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Day five of the 2008 USA Cycling Masters Road National Championships featured the first day of criterium racing as four women celebrated the Fourth of July with national titles. Local rider Tracy Tolson claimed her second Stars-and-Stripes jersey of the week when she added a women's 45-49 criterium championship to the road race title she won earlier in the week. Other winners on Friday included Betsy Galenti, Jane Evely and Kim Ciolli. Competition continues through the weekend at Churchill Downs as seven more criterium titles will de decided on Saturday.

The last of 25 road race national titles were decided Thursday at the 2008 USA Cycling Masters Road National Championships in Louisville, Ky. Three individual winners were crowned, including Paul Martin, John Korioth and Thurlow Rogers, in addition to eight tandem pairs. With the time trial and road race events now in the books, criterium racing is set to take center stage Friday through Sunday at one of Louisville's most historic landmarks - Churchill Downs.

USA Cyclingandrsquo;s annual election is set to begin on Tuesday, July 15 and USA Cycling members are encouraged to vote online through their My USA Cycling account. The trustees are representatives of the USA Cycling membership whose mission is to help shape governance policy, association bylaws and racing rules. Voting will begin on July 15 and will remain open until August 15, 2008. Click on the story to read the complete list of candidates and open positions.

Day three of the 2008 USA Cycling Masters Road National Championships saw another 10 amateur cyclists claim national titles in the road race on Wednesday. Of the champions crowned, six were repeat winners after claiming time trial championships earlier in the week, including Anne Marie Miller, Elizabeth Tyrell, Julie Lockhart, Franz Hammer, Kent Bostick and Kenny Fuller. Only one more day of road racing remains before the master athletes head to Churchill Downs to compete in the criterium events over the weekend.

David Veilleux took home the overall win in the six-stage American Eagle Outfitters Tour of Pennsylvania, June 24-29. Following the completion of eight events on the USA Cycling Pro Tour, Levi Leipheimer remains atop the overall individual standings, while High Road is the current leader in the team rankings. Only six races remain on the 2008 USA Cycling Professional Tour.

After opening day of the 2008 USA Cycling Masters Road National Championships crowned 30 national champions on Monday in the time trial, a much shorter day on Tuesday saw four women's categories contest the road race. Three winners from Monday's race against the clock - AnnaJean Dallaire, Laura Igoe and Sonia Ross - all added a second national title to their list of accomplishments for the week, while local competitor Tracy Tolson captured a Stars-and-Stripes jersey in the 45-49 road race.

The opening day of the 2008 USA Cycling Masters Road National Championships featured time trial action as amateur cyclists age 30 and up contested the race against the clock. In all, 19 individual time trial titles were decided and 11 tandem national titles were won. Monday marked the first day of competition as competitive cyclists from around the country kicked off a week's worth of national championship racing in time trial, road race and criterium events.

Kyle Wamsley took home the victory in the 22nd race on the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar, the Cox Charities Cycling Classic, while Rashaan Bahati earned the win in the men's criterium contest at the Chevron Manhattan Beach Grand Prix and Brooke Miller won the pro women's race. The next race on the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar is the 2.3-rated Fitchburg Longsjo Classic in Fitchburg, Mass. which takes place July 3-6.

USA Cycling announced today the nine junior athletes that will represent the United States at the upcoming 2008 UCI Junior Road and Track World Championships in Cape Town, South Africa, July 12-20. Four junior men and two junior women will contest the road events scheduled for July 18-20, including defending junior world time trial champion Taylor Phinney, who will also compete in three events on the track. Joining Phinney on the track will be two men and one woman.

High school graduation brings many changes for young people and often the promise of new and exciting opportunities. There arenandrsquo;t too many graduates, though, who can look forward to racing their bikes on two new continents prior to enrolling in their first semester of college. That is however is exactly what Jerika Hutchinson and Sinead Miller, both 18 years-old, will do this summer: race with the U.S. Womenandrsquo;s National Team in Europe in early July and go from there to South Africa to compete at the Junior Road World Championships in Cape Town.

Four juniors punched their ticket to compete in the 2008 UCI Junior Road World Championships in Capetown, South Africa, July 12-20, by winning the domestic qualifier, the Red River Gorge in Stanton, Ky. Sinead Miller, Jerika Hutchinson, Jacob Rathe and Adam Leibovitz earned their spot on the U.S. Junior World Championship squad. The remaining spots will be filled in the coming weeks.

Aaron Olson rode to the overall win in the National Racing Calendar's 20th contest, the Tour de Nez, June 18-21 in Reno, Nevada. The ATandamp;T Austin Downtown Crit also took place on the NRC last week with Alejandro Borrajo earning the victory in the men's race while Kelly Benjamin took home the win in the women's criterium contest. The next race on the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar is the 1.5-rated Cox Charities Cycling Classic, a men's-only NRC event in Providence, RI on June 28.

Attention junior, U23 and elite road cyclists: Registration is currently open for the 2008 USA Cycling Junior, U23 and Elite Road National Championships at www.sportsbaseonline.com. All participants are encouraged to register online before Friday, July 18 when the registration fees increase by $25 per race. This year's edition is scheduled for July 6-10 in Anaheim, Calif. If you haven't yet registered for the event, you can quickly and easily do so online!

A reminder to all masters road athletes: Online registration for the 2008 USA Cycling Masters Road National Championships in Louisville, Ky. closes at 12:00 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 24. If you plan on competing, but have not yet registered, please remember to do so before Tuesday. You will still be able to register on-site, however please remember that all on-site registration is subject to a 100% late charge. The 2008 USA Cycling Masters Road National Championships are scheduled for June 30-July 6 in Louisville, Ky.

Both the men's and women's contest at the Nature Valley Grand Prix marked the 19th event on the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar, June 11-15. The 2.1-rated stage race which took place throughout Minnesota was won by Kristin Armstrong on the women's side and Rory Sutherland on the men's. The next race on the NRC will be the men's only 2.4-rated Tour de Nez which takes place June 18-21 in Reno, Nev.

Matti Breschel moved himself into the fifth spot in the USA Cycling Professional Tour standings with his field sprint win in Sunday's seventh race on the USA Cycling Professional Tour, the Commerce Bank International Championship. Following the completion of seven events on the USA Cycling Pro Tour, Levi Leipheimer remains atop the overall individual standings, while High Road is the current leader in the team rankings.

Chantal Beltman out sprinted an all-star women's field on Sunday in downtown Philadelphia's Commerce Bank Liberty Classic, the 18th event on the National Racing Calendar. Overall, Rory Sutherland leads the individual NRC standings on the men's side while Leah Goldstein is the current womenandrsquo;s leader. The next race on the NRC will be the 2.1-rated Nature Valley Grand Prix, June 11-15.

Following the fifth and sixth races on the USA Cycling Professional Tour, the Commerce Bank Lehigh Valley Classic and the Commerce Bank Reading Classic, Levi Leipheimer remains atop the overall individual standings, while High Road is the current leader in the team rankings.

Born from an idea conceived by USA Cycling's endurance program manager and world champion Kristin Armstrong's coach Jim Miller, one of the most successful elite cyclists in American history is teaming up with 16-time junior national champion Coryn Rivera at the upcoming Nature Valley Grand Prix NRC event in Minnesota. Armstrong is using the event as part of her Olympic preparation, but will also be mentoring a member of the national team with promising potential as a 2012 hopeful along the way.

Kelly Benjamin took the victory in the 16th event on the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar, the Tulsa Tough Ride and Race, while Luca Damiani and Chatharine Cheatley won the CSC Invitational. With 12 menandrsquo;s races and 15 womenandrsquo;s events on the 2008 NRC now complete, Rory Sutherland and Leah Goldstein are leading the individual standings, while the Health Net Pro Cycling Team presented by Maxxis and the Cheerwine Professional Cycling Team lead the men's and women's team categories.