Universal Sports is teaming up with the International Cycling Union (UCI) to present same-day webcast coverage of the Cyclocross World Championships from Tabor, Czech Republic. The UniversalSports.com website will post coverage of the elite men’s and women’s races on Sunday, Jan. 31st starting at noon (ET). The rest of the races will be offered on-demand. Cyclocross World Championships webcast coverage will be available via this link (at the aforementioned date and time) along with photos, news, and highlights. Webcast coverage only available in the USA.

The Pennsylvania Scholastic Cycling League (PASCL) Mountain Bike Racing Series is a youth-specific racing series. The series provides a fun, positive environment for youth to try mountain biking. PASCL is designed to stimulate school mountain biking clubs, and provides a place for kids from different schools to compete against each other.

For 2010 PASCL will offer two concurrent race series. On April 17th, April 24th, and May 1st there will be races held in both the central region located in Carlisle, PA and the eastern region, at the Spring Mountain Ski Area in Schwenksville, PA. Each event will offer categories for Varsity Boys/Girls, Junior Varsity Boys/Girls, and Junior High Boys/Girls. Series awards will be presented for each category and for the winning team (based on series points). After that, the state championships will be held in Marysville, PA (centrally located) on May 9th for everyone to compete for state championship titles. More PASCL info is available at this link.

PASCL promoter Zach Adams said: “Consider this your call to action. We need able bodied volunteers to get involved at every level with the Pennsylvania Scholastic Cycling League: from high school teachers to bike shop owners, from race volunteers to ride leaders, and we need you to get involved. We especially need responsible, passionate, and knowledgeable people to help start youth clubs all across the state. If you are involved in a school district, or have a child who goes to school and want to see cycling in their lives, help make it happen with us!”

If you or anyone you know would like to get involved or participate in the series, you can find more information at http://pascl.blogspot.com or email Zach Adams at fastforwardracingproductions@gmail.com

USA Cycling announced the dates and venues for its 2010 American Mountain Bike Challenge (AMBC). All AMBC events will serve as qualifiers for the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships, which are slated for July 15-18 in Granby, CO.

The 21-race AMBC series will visit 16 states over a period of seven months. Two events are new to the AMBC for 2010—the 17th Annual Barking Spider Bash in Boise, ID on April 10th and the Bear Creek Challenge in Macungie, PA on August 1st. The complete AMBC calendar is as follows:

• March 14 – Southeastern Regional Championship Series #1 – Gainesville, FL.
• March 28: Chickasaw Trace Classic – Columbia, TN
• April 10: 17th Annual Barking Spider Bash – Boise, ID
• April 11: Southeastern Regional Championship Series #3 – Bryson City, NC
• April 25: Southeastern Regional Championship Series #4 – Winder, GA
• April 25: Greenbrier Challenge – Hagerstown, MD
• May 1-2: The Idyllwild Spring Challenge – Idyllwild, CA
• May 2: Southeastern Regional Championship Series #5 – Huntsville, AL
• May 2: Stump Jump – Spartanburg, SC
• May 16: Southeastern Regional Championship Series #6 – Ducktown, TN
• June 12-13: Southeastern Regional Championship Series #7 – Jackson, GA
• June 20: Southeastern Regional Championship Series #8 – Clemson, SC
• July 3-4: DINO Challenge – North Vernon,IN
• July 11: 15th Annual Bulldog Rump – Andover, NJ
• July 11: Southeastern Regional Championship Series #9 – Chattanooga, TN
• August 1: Bear Creek Challenge – Macungie, PA
• August 7-8: Southeastern Regional Championship Series #10 – Fontana, NC
• September 3-5: Camp Eagle Classic MTB Festival – Rocksprings, TX
• October 2 – Road Apple Rally – Farmington, NM
• October 23-24: Piney Hills Classic – Ruston, LA

Each stop on the AMBC series offers cross country events, and several stops offer short-track cross country, downhill, time trials, or super D competitions. The top ten finishers in each respective age group and ability category at an AMBC event will qualify to compete at the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships. Visit the AMBC webpage for more information.

USA Cycling announced that two additional races have been added to the USA Cycling Pro Mountain Bike Cross Country Tour. The addition of the Sea Otter Classic and the Mellow Johnny’s Classic brings the Pro XCT calendar to a total of six UCI-sanctioned events.

“The 2010 Pro XCT will provide one of the best calendars of quality UCI mountain bike races we’ve had in many years,” stated USA Cycling CEO Steve Johnson. “We are committed to our long-stated goals of providing athletes with consistent top-level competition opportunities, increasing exposure for mountain biking domestically and maximizing U.S. start spots at the sport’s highest stages; and the Pro XCT national calendar provides a sustainable platform to help accomplish these goals.”

The UCI points awarded at each Pro XCT event will help the United States racers qualify for mountain biking start spots for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The men’s and women’s overall Pro XCT champions will also automatically qualify a spot on the U.S. squad for the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships.

The Pro XCT will provide leaders’ jerseys to the top male and female rider in the overall standings, leaders’ number plates and a guaranteed cash purse for each race.

2010 USA Cycling Pro Cross Country Mountain Bike Tour:

• March 27th: US Cup Fontana – Fontana, CA
• April 18th: Sea Otter Classic – Monterey, CA
• May 29th: Mellow Johnny’s Classic – Dripping Springs, TX
• June 5th: Bump ‘N Grind – Birmingham, AL
• June 26th: Subaru Cup – Mt. Morris, Wi
• July 10th: Carmichael Training Systems International Classic – Colorado Springs, CO

The DORBA Endurance Series presented by the Dallas Off-Road Bicycling Association (DORBA) will offer up 4 and 6 hour races, slated for the Saturdays of January 9th, February 13th, and March 6th, 2010. The promoters expect a record number of riders with 250 amateur and professional riders from across Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas heading to Dallas for the biggest endurance series in the region.

A Le Mans start will be used to spread the racers before entering the single track trails designed by DORBA trail stewards. The DORBA trails include technically challenging roots, logs, and boulders, in the heart of Dallas and other North Texas locations. The finish line comes 6 hours later, with the average lap times of less than one hour.

The series offers a variety of classes: 2 man team, co-ed 2 person team, men’s and women’s solo class, and a single speed solo class—with 4 hour options for the solo classes.

For more information on the 4th Annual DORBA Frozen Endurance Series and to register, click here.

On December 11th we reported that US Cup is withdrawing as the official management organizer for the 2010 Pro XCT series. Now comes the following news release from US Cup regarding the creation of a brand new Triple Crown All Mountain Series:

The US Cup is pleased to announce the 2010 dates for its inaugural Triple Crown All Mountain Series.

“We are excited to release our Triple Crown dates and venues to the public. We wanted to take into consideration all major UCI events and dates before we released the Triple Crown schedule. After reviewing the Pro XCT calendar which was released on USA Cycling’s website two weeks ago, we felt we have made the public wait long enough for this announcement, comments US Cup Chairman Scott Tedro. “The US Cup has also, as a show of support for the Pro Riders that are chasing Olympic birth, tentatively agreed to do our part by hosting a UC 1 inscripted Pro XCT event at Fontana on March 27-28th, and feel good that we have established this series with minimal impact and overlap of existing events” adds Tedro. “The whole concept of the Triple Crown event is in conjunction with our partner promoters, incorporate 3 top tier venues and offer Pro riders a substantial amount of prize money over $35000.00 in cash payouts, not just the top 3 Pro Riders, but to the top 10, while still making it logistically possible to incorporate it with their existing race schedule”.

The opening round of the US Cup Triple Crown All Mountain Series will be held at Bonelli Park on March 13-14. The second round will incorporate the Mountain States Cup series at Chalk Creek Stampede May 15-16 and the final has been awarded to Massanutten resort on June 19-20th. This concept embraces all parts of the country and we hope the racers will be excited to see a US Cup triple crown come to their home town race.

“We couldn’t be more excited to work with the great folks at the mountain states cup and Massanutten venues. In our opinion they are some of the top promoters in the country and already have established themselves with the racers and cycling community”, adds Ty Kady US Cup marketing director. “Chris Conroy, Keith and Sarah at MSC have been very receptive of our concept, and of course George Willetts of Massanutten has been running the Hoo-Ha for the last 20+ years and is all over the idea.”

“The Triple Crown All Mountain series will test the rider’s ability in multiple disciplines to declare the Triple Crown All Mountain winner. We have decided to make this series more appealing to the riders, sponsors and media by incorporating Cross Country, Super D and Short Track into the series concept”, continues Kady. “A rider’s best 2 of 3 events will be calculated to crown a winner at each race and ultimately the overall series Champion.”

We are also going to be paying 10 deep in each discipline, plus offer US Cup bonus bucks to the top 10 male and female finishers at each individual event given certain field numbers are met. Then as an added bonus any rider male or female that can sweep all three rounds of the Triple Crown will put an extra $2K in their pocket. This could be a huge pay day for the riders!

“This couldn’t be possible without all the US Cup supporters. Companies like H2O Overdrive, Specialized, Kenda, KMC Chains, GU, John Wayne Cancer foundation and others have all really stepped up their support of US Cup events for 2010”, adds Ty Kady.

In addition the US Cup will continue with its network of Kenda Cups, that act as local and regional qualifiers. The Kenda Cups feature over 15 locations across the US, from Ashland, Oregon to French Lick, Indiana. The US Cup Invitational shootout will be on September 11-12, The US Cup will also manage a high level west coast based series that incorporates the Triple Crown opener, Pro XCT race and other California favorite venues.

Look for more details on Triple Crown scheduled payout and presenting and naming sponsors of this inaugural event as well as updates to our ever growing Kenda Cup qualifiers.

For more information on US Cup, the Triple Crown All Mountain Series, and the Kenda Cups visit www.uscup.net.