USA Cycling ready to roll out the USA Cycling Professional Cyclo-cross Calendar

Colorado Springs, Colo. (September 6, 2012) –The United States will host the most cyclo-cross races in the world during the 2012-13 season. The events inscripted by the UCI will be part of the 2012-13 USA Cycling Professional Cyclo-cross Calendar (USACPCXC).In the 2011-12 season, Jeremy Powers (Easthampton, Mass./Team Rapha-Focus), Laura van Gilder (Cresco, Pa./C3 p/b Mellow Mushroom) topped the final pro men’s and women’s standings, respectively. Andrew Dillman (Fairdale, Ky./Red Zone Cycling-Bob’s Red Mill) topped the juniors men’s standings. The points distributionin 2012-13 will be the same as the 2011-12 season.

The 51-event calendar begins with Rohrbach’s Ellison Park Cyclocross in Rochester, N.Y. on Sept. 8 and continues until Cincinnati Kings International in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Jan. 26. The calendar includes nine events inscripted by the UCI as category 1 events. The first of the category 1 events is CrossVegas After Dark in Las Vegas, Nev., on Sept. 19. The remaining category 1 events are: USGP of Cyclocross-Planet Bike Cup (Sept. 22) in Sun Prairie, Wisc., NEPCX Gran Prix of Gloucester 1 (Sept. 29) in Gloucester, Mass., NEPCX Providence Cyclo-cross Festival (Oct. 6) in Providence, R.I., USGP of Cyclocross-New Belgium Cup (Oct. 13) in Fort Collins, Colo., Cincy3 Harbin Park International (Nov. 4) in Cincinnati, Ohio, USGP of Cyclocross-Derby City Cup (Nov. 10) in Louisville, Ky., Jingle Cross Rock (Nov. 18) in Iowa City, Iowa and USGP of Cyclocross-Deschutes Cup (Dec. 8) in Bend, Ore.

The calendar also includes 10 events which will score the juniors men separately. Those 10 events are: Cincy3 Lionhearts International-Cross after Dark in Cincinnati, Ohio on Nov. 3, Cincy3 Harbin Park International in Cincinnati, Ohio on Nov. 4, USGP of Cyclocross-Derby City Cup in Louisville, Ky., on Nov. 10-11, CXLA Weekend-Cross after Dark on Dec. 1-2 in Los Angeles, USGP of Cyclocross-Deschutes Cup on Dec. 8-9 in Bend, Ore., the 2013 USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships in Madison, Wisc., and the Cincinnati Kings International in Cincinnati, Ohio on Jan. 26.

For a complete look at the USACPCXC, click here.