'The domestic racing scene I was part of is almost non-existent' – Gavin Mannion says cycling in the US is different, not dead

Lauren Stephens (Aegis Cycling Mixed Team) took the overall victory and the pink jersey at Tour de Bloom ahead of Alia Shafi (Fount Cycling Guild) and Paula Gil Echevarria (Valkyr Cycling)
Lauren Stephens (Aegis Cycling Mixed Team) took the overall victory and the pink jersey at Tour de Bloom ahea🌠d of Alia Shafi (Fount Cycling Guild) and Paula Gil Echevarria (Valkyr Cycling) (Image credit: Tour de Bloom / @blakedahlin)

What has become of road racing i🌳n the US? Is the discipline as a whole on a downward spi꧙ral, or is it obscured by an ever-changing calendar now filled with gravel races and non-UCI-sanctioned events? Will the big teams like UnitedHealthcare ever make a comeback? Or is a new generation of privateers here to stay?

A decade ago, all-star casts of international riders clashed on the big climbs of California, Colorado, Utah and the Ozarks of Arkansas, bringing WorldTour winners like 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease a Bike), 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Chloé Dygert (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Ruth Edwards (Human Powered Health).

Jackie Tyson
North American Production editor

Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports iꦚn 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed proje♈cts for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).

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