{"id":294426,"date":"2025-11-20T01:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T01:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/294426\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T01:14:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T01:14:08","slug":"usa-cycling-and-usa-juniors-cup-announce-the-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/294426\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Cycling and USA Juniors Cup Announce the 2026\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

USA Cycling and\u00a0USA Juniors Cup<\/a> are proud to continue their partnership and announce the\u00a02026 USA Cycling Junior Road National Series<\/a>, continuing their commitment to competitive events and clear development pathways for junior athletes across the United States.<\/p>\n

Building on the success of the 2025 season, the 2026 USA Juniors Cup calendar will expand the series adding the Green Mountain Stage Race in Waitsfield, Vt., and bringing the series into the Northeast.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe USA Juniors Cup has become a key part of the development pathway for young American cyclists,\u201d said Tanner Putt, Director of Road Cycling at USA Cycling. \u201cThis series gives athletes consistent, high level racing opportunities and a clear pathway toward national team selection and international competition.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 2026 series will feature eight events, including three USA Cycling National Team Selection Events, where top performers will earn invitations to National Team trips and development camps.<\/p>\n

During the 2025 season, the USA Juniors Cup served as a launchpad for rising talents such as Beckham Drake, who won the opening selection event at Valley of the Sun, earning him a trip with the National Team, and went on to finish fourth in the Junior Men\u2019s Individual Time Trial at the UCI Road World Championships.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2026 USA Juniors Road National Series Schedule<\/p>\n

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DateEventLocationJanuary 31-February 2Swamp ClassicGainesville, Fla.February 13-15Valley of the Sun*Phoenix, Ariz.February 27-March 1La Primavera*Lago Vista, TexasMarch 21-23Outdoor Capital ClassicJackson, Ga.April 8-12Redlands Cycling ClassicRedlands, Calif.May 29-31Tour of North GeorgiaClarkesville, Ga.June 23-26Tour of America\u2019s Dairyland*Southeast Wisc.\u00a0September 4-7Green Mountain Stage RaceWaitsfield, Vt.<\/p>\n

*Denotes USA Cycling National Team Selection Event<\/p>\n

Overall series standings will be calculated based on each rider\u2019s top ten results from a total of thirty stage results. This structure is designed to keep more riders in contention throughout the season and support families and teams as they plan their race calendars.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSelection Opportunities<\/p>\n

Automatic National Team Program Trip Nominations:<\/p>\n

The overall general classification winners of each Selection Event in the Junior Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s 17-18 categories will receive automatic nominations to a 2026 USA Cycling National Team trip funded by USA Cycling.<\/p>\n

European Race Camp Invitations:<\/p>\n

The top placed 15-16 male and female riders at each Selection Event will be invited to attend a USA Cycling European Race Camp.<\/p>\n

Talent Identification Camp:\u00a0<\/p>\n

In addition to the Selection Events, the top three overall finishers in the USA Juniors Cup standings for the Junior 17-18 Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s categories, as well as the top overall 15-16 male and female riders, will earn invitations to the USA Cycling National Talent Identification Camp, held at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, October 7-11, 2026.<\/p>\n

Finalized selection criteria and official documentation will be published in January 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"USA Cycling and\u00a0USA Juniors Cup are proud to continue their partnership and announce the\u00a02026 USA Cycling Junior Road…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[1163,417,1167,1169,1165,49,48,1172,1173,1171,1175,1179,635,1174,1166,1180,1048,1181,1168,1178,1182,1170,1164,582,1176,82,1177,1184,1183],"class_list":["post-294426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-bicycle","tag-bike","tag-bike-event","tag-bike-mechanic","tag-bike-race","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-coach","tag-coaches","tag-commissaire","tag-criterium","tag-cross-country","tag-cycling","tag-cycling-coach","tag-cycling-event","tag-downhill","tag-events","tag-gravity","tag-mechanic","tag-mountain-bike","tag-national-championship","tag-official","tag-race","tag-racing","tag-road-race","tag-sports","tag-time-trial","tag-us-cycling","tag-usac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}