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COVER STORY—p.2U.S. doubles total medal countsince first ’Cross Worlds in 1950

Cover photos L-R: Danny Summerhill,Katie Compton, and Jonathan Page

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Americans doubled total U.S. medal count since the event began in 1950Junior rider Danny Summerhill and elite riders Katie Compton, and Jonathan Page all made surprising silver-medalefforts at the UCI Cyclo-Cross World Championships held in Hooglede-Gits, Belgium last weekend.

Two-time junior national ’cross champion Danny Summerhill became the first Ameri-can in seven years to stand on the podiumat ‘Cross Worlds after proving early on in the junior men’s event that he was one of the strongest riders of the day.

The race began with an early gap created byItalian Alessandro Calderan, and it wasSummerhill who initiated the chase thateventually bridged up to the quick starter.By the end of lap one, the American rode atthe front in a group of seven.

During the penultimate lap, Summerhillwas still with the lead group which wasdown to four riders by this time. It hadturned out to be a good day for the 17-year-old Summerhill until a crash on a steep de-scent set him back from the other leaders.

His crash took him completely off his bike,and caused him to hit his head and twist hisstem, but he didn’t let the mishap slow him down. With the resilience required of aWorld Championship medalist, the Colo-rado rider remounted his bike and bridgedback to the lead group.

“I crashed when my wheel washed out, like was happening to a lot of people,” he ex-plained afterwards.

“I didn’t think that I would be coming back. I hit a post pretty hard, knocked myhelmet off and bent my bars. I figured thatwas it, but I just got myself up, straightenedmy bars and got going.”

That determination set him up to duke it outin a four-man sprint over the final stretchand place second to the new junior worldchampion—Belgian Joeri Adams.

Summerhill’s brilliant performance earned the U.S. Team its first Cyclo-Cross World

Championship medal since Walker Fergu-son’s silver-in the 2000 junior men’s event, and it came as the result of a focused seasonand thorough preparation. To learn moreabout Danny Summerhill and his trium-phant 2006-2007 ’cross season, see his ath-lete profile on page 6.

Although one medal would have given theU.S. something to brag about, the team did-n’t let the success end with the junior men.

A pair of elite medals, the first in U.S. ’Cross Worlds history, came the following daycompliments of Katie Compton and Jona-than Page.

On Sunday, Katie Compton contested herfirst-ever World Championship event. Asthe former sighted pilot of a Paralympicgold medal-winning tandem team in 2004,the three-time national champion declinedprevious invitations to the world champion-ships. The event was only the second inter-national competition of her career after com-peting in a UCI World Cup the week before.

Despite her lack of international experience,the Colorado rider was quick to make animpressive debut. Without the luxury of afront-row start position, she had to quicklymake up ground.

“I’ve been working on my starts,” Compton revealed. “I knew that I would get a poor start position here, so at home I’ve been starting at the back of races to practice mov-ing up fast.”

As the race unfolded, the American becamesituated in the main group tasked withchasing down pre-race favorite HankaKupfernagel of Germany.

Continued on next page Top: Danny Summerhill en route to his silver medal. Bottom: KatieCompton made an impressive second-place World Championship debut.

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On lap three, Compton and eventualrace winner Maryline Salvetat ofFrance closed the gap to Kupfernagel,and after the German suffered a me-chanical on the penultimate lap it be-came a three-woman race betweenCompton, Salvetat and her Frenchteammate Laurence Leboucher.

With Compton at a numerical disad-vantage, the French duo worked to-gether to claim the win as Leboucher,riding second wheel behind her team-mate, allowed enough of a gap beforethe final straight to prevent Comptonfrom passing Salvetat. At the line, theAmerican finished just one second offthe pace of the winner and was pleasedto earn the first elite women’s medal in U.S. history.

“I was hoping for a top-10, maybe atop-five, but I had a good race and agreat day,” said Compton. “It’s still a little hard to believe that I am up herebut it definitely feels good, and it’s great for the U.S.!”

Jonathan Page was the next Americansuccess story of the weekend, earningthe first elite men’s medal for the U.S.

From the start, he rode in the leadgroup with defending world championErwin Vervecken (BEL) and four otherriders. One of the leaders, DutchmanRichard Groenendaal produced thefirst substantial attack and built hislead as several crashes plagued thechase group.

By the fourth lap, Page was among theriders who closed the gap to the leader,and with three laps to go—it was Pagealone at the front with defending worldchampion Vervecken.

With five seconds on their chasers go-ing into the final lap, a tense battle en-sued between the two front men.

The Belgian attacked hard in the finalstraight to create a three-second gap onhis American threat and crossed theline for his third-straight rainbow jer-sey. Page crossed the line seconds laterwith an enormous smile on his face tolay claim to the first medal for the U.S.in an elite men’s Cyclo-cross World’s competition.

After dancing on the podium, Pagecommented about his race. “I’m really happy coming back from my injuryearlier in the season,” he said. “What was left of this season was all buildingup to this one day, so to win this medalis a dream come true. It is great for ourcountry and great for cyclo-cross inAmerica. I hope that it continues.”

With the performances of Summerhill,Compton, and Page - American ridersdoubled the total medal count achievedby the U.S. since the first ‘cross world championships in 1950.

Until this past weekend, the U.S. hadthree medals to its credit in 57 years–agold medal by Matt Kelly in the juniormen’s race in 1999, a silver medal by Walker Ferguson in the junior men’s race in 2000 and Tim Johnson’s bronze in the U23 men’s division in 1999. Now, the all-time medal count for theUnited States stands at six.

The U.S. also fielded a team for the U23men’s event which saw Dutchman Lars Boom beat our Belgian Niels Albert forthe world title. As U.S. team membersJamey Driscoll and Daniel Neyenscrashed in the contest’s beginning stages, a damper was placed on theAmerican team’s hopes for the U23 event. Driscoll was the top Americanfinisher of the day in 36th.

Top: Jonathan Page crossed the line all smiles. Bottom: Jamey Driscoll was the topAmerican in the U23 event with a 36th place finish.

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FEATURESU.S. scores three medals at ‘Cross Worlds—2Riders double total amount of U.S. ‘Cross medals

Alison Dunlap Jr. Olympic MTB Series—5Applications now available to promoters

U.S. claims 5 medals in Los Angeles—7Success for American women on home turf

USAC names Development squad for Tourof California—9

DEPARTMENTSLetter from the CEO—4New and valuable benefits in store for members

Official’s Corner: Joan Durdaller—5Long-time official shares her story about how shegot into cycling

Athlete Profile: Danny Summerhill—6Junior World Championship silver medalist provesthere’s a strong ’cross future in store for the U.S.

Focus on a Promoter: Matthew Butterman—9Tour of Virginia boasts three new venues and NRCstatus for the 2007 edition

USA Cycling Staff Changes—10

Get to Know USAC Staff: Lisa Berggren—10New Local Association Manager

National Championship Calendar—11

Have a Story Idea?We love to hear from our members! USA Cy-clingNews accepts “Letters to the Editor” as well as story ideas, photos, and submissionsfrom coaches, officials, and mechanics. If youhave something to share, let us know! E-mailus at alee@usacycling.org.

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Letter from the CEODear USA Cycling Members,

USA Cycling is proud to announce its latest membership benefitexclusive to USA Cycling members. We have a long history oflooking out for the well-being of our members through many riskmanagement programs and our unparalleled event insurance.With that in mind, we want to continue to provide benefits andservice to our members on and off the bike.

Through a partnership with Liberty Mutual insurance, USA Cy-cling members are now eligible for group discounts on auto,homeowners and renters insurance. These discounts will save youup to 10% off competitive automobile rates and 5% off competi-tive homeowners and renter rates. That can easily save hundredsof dollars a year for the cost of a $60 USA Cycling license!

Additionally, Liberty Mutual can offer a multi-policy discount forcustomers who purchase both auto and home policies.

Rates are guaranteed for 12 months with convenient paymentplans, around-the-clock claims service and 24-hour emergencyroadside assistance for automobile policies. Additional savingsare possible based on age, driving experience and auto equip-ment. For a free coverage evaluation and no-obligation quote,members can call 1-800-524-9400 and tell the representative theyare members of USA Cycling, client #112299.

In 2007, we are working aggressively to develop new membership benefits in order to provide youwith greater value for your membership cost. I would also like to remind you of the other valuableinsurance benefits we introduced last year such as our 24-hour accident medical insurance programthrough Adventure Advocates and our health, dental and vision plans through Assurant Health. Inthe near future, we hope to add many other cycling-specific benefits to our membership package for2007 and beyond. As competitive cyclists, we understand that the sport of cycling is the commonbond among our members as we look to implement valuable benefits specific to the sport we love.

To take advantage of USA Cycling group auto, homeowners and renters insurance rates throughLiberty Mutual, click here: www.libertymutual.com/lm/usacycling, or call 1-800-524-9400 and refer-ence USA Cycling client #112299.

Don’t forget to take advantage of additional USA Cycling group insurance rates.For more informa-tion, visit www.adventureadvocates.com/usacycling.html for 24-hour accident medical insurance,or www.affinityhealthplans.com/usacycling for health, dental and vision plans–all of which offerexclusive discounts to USA Cycling members.

If you’re a USA Cycling member and have not yet renewed your 2006 license, please consider re-newing your license so you can immediately begin taking advantage of this new membership bene-fit and the others that USA Cycling offers. You can renew your license online simply by clickinghere: www.usacycling.org/myusac

Yours in Cycling,

Steve Johnson, CEO

Members can write to Steve Johnson atsjohnson@usacycling.org

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Joan Durdaller

Joan was first introduced to cycling over four decadesago when her family joined the Kissena Cycling Clubin 1964, which was founded a year earlier in the BigApple. She began racing around the northeast on theroad and track. It was four years later at her very firstnational championships when she became hooked.

“I loved the sport, the competition, the dedication and commitment of riders, the speed and finesse of sprint-ing, the excitement of the points and madison races, theenergy and raw power of timed events and the athleteoverpowering the mountain and reaching the summit,” she said about her favorite aspects of cycling.

Upon returning to New York, she began officiating andbecame involved with the local velodrome. Along withfellow club member Artie Greenberg, she helped im-plement a sub-junior’s and women’s training and activ-ity program at the velodrome.

“Having had a sports background in varsity basketball and track & field along with my managerial position innursing, it was a natural progression to do this weeklyprogram. “

Joan’s early days in cycling also saw her take part in one of the first events fully promoted and officiated bywomen—the weekly road training series in Westburythat attracted over 100 cyclists from the tri-state area.

“My favorite thing about being an official is the ability to provide the riders a safe and neutral environment tocompete in,” she explained. “Further, I enjoy being in a position to teach new officials, junior riders and theirparents the rules. It is very rewarding to see them growand be on the national scene.”

Although she’s never been a competitive cyclist, she enjoys riding along the paths near her home. Whenshe’s not officiating or riding, she RV’s all over the U.S. with her honey, golfs with her buddies, plays bridge,and gives to her community through volunteer work.

To this day, track events are among her favorites, asshe got her start at the velodrome. Also ranking highon her list are stage races like the Red Zinger, CoorsLight, Biltmore-MacDonald, Pro Tour of America, Adi-rondack, KSR (10 years), Tour do Trump, Altoona, andthe Tour de Georgia.

Alison Dunlap Junior Olympic Mountain Bike Series

If you’ve been a competitive cyclist for long, you’ve probably met Joan Durdaller

Above: Joan takes a break from officiating tochat with USA Cycling’s Southeast USCF Regional Coordinator George Heagertyduring a road race event.

USA Cycling now accepting applications from interested promotersApplications for inclusion on the 2007 Alison Dunlap Junior OlympicMountain Bike (ADJOMTB) Race Series are now available to race pro-moters by clicking here: http://www.usacycling.org/adjomtb/adjomtbapplication.pdf.

Entering its eighth year, the series was created by USA Cycling to pro-vide racing opportunities for aspiring junior mountain bike athletesacross the country. In 2003, world and national champion off-road cyclistAlison Dunlap endorsed the program and has since helped the seriesreach new levels.

In 2007, USA Cycling hopes to add more events to the calendar by con-tinuing to foster relationships with race promoters that support USACycling’s overall junior development efforts.

As part of USA Cycling’s athlete development pipeline, the ADJOMTB Race Series gives young riders aged 15 to 18 the opportunity to enhancetheir athletic growth by earning invitations to USA Cycling Regional

Development Camps as well as the 2007 USA Cycling Mountain BikeNational Championships.

In 2007, invitations to the regional development camps will be extendedto the series’ top-five riders in the following categories: Sport 15-16/male,Sport 17-18/male, Sport 15-18/female, Expert 15-16/male, Expert 17-18/male, and Expert 15-18/female.

Promoters interested in the ADJOMTB Race Series must adhere to juniorclass requirements which include age categories for boys and girls 10-years-old and younger through the 17-18 age group.

Participation in the series provides unique opportunities to race promot-ers and junior riders alike. Promoters interested in becoming part of the2007 ADJOMTB Race Series can download an application here: http://www.usacycling.org/adjomtb/adjomtbapplication.pdf, or contact USACycling National Events Manager Tom Vinson at tvin-son@usacycling.org for more information.

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Danny Summerhill

It was a good season for junior Colorado riderDanny Summerhill. After winning the overalltitle in the junior men’s division at the 2006 U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclo-cross, he went on to defendhis national title in December and earn the onlyautomatic nomination to the junior team chosento represent the U.S. at the World Champion-ships.

His remarkable silver-medal performance inBelgium last weekend may have come as a sur-prise to some, but it was the end-result of a fo-cused season and thorough preparation beforethe big day.

In June, Summerhill joined some of the othertop American junior racers in Europe to train onthe road with USA Cycling’s Junior Develop-ment Program and gain the valuable experienceof racing in Europe.

“That program takes after our successful U23 program and is aimed at developing young rid-ers like Danny into internationally competitiveathletes,” explained USA Cycling Development Director Steve McCauley.

“It’s a building block for what happened at World’s, and Danny was a strong team player throughout the six weeks he spent with the pro-gram.”

After the 2006 road season came to an end,Danny turned his focus to defending his ‘cross national title, and from there—a strong per-formance at World’s.

In January, he continued to gain experienceabroad as one of the athletes chosen for cycling

coach Geoff Proctor’s Euro Camp. At camp, he toed the line with top juniors from around theworld and snagged two third-place finishes andone fifth-place finish.

For a final tune-up before the big race, Dannywent back to Belgium yet again to compete in aWorld Cup event and to get in some focusedtraining hours with Coach Proctor and USACycling Coach Noel Dejonckheere.

When the big day arrived, a poised Danny re-mained composed even after a hard crash andproved that careful preparation pays off.

After chasing back to the leaders, the youngAmerican earned the first medal for the U.S. at aCyclo-Cross World Championship event sinceWalker Ferguson’s silver-medal effort in 2000. Itwas only the fourth U.S. medal since the eventbegan 57 years ago.

“It was interesting…maybe there could have been a different result without the crash,” he said after the race.

“It definitely took a lot out of me because I banged my leg pretty good. But to get a medalat worlds is good. I’m happy to prove that America can do something here. I didn’t think I could even make it to the sprint finish after mycrash, so I’ve got to be happy with a medal."

Danny, who turns 18 next month, doesn’t have much time to rest as his focus now turns to roadracing and the possibility of representing theU.S. at the UCI Junior Road World Champion-ships in Mexico this summer.

This four-time junior national champion claimed the first Cyclo-Cross World Champi-onship medal for the U.S. in seven years last weekend and demonstrated that there’s a bright future in store for American’ cross racers at the international level.

Focused season and preparation pays off for Summerhill

Summerhill rode to a silver medalbehind new junior world cham-pion Joeri Adams last weekend.His performance, along with twoother silver-medal efforts fromelite racers Katie Compton andJonathan Page doubled the totalmedal count achieved by the U.S.since the event began in 1950.

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American women made strong showing on the track in L.A. last month

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Sarah Hammer and her record-breaking performance earned three gold medals and a clean sweep of the women’s endurance events, while Becky Quinn claimed silver in the scratch race and Jennie Reed earned bronze in the keirin.

The U.S. Team won a total of five medals at the UCI Track WorldCup at the ADT Event Center in Los Angeles last month–threegolds, one silver, and one bronze.

Sarah Hammer made a clean sweep of the women’s endurance events to further her reputation as one of the world’s top endurance track cyclists. She won gold in the points race and defended her 2006L.A. World Cup wins in the individual pursuit and 10-kilometerscratch race.

“Coming in, I wanted to win all three, but in reality, whether or not that would happen, you never know. This morning I woke up anddidn’t even want to do the scratch race because I was getting tired both physically and mentally. But once I get on the start line, I’m ready to go,” she said after winning her third event of the weekend.

Her sweep began on opening night with a points race victory whichsaw her edge Yoanka Gonzalez Perez of Cuba by virtue of a final-sprint tiebreaker. Hammer and Perez each scored 13 points in the 20-kilometer event, but Hammer was declared the winner after placingahead of Perez in the last of eight sprints–the primary decider in thecase of a common point total.

Clearly the strongest rider in the field, Hammer rode aggressivelythroughout the race as she closed gaps, rode at the front and took achance in chasing down a pair of riders to claim what turned out to

be the winning points late in the race. Hammer’s American team-mate Becky Quinn placed 12th in the event.

On the following day, the California-based rider continued herstreak of success with a record-breaking performance in thewomen’s three-kilometer individual pursuit. After surpassing herown national record during the morning’s qualifying session, she went on to claim the win over German Verena Joos that night.

Hammer clocked a personal-best time and rewrote the ADT EventCenter record books with a time of 3 minutes, 32.058 seconds on herway to earning the top seed before beating Joos in the head-to-headfinal to successfully defend her win from a year ago.

In the 12-lap contest for the gold medal, Hammer started strong, butslightly eased off the gas after realizing victory was imminent. Shefinished the race with a winning time of 3:37.607 with Joos finishingin 3:44.243.

“I didn’t expect a new record today after my effort in the points race yesterday. I knew I could do it on fresh legs, but the points race wasreally one of the events I wanted to focus on this year.”

On the final day of competition, Hammer took her third gold medaljust ahead of teammate Becky Quinn in the 10-kilometer scratch race.

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Left: Sarah Hammer stands atop the podium after claiming one of her three world titles earned over the course of three days. Middle: Hammer and Becky Quinn rode to the top two spots on the scratch race podium. Right:Jennie Reed earned bronze in the women’s keirin on the final day of racing. Photos: Casey Gibson

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The event was a repeat of last year’s race in which Hammer and Quinn swept the top twospots. In the 2007 version, Hammer againtook control in the race’s closing laps as she led out the sprint with Quinn on her wheel.

After riding conservatively for the majority ofthe 40-lap contest, Hammer moved to thefront of the 24-rider field with three laps re-maining. One lap later, Quinn managed toposition herself on Hammer’s wheel and stayed there until the finish.

“My game plan was to just ride the race and see what happens, then if Sarah came to thefront it was my job to fight for her wheel,” explained Quinn of her tactics.

“The point of the race was obviously to win, and she went to the front with three to go andI had about a lap and a half to get on herwheel, and if I want the wheel, I’m going to get it one way or the other.”

Given last year’s success, the win was even more impressive since Hammer and Quinnwere both marked women and their tacticswere exposed.

“People most likely knew what was going to happen, said Quinn. “I think we were a little incognito last year, but people know howstrong Sarah is and that she likes to lead it outand that it was going to be a fight for herwheel.”

“The best thing about Becky is you don’t mess with her when she’s fighting for a wheel,” said Hammer of her teammate.

“When it’s crunch time, Becky can get any-thing she wants. We had no plan going into it,but it’s kind of that unspoken thing where she knows what I’m going to do and I know what she’s going to do, and so we’re a pretty dan-gerous duo, I think.”

Following Hammer’s and Quinn’s dominat-ing performance, Jennie Reed earned a fifthmedal for the U.S. Team with a bronze in thekeirin.

As the only American medalist in world cupcompetition this season after the first twoevents in Sydney and Moscow, Reed lined upagainst Shuang Guo (CHN), SvetlanaGrankowskaja (RUS) and Kaarle McCulloch(AUS) in her first-round heat where a second-place effort advanced her to the secondround.

In the second round, she placed second be-hind Clara Sanchez (FRA) to advance to thefinal from a heat that also included AnnaMeares (AUS), Yvonne Hijgennar (NED), Jin-jie Gong (CHN) and Grankowskaja.

In the six-woman final, Reed was matchedagainst Guo, Hijgennar, Sanchez, SandyClaire (FRA) and Daniela Larreal (VEN) andfinished behind Larreal and Guo to add abronze to the silver she won in Sydney in No-vember.

Earlier in the weekend, Reed rode to fifthplace in the women’s sprint.

Other notable performances in Los Angelesincluded Neva Day’s eighth place effort in the individual pursuit and Liz Carlson’s pair of eighth-place efforts in the women’s 500-metertime trial and the women’s sprint. In the women’s team sprint, Carlson teamed up with keirin bronze medalist Reed for fourthplace.

In men’s competition, Michael Creed and Bobby Lea earned eighth and 14th respec-tively in the points race. Adam Duvendeckfinished 15th in the men’s sprint while Gid-deon Massie finished 28th. Duvendeck andMassie then teamed up with Kevin Selker toearn ninth in the men’s team sprint. Brad Huff rode to tenth in the scratch race, TomZirbel to eighth in the individual pursuit, andMassie to 12th in the men’s keirin.

Top: Hammer celebrates her win in the scratch race with teammateQuinn at her wheel. Bottom: Jennie Reed earned bronze in the keirinafter a fifth-place showing in the sprint.

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Tour of Virginia: Matt Butterman

USA Cycling names U23 squad for Tour of California

Focus on aEvent kicks off in April with new name and NRC statusMatt Butterman began cycling seriously as a 14-year-old who was inspired by Alexi Grewal’s 1984 Olympic performance. As an adult in a 2003Waynesboro business meeting, he learned that thecity’s Director of Tourism wanted to bring a cycling event to the city and surrounding region.

“I had always entertainedaspirations of developinganother major cycling event in my home state ofVirginia,” Butterman said.

His idea for a race was enthusiastically accepted bythe city’s Director of Tourism. And so it was—theinaugural Tour of Shenandoah, predecessor of theTour of Virginia, took place in 2003. Waynesborohas been behind the event ever since.

Nestled in the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Moun-tains of western Virginia, the Shenandoah Valleyprovides a beautiful backdrop for an event thatserves as a key race for up-and-coming cyclists.

In 2007, it has gained a place on USA Cycling’s Na-tional Racing Calendar and changed its name to theTour of Virginia. With three new venues in Coving-ton, Lynchburg, and Charlottesville, the new namereflects its larger footprint. Although the NRCstatus should attract more pro teams, the race’s leaders have instituted a rule that a team’s lead

rider must be under 25, to ensure the event contin-ues to foster young rider development.

“We're bringing the race to the people with excit-ing downtown criteriums and road race finishes,while not abandoning the tough climbs, point-to-point road races and amazing rural countrysidethat have shaped our event's identity,” explains Butterman about the changes for the 2007 edition.

Besides offering a challenging opportunity in one ofthe most scenic and historical settings of the U.S.,the race also serves as an awareness raiser for dia-betes control and prevention. As a type-1 diabeticsince age four, Butterman has a personal interest inthe cause. He hopes the event will eventually be-come a significant donor for diabetic research, butfor now, its core mission is to inspire diabetics toimprove their health through cycling.

“Cycling has given meinspiration to confront thechallenges of living with diabetes, and I know myexperienceis far from unique,” he explained.

The six-day journey kicks off on April 24 with atime trial under the historic rock formation of Natu-ral Bridge, once owned by Thomas Jefferson, andwill pass Jefferson’s home at Monticello before con-cluding on the 29th in Charlottesville.

USA Cycling has announced the squad that will represent the USA Cy-cling National Development Team at the AMGEN Tour of California Feb.18-25. The opening event of the inaugural USA Cycling Professional Tourand a UCI 2.HC-ranked event, the Tour will feature some of the topEuropean-based ProTour squads as well as other top domestic and inter-national pro teams. The USA Cycling National Development Team iscomprised of some of the best and brightest young competitive cyclists inAmerica under the age of 25. At the AMGEN Tour of California, the fol-lowing riders will compete against top world-class athletes:

Brent Bookwalter, 22 (Cedar Springs, Mich./VMG Racing) Sheldon Deeny, 22 (Fort Collins, Colo./VMG Racing) John Devine, 21 (Dixon, Ill./VMG Racing) Caleb Fairly, 19 (Amarillo, Texas/VMG Racing) Zak Grabowski, 21 (Lafayette, Colo./VMG Racing) Scott Stewart, 19 (Oxford, Mich./VMG Racing) Chris Stockburger, 19 (Fort Collins, Colo./VMG Racing) Tejay Van Garderen, 18 (Fort Collins, Colo./VMG Racing)

The team - supported heavily by Specialized, AMD, the USA CyclingDevelopment Foundation, and VMG Racing - will compete against nineUCI ProTour Teams: Credit Agricole (FRA), Discovery Channel Pro Cy-cling (USA), Gerolsteiner (GER), Liquigas Pro Cycling (ITA), Predictor-Lotto (BEL), Quick Step-Innergetic (BEL), Rabobank (NED), T-MobileTeam (GER), and Team CSC (DEN). They will also face three ProConti-nental Teams; Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle (USA), NavigatorsInsurance Cycling Team (USA) and Health Net presented by Maxxis(USA). Five Continental Teams–BMC Racing Team (USA), Colavita/Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light (USA), Jelly Belly CyclingTeam (USA), Priority Health Cycling Team presented by Bissell (USA)and Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team–will also compete in California.

To learn about the AMGEN Tour of California, USA Cycling ProfessionalTour, or VMG Racing, please visit www.amgentourofcalifornia.com,www.usacycling.org, and www.vmgbahamas.com.

The 2006 Tour of Shenandoah, re-named Tour ofVirgina for 2007, rolled through the scenic Shenan-doah Valley of western Virginia.

Photo: Nathan Beck/www.beckimages.com

To learn more about the 2007 edi-tion of the Tour of Virginia, a newaddition to USA Cycling’s National Racing Calendar—please visitwww.tourofvirgnia.com.

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USA Cycling Staff Changes

Lisa BerggrenLocal Association Manager

Members can email Lisa atlberggren@usacycling.org

Having recently moved from USA Cycling MountainBike West Region Manager into the role of Local Asso-ciation Manager, Lisa Berggren works with the LocalAssociations to grow the popularity of cycling in allregions of the country.

What she enjoys most about her job is the opportunityto collaborate with people from all over the country.

“I have been involved with all different sports grow-ing up but not cycling,” Lisa explains about why else she enjoys working for USA Cycling. “So I like the challenge of learning a new sport, plus all the USACycling employees are a blast to work with.”

She’s only been to a few events so far, but out of the ones she has experienced—her favorite was held inSugar Mountain North Carolina.

“What beautiful country. I was ready to move there by the end of the event.”

“I have found that traveling to the right places and with the right people can lead to some of the mostinteresting experiences. I look forward to doing moretraveling.”

Lisa earned her Bachelors of Science in Pre-PhysicalTherapy and Recreational Therapy from Oregon StateUniversity.

She first came to cycling in June of 2005 after workingfor Wings of Alaska, a small airline company in Jun-eau where she lived through high school.

In Alaska, she grew up as the middle of three children,and despite the distance—she still visits her familyfrom time to time.

Now a resident of Colorado, Lisa’s starting to get into cycling. It was a Mountain Bike Promoters meeting inTexas that gave her the opportunity to go on her firstorganized ride. She had a blast.

“I’m working on getting my bike fixed to give it a go here in Colorado Springs this summer, but I’ll need a good teacher.”

Other hobbies she enjoys include camping, skiing,rafting, and hanging out with her 7-year-old rabbitnamed Bouncer.

USA Cycling announced this month that staff members MercedesHickey, Tom Vinson, Lisa Berggren, Kelli Lusk, and Steve McCauleyhave all assumed new roles within the organization.

USA Cycling has named former Marketing Coordinator MercedesHickey to the position of Affinity Partnership Manager, a role created inresponse to USA Cycling’s growing number of Affinity member benefits. As Affinity Partnership Manager, she will be charged with overseeingaffinity partnerships, marketing and delivering benefits to members, andfulfilling the terms of the partnership agreements. In addition to promot-ing and branding the affinity program and tracking its revenue, Mer-cedes will actively seek out new affinity partner possibilities to continueenhancing the benefits available to USA Cycling members.

Former Local Association Manager Tom Vinson has also changed posi-tions within the organization. He moved into the role of National EventsManager in October when Jennifer Keurulainen left the position to pur-sue an opportunity with USA Taekwondo. As National Events Manager,Vinson will be responsible for planning and preparing for Road, Track,Cyclo-cross and Mountain Bike National Championships as well as rep-

resenting USA Cycling onsite at National Championships. Tom will alsobe heavily involved in the creation and management of all USA CyclingNational Calendars.

Former USA Cycling Mountain Bike Western Region Manager LisaBerggren took over Vinson’s Local Association Manager duties this month. In her new role,she’ll oversee and manage all USA Cycling Local Associations, providing the continuity needed to ensure they operate atthe highest possible level and promote the sport of cycling to the best oftheir abilities.

After working several years in the northeast as the mountain bike EastRegional Manager, Kelli Lusk will be moving to Colorado to fill the WestRegion Manager position left by Berggren.

USA Cycling also announced that Steve McCauley has returned to therole of Development Director for the USA Cycling Development Foun-dation. As Development Director, McCauley is responsible for the day today operations of the Foundation’s office as well as administering the grant and scholarship programs and related fundraising activities.

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2007 National Championship Calendar

USA Cycling Collegiate Road National ChampionshipsLawrence, Kansas–May 10-13

USA Cycling BMX National ChampionshipsPontiac, Mich.–June 9-10

USA Cycling Junior Track National ChampionshipsColorado Springs, Colo.–June 30-July 3

USA Cycling National Festival at Seven SpringsChampion, Pa.–July 5-17

USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships*West Dover, Vt.–July 17-22

USA Cycling 24-Hour Mountain Bike National ChampionshipsWausau, Wis.–July 28-30

USA Cycling Professional & Elite Criterium National ChampionshipsDowners Grove, Ill.–August 19

USA Cycling Master Track National ChampionshipsTrexlertown, Pa.–August 27-31

USA Cycling Prof. Road and Time Trial National ChampionshipsGreenville, S.C.–September 1-3

USA Cycling Collegiate Track National ChampionshipsSan Diego, Calif.—September 14-16

USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships*Carson, Calif.–October 3-7

USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National ChampionshipsBanner Elk, N.C.–October 26-28

USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National ChampionshipsKansas City, Kan.–December 14-16

*Elite Tandem Track Championships will he held in conjunction with the stand-alone “Tandemonium” event at the Lehigh Valley Velodrome July 6.

*The marathon discipline of the mountain bike national championships will notbe held at Mount Snow Resort. An alternate date and venue is currently underconsideration and will be announced upon confirmation.

There are over 650 national championship titles up for grabs in 2007! Be sure to mark your calendar and make plansnow to compete for a stars and stripes jersey this year.

USA Cycling Staff Contact InformationExecutiveChief Executive Officer:Steve Johnson ext. 4727Chief Operating OfficerSean Petty ext. 4783Chief Financial Officer:Todd Sowl ext. 3292Human Resources Director:Debbie Francis ext. 4875

National EventsNational Events DirectorJustin Rogers ext. 3266National Events ManagerTom Vinson ext. 3264

Marketing/CommunicationsMarketing/Communications Director:Andy Lee ext: 4867

Officials/RulesTechnical DirectorShawn Farrell ext. 3364

TechnologyIT DirectorBill Griffin ext. 3316Senior Programmer/AnalystMatt Keith ext. 3317Systems AdministratorJay Langley ext. 4663WebmasterMark Mager

AccountingAccounting Manager:Bob Plutt ext. 3296

Accounting Assistant:Connie Ennis ext. 3270Paralegal:Pam Castle ext. 3652

MembershipVP of Membership ServicesTheresa Delp ext. 3360Membership Manager, Northeast RegionSusan Diller ext. 4942Membership Coordinator, West Region:Linda Buffetti ext. 3295Membership Coordinator, South Region:Beth Vialpando ext. 3651Membership Coordinator, Midwest Region:Sarah Ross ext. 4352Membership Representative:Andrea Noblitt ext. 4581Results and Rankings Coordinator:Sarah Delos Reyes ext. 4800Local Association ManagerLisa Berggrenext. 3653Affinity Partnership ManagerMercedes Hickey ext. 3269

Membership Field StaffUSA Cycling MTB Western Region ManagerKelli Lusk (413)323.9397Southeast USAC Road/Track Regional CoordinatorGeorge Heagerty (210)402.0636Pacific USAC Road/Track Regional CoordinatorJan Luke-Hamasaki (760)525.8557Midwest USCAC Road/Track Regional CoordinatorMike Hanley (317)823.5809Northeast USAC Road/Track Regional CoordinatorJudy Miller (610)866.4051

USAC Development FoundationDirector of Junior DevelopmentSteve McCauley ext. 4856

AthleticsAthletics DirectorPat McDonough ext. 3366Director of Logistics and OperationsKen Whelpdale ext. 4770Track Development DirectorDes Dickie ext. 3362Coaching and Sport Science ManagerSam Callan ext. 3365Women's Endurance ProgramJim Miller ext. 4735Junior Endurance Program ManagerBen SharpTrack Endurance CoachColby Pearce ext. 4643National Mountain Bike Development DirectorMatt Cramer ext. 3233Assistant CoachClay Worthington ext. 4643Programs ManagerMarlis Johnson ext. 3511Team Operations/Equipment ManagerJustin Koch ext. 4708Resident MechanicAndrew Hawkes ext. 4067Travel CoordinatorIrina Capatina ext. 3368Director of BMX ProgramsMike King

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Your donation will assist the USA Cycling Development Foundation in it’s mission to develop American talent into future World and Olympicchampions. Please mail this form to: USA Cycling Development Foundation; 1 Olympic Plaza, Bldg 6; Colorado Springs, CO; 80909-5782.

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From aspiring junior athletes to elite-level cyclistscompeting on a world stage, the USA Cycling Devel-opment Foundation funds the efforts aimed at devel-oping emerging talent into future champions.

The Foundation supports USA Cycling managedendeavors such as the U23 European Residence,Track, Women’s Endurance, and U23 Resident Mountain Bike programs. Grants from the Founda-tion also furnish scholarships for individual juniorand U23 athletes, and Centers for Excellence and Col-legiate programs.

Since it’s inception six years ago, the Foundation’s success has become increasingly evident right here inthe U.S. and in international competitions.

Seven young riders that took part in USA Cycling’s U23 European Residence program have alreadygraduated to UCI Pro Tour teams. Dave Zabriskiewas picked up by Team CSC where he accomplisheda Tour de France stage win in 2005 and became one ofonly five Americans in history to wear the yellowjersey. Saul Raisin, who rides for Credit Agricole,boasts strong international finishes such as 5th placeat the Liege-Bastonge-Liege. The most recent gradu-ate to move on to a pro team is John Devine, who willride with the Discovery Channel Pro Team beginning

in the summer of 2007. Other graduates of the pro-gram who have gone on to Pro Tour teams includeTyler Farrar, Aaron Olson, Patrick McCarty, MichaelCreed, and Damon Kluck.

On the track, Olympic Training Center resident ath-lete Michael Blatchford earned a bronze medal in2006 at World Cup #3 in Los Angeles.

Sam Schultz, a member of the U23 Resident Moun-tain Bike program placed 16th in the 2005 UCI Moun-tain Bike World Championships and also boasts aPan Am silver medal and numerous national podiumappearances.

The Women’s Endurance program hosts an annual Women’s Talent I.D. Camp to identify the best women racers from around the country. In 2005,seven participating riders moved on to professionalteams and Sima Trapp eventually qualified for theNational Track Talent Pool.

As the USA Cycling Development Foundation im-proves upon these development efforts, Americancycling will continue to grow and produce World andOlympic champions. Your support and donations canhelp ensure more American success stories for yearsto come.

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Edmund R. Burke Fund for Cycling DevelopmentJunior and U23 development programs

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After graduating from the U23 ranks, Dave Zabriskiejoined Team CSC and became the only American inhistory to win a stage in each of cycling’s three grand tours. This month, he beat defending elite men’s time trial champion Chris Baldwin to win the USA CyclingProfessional Time Trial National Championship. (Photo:Casey Gibson)

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