A number of high-profile athletes have confirmed they are going to line up April 13 in northern California for the one-day Growler occasion, which is a pro-level 139-mile race at Levi’s GranFondo. Lawrence Naesen, who retired final yr after six years on the WorldTour degree, added his identify to the boys’s begin listing whereas former street bike owner and Gravel Locos winner Emily Newsom joins a rising area for ladies.
A major change within the prize purse has been made by organiser Levi Leipheimer, who advised Cyclingnews “our prize listing practically tripled”, because it has moved from $20,000 to $55,000. The pay day can be divided equally among the many high 5 males and high 5 ladies finishing The Growler, a trek throughout wine nation of Sonoma County that options tough roads and 13,500 ft of climbing .
“I feel it’s going to generate quite a lot of pleasure about street racing within the US. Our companions, as soon as they noticed our efforts and the curiosity that it has created, they have been simply very enthusiastic and everyone pitched in to make it that a lot greater of a deal,” Leipheimer stated about how the purse has exploded. Two of the primary companions embody the Metropolis of Windsor and Specialised.
Cullen Easter, Griffin Easter, Caleb Classen and Zach Gregg have been added to the boys’s area to compete in opposition to WorldTour veterans turned off-road consultants such as Peter Stetina, Lachlan Morton and Petr Vakoč. On the ladies’s facet, Newsom joins Flávia Oliveira Parks in a battle that features Sarah Sturm, Heather Jackson and Peta Mullens.
Utah’s Truman Glasgow added to Life Time Grand Prix
Truman Glasgow, a 23-year-old from the US, has been added to the Life Time Grand Prix roster for 2024, filling a spot which was vacated by Australian Tasman Nankervis.
This yr would have been a second effort for Nankervis within the US for the Grand Prix, however was unable to commit for the prolonged journey when he was not capable of safe monetary sponsorships.
“The previous few months I’ve been coping with looking for sponsors and mainly nothing has come up,” Nankervis advised Cyclingnews in mid-January. He deliberate to pursue new alternatives to race by the yr, which began with a victory on the inaugural RADL GRVL in South Australia.
Glasgow had victories on the Park Metropolis Level 2 Level mountain bike race and high-elevation Wasatch All Highway gravel race, each in Utah the place he’s based mostly. He has expertise in Life Time occasions, ending thirteenth at Massive Sugar Gravel and twenty sixth in Leadville Path 100 MTB.
USA Pace Week opens in April with new Greenville Biking Traditional
USA Pace Week returns an 18th version with a group of eight criteriums throughout Georgia and South Carolina over 11 days. Every race gives a stand-alone prize purse for elite women and men, which totals $86,000. Groups registered to participate in Pace Week and USA Crits, each operated by Swagger LLC, will qualify for a points-based rating and extra prize purse of $76,800.
A brand new race in downtown Greenville, South Carolina on Thursday, April 25 launches Pace Week. The Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Criterium follows on Friday evening, then a pair of Georgia races, the Athens Orthopedic Clinic Twilight Criterium on Saturday and Curiosity Lab Criterium on Sunday.
A midweek race takes place Tuesday, April 30, Spin the District: Union Metropolis, and the ultimate trio of Georgia races cowl the primary weekend of Might – Spin the District: Hapefille on Friday, LaGrange Biking Traditional on Saturday and Spin the District: Faculty Park on Sunday.
Three of the Pace Week races double as USA Crits occasions – Spartanburg Crit, Athens Twilight and LaGrange Traditional – with every of these offering $12,000 prize purses slightly than the $10,000 Pace Week race occasion purse.
Final yr that regional collection was received by Leah Kirchmann (Denver Disruptors) and Evan McQuirk (ButcherBox Biking p/b LOOK). Groups and rosters for Pace Week can be confirmed nearer to March.
Reign Storm Racing merger of Texas Roadhouse and ACG
Texas Roadhouse Biking Workforce and American Biking Group (ACG) at the moment introduced the formation of Reign Storm Racing for the 2024 racing season. The US duo of Michael Hernandez, the 2022 US novice criterium champion, and Danny Summerhill, reigning US males’s Madison nationwide champion, will lead the roster of 12 riders.
Of the 2 home US males’s groups, Texas Roadhouse Biking has fielded groups for the previous 20 years, directed by Curtis Tolson since 2003. He’ll proceed within the function as crew supervisor, with Thomas Craven shifting from ACG in his function as director sportif.
“Biking is a sport that requires large vitality and excellence to excel, and our partnership with Reign Storm will place the crew to proceed excelling in competitors,” stated Craven, who led Hincapie Racing for a decade after which co-founded ACG final yr alongside Hernandez. “By the help of our beneficiant sponsors, our cyclists are outfitted with the means to give attention to competitors and the crew’s mission of advocating for extra range inside the sport.”
The crew will trip BMC’s Teammachine SLR bikes for the 2024 season, which can start on the Sunny King Criterium in Anniston, Alabama on April 13, which begins the six-race USA Crits collection. Different sponsors embody VQ Labs, HGR Development, Hincapie Sportswear, Thule, LUN Wheels, KASK Helmets, KOO Eyewear, End Line, Michelin and the Nationwide Biking League (NCL).
Reign Storm Racing will even compete within the NCL Cup, persevering with the invitation-only slot prolonged to Texas Roadhouse for 2024. Final yr Texas Roadhouse was a part of a co-ed partnership with Goldman Sachs ETFs Racing and the pairing completed third general within the three-event race collection.
Reign Storm Racing 2024 roster
- Fergus Arthur (USA)
- Aaron Beebe (USA)
- Zach Berend (USA)
- Jaime Castañeda (USA)
- Bryan Gomez (COL)
- Michael Hernandez (USA)
- Eli Home (USA)
- Jordan Parra (COL)
- Kyle Perry (USA)
- Alfredo Rodriguez (MEX)
- Tim Smith (USA)
- Danny Summerhill (USA)
Cynisca Biking begins 2024 with 16 riders
Cynisca Biking returns to the Continental degree for a second season, this yr with a 16-rider roster, led by US gravel nationwide champion and Pan-Am street race winner Lauren Stephens.
Stephens moved from the WorldTour degree at EF Training-TIBCO-SVB to proceed for a twelfth yr within the professional peloton, serving because the GC chief on the street for the younger squad. The yr started in February at Vuelta CV Feminas, the place the previous US Professional street race champion was thirteenth. Final yr she excelled throughout a number of surfaces, driving to sixth general on the 2023 UCI Gravel World Championships, a silver medal at US Professional ITT and 18th on the UCI Highway World Championships.
The roster additionally contains Chloe Patrick, the reigning U23 US nationwide criterium champion. She is amongst a trio of 19-year-olds on the squad this season alongside compatriot Katherine Sarkisov and Canadian Mara Roldan. Climber Allison Mrugal was added to the roster from the Spanish-based Sopela squad, the place she received a stage at Lea-Artibai Txallengea final yr.
On the finish of January the crew unveiled their new equipment, created by Pearl Izumi. The contemporary look options orange sleeves with blue, white and black back and front panels, with a return of the swath of golden olive leaves throughout the entrance.
Cynisca Biking 2024 roster
- Pauline Allin (FRA)
- Tess Edwards (USA)
- Emilie Fortin (CAN)
- Chloé Fourmigué (FRA)
- Ashley Frye (USA)
- Gabrielle Lehnert (USA)
- Fiona Mangan (ITA)
- Allison Mrugal (USA)
- Cara O’Neill (USA)
- Chloe Patrick (USA)
- Greta Richioud (FRA)
- Mara Roldan (USA)
- Katherine Sarkisov (USA)
- Nicole Steinmetz (USA)
- Lauren Stephens (USA)
- Claire Windsor (USA)
