com
25 - Burlington Road Race, Burlington, IA
26 - Snake Alley Criterium, Burlington, IA
26-27 - Tallgrass Stage Race, Junction City, KS (Road Stage Race) - tallgrasscycling.org
26-28 USAC Pro Road and Time Trial Nationals
27 - Melon City Criterium, Muscatine, IA
28 - Quad Cities Criterium, Rock Island, IL

June:

2  - Maskenthine XC Classic, Norfolk, NE (MTB) - psycowpath.com - nencycling.org
3  - Nebraska USAC Criterium State Championship, Norfolk, NE (Road) - nencycling.org
8-10 - Tulsa Tough, Tulsa, OK
13-17 - Nature Valley Grand Prix, Twin Cities, MN
16 - Nebraska USAC XC & Marathon State Championship, "Ponca's Revenge," Ponca, NE (MTB)
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20-24 USAC U23 and Junior Road Nationals
23 - Nebraska USAC Road State Championship, "Dave Babcook Memorial Road Race," Omaha, NE (Road)
24 - Nebraska USAC Time Trial State Championship, Yutan, NE (Road)