USPRO National Championships

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USPRO National Championships is the name given by USA Cycling, the United States national governing body of cycling, for a series of national championships.

[edit] USPRO National Road Championships

The 2006 USPRO Road Race Championships was held September 2 and consisted solely of riders from the United States with valid UCI racing licenses. The winner becomes the "United States National Road Race Champion" and have the right to wear the national champion's jersey.

Prior to the 2006 race, the first rider from the United States that crosses the finish line was considered the "United States National Road Race Champion" and had the right to wear the national champion's jersey.

Held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania since its inaugural year, USA Cycling announced in November 2005 that the event will move to Greenville, South Carolina and serve for the next three years as host to the USPRO National Road Championships and the inaugural USPRO National Time Trial Championships. The race in Philadelphia is now known as the Philadelphia International Championship, and remains open to international riders.

[edit] Winners

[edit] USPRO National Criterium Championships

Held each year in Downers Grove, Illinois, the first rider from the United States that crosses the finish line will be considered the "United States National Criterium Champion" and have the right to wear the national champion's jersey.

The 2006 USPRO Criterium Championships were held August 19-20.

[edit] Winners

Year	USPRO Champion	Team	Place	Race Winner	Team
2006	Brad Huff	TIAA-Cref	2nd	Hilton Clarke	Navigators Insurance
2005	Tyler Farrar	Health Net/Maxxis	1st	same
2004	Jonas Carney	Jelly Belly/Armark	1st	same
2003	Kevin Monahan	7-Up/Maxxis	1st	same
2002	Kevin Monahan	7-Up/Nutra Fig	1st	Henk Vogels	Mercury
2001	Kirk O'Bee	Navigators	2nd	Harm Jansen	Saturn
2000	Derek Bouchard-Hall	Mercury	1st	same
1999	Tony Cruz	Independent	2nd	Gord Frasier	Mercury
1998	Chann McRae	Saturn	2nd	Julian Dean	Mercury
1997	Jonas Carney	Team Shaklee	1st	same
1996	Frank McCormack	Saturn	1st	same
1995	Frank McCormack	Saturn	1st	same
1994	Dave McCook	Chev/LA Sheriff	3rd	Kris Wiatr	Guiltless Gourmet
1993	Mike Engelman	Coors Light	2nd	A. Mierzejewski	Chev/LA Sheriff
1992	Mike McCarthy	G.S. Mengoni	2nd	Stephen Swart	Coors Light
1991	Greg Oravetz	Coors Light	1st	same
1984-1990	Not Held
1983	John Eustice
1982	John Eustice

[edit] USPRO National Time Trial Championships

The first USPRO Time Trial Championship was held on August 31, 2006 in Greensville, South Carolina.

This event is exclusively reserved for riders from the United States with a valid UCI racing license and is won by the rider with the fastest time over the 32.3 km course (20.1 miles). The winner will be considered the "United States National Time Trial Champion" and have the right to wear the national champion's jersey.

[edit] Winners

Year	USPRO National Time Trial Champion	Team	Time
2006	David Zabriskie,  United States	Team CSC	41'49"690

[edit] External links

• Official site: National Criterium Championships
• Official site: USA Cycling Professional Championships