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Mara Abbott and Rory Sutherland won the women's and men's general classifications at the Cascade Cycling Classic last week in Bend, Ore. Abbott's victory moved her into third place overall in the 2010 USA Cycling National Racing Calendar women's overall standings, while Sutherland took over the No. 2 spot on the men's side. The men's NRC continues this weekend with the Tour of Elk Grove.

The past week was a good one for USA Cycling's young riders as Benjamin Swedberg, Colt Peterson, and Coryn Rivera all found themselves on podiums around the world. Additionally, the U.S. is presently ranked number-one in the UCI's Junior Nations Cup rankings.

Willow Koerber finished third in the women's cross-country race at the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in the Alpine resort town of Champandeacute;ry, Switzerland.

Time is running out to register early and at a discount for the 2010 USA Cycling Masters Road National Championships. Online registration closes Tuesday, July 27 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. All eligible Masters riders are invited to take part August 3-8 in Louisville, Kentucky.

USA Cycling is pleased to announce an opportunity for elite and junior track athletes to attend a FREE sprint camp with new Sprint Program Director, Jamie Staff, in preparation for the USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships. The camp will take place at the ADT Event Center Velodrome in Carson, Calif., September 13-28 with the two main goals being to educate riders on race preparation and to identify up-and-coming talent on the track.

USADA announced today that the independent American Arbitration Association/Court of Arbitration for Sport (AAA/CAS) has issued a written decision that Alberto Blanco, an athlete in the sport of cycling, committed a doping violation and will receive a two-year suspension for the offense.

USA Cycling's development programs are in full swing on the road. Riding for USA Cycling's Women's Development Team, Kendall Ryan was sevent in Italy's GP Cento over the weekend. As a member of the national governing body's U23 Development Program squad, Larry Warbasse posted an impressive 39th-place out of the 145 riders entered int he De Drie Zustersteden. The juniors are staying busy as well with USA Cycling's Junior Development Program squad joining thirteen other American teams for the LE Tour de l'Abitibit in Canada this week.

The remaining schedules for the 2010 Professional Tour and National Racing Calendar -- the premier racing series for cycling in the United States -- have been adjusted to reflect changes in the status of several events.

Todd Wells and Georgia Gould secured the men's and women's overall titles in the USA Cycling Professional Mountain Bike Cross Country Tour (Pro XCT) during the Sand Creek International Classic in Colorado Springs. Wells and Gould both traveled to Granby, Colo., the following week and won Stars-and-Stripes jerseys at the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships.

USA Cycling announced today the 22 junior athletes that will represent the United States at the upcoming 2010 UCI Junior Road and Track World Championships in Italy, August 5-15. The United States looks to have its strongest junior cycling representation at the world championships in years with nearly two dozen riders the likes of Lawson Craddock and Coryn Rivera set to make waves.

USA Cycling has announced the final squad that will contest the UCI BMX World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, July 29 andndash; August 1. Joshua Meyers and Denzel Stein have been added to the American line-up that will contest the elite menandrsquo;s event following injuries suffered by veterans Donny Robinson and Kyle Bennett during pre-worlds training.

Luis Amaran finished 45th in Boise, but he was able to maintain his advantage over Scott Zwizanski, who did not enter the event and remained second in the men's individual NRC overall standings. In the team competition, Amaran's Jamis Sutter Home-Colavita squad remained in the lead. The NRC will continue with men's and women's races Tuesday-Sunday as Bend, Ore., hosts the Cascade Classic.

Competition wrapped up at the SolVista Bike Park on Sunday as 20 more national champions were crowned in short track cross country, Super D, and downhill racing. Todd Wells grabbed his second national title of the weekend in the pro menandrsquo;s short track while Katie Compton powered to the win in the womenandrsquo;s race.

The 2010 USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships continued at the SolVista Bike Park at Granby Ranch on Saturday with the pro cross country and four-cross competitions taking center stage. Georgia Gould and Todd Wells dominated the pro cross country fields to take the wins on a hot and dusty course. In the action-paced pro four-cross contests, it was Ross Milan and Neven Steinmetz to grab the national titles.

Fourteen Stars-and-Stripes jerseys were awarded at the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships on Friday as cross-country racing kicked off bright and early at the SolVista Bike Park. Following a heated day of endurance racing, the evening closed out on the four-cross course with the event's first gravity contests. The winners of the men's and women's U23 and junior 17-18 cross country events not only earned national titles, but also automatic nominations to represent the U.S. at the Mountain Bike World Championships in Quebec later this summer.

Action got underway at the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships on Thursday as category 2 and 3 racers took to the cross country course at the SolVista Bike Park at Granby Ranch. Twenty gold medals were awarded to riders in the category 2 and 3 non-national championships fields over the course of the day.

Richardson Bike Mart will be the title sponsor for the 2010 USA Cycling Masters Track National Championships to be held at the Superdrome Velodrome in Frisco, Texas, September 1-5.

USA Cycling announced today the roster of athletes that will represent the United States at the 20010 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships in St. Wendel, Germany on August 8. Two men and two women are set to compete for the U.S. in the 107-kilometer event later this summer.

Mountain bikers across the nation are gearing up for the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships which return to the Sol Vista Bike Park at Granby Ranch in Colorado. The event, slated for July 15-18, will see over 1,000 off-road racers duke it out on Sol Vistaandrsquo;s world-class terrain for 70 Stars-and-Stripes jerseys across all age divisions in cross country, short track cross country, downhill, super D and four-cross competitions. Be sure to catch the top pro races via live stream on-line through the event website.

USA Cycling is pleased to announce that Bend, Ore. will host the 2011 and 2012 Marathon Mountain Bike National Championships. The annual event, which crowns 24 national champions in marathon mountain biking, has been held in conjunction with the Firecracker 50 in Breckenridge, Colo. for the past four years. Its move to Bend for 2011 and 2012 will mark the seventh and eighth USA Cycling National Championship event held in the cycling-friendsly city in a four-year period.