USA Cycling announced Friday that the 2016 National Racing and Criterium Calendars (NRC and NCC) will be joined as a single calendar of domestic professional road events next year. There will be a total of 24 events that include one-day road races, stage races, criteriums and omnium events beginning in April and concluding in September.
“Combining the NRC and NCC into a single calendar is a positive move heading into next year,” said Micah Rice, USA Cycling Vice President of National Events.”
According to Rice, the merging of the two calendars was decided upon after USA Cycling was given feedback from race directors of US-based teams at the National Symposium held in October.
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“This change will allow us to tighten up the schedule and regularly showcase our top domestic road talent,” Rice said.
The merging of the series’, which were separated four years ago, will bring the stage races, one-day road races, criteriums and osmium events back together into one racing calendar in 2016, however, USA Cycling has not yet decided on an official title of the calendar. They are expected to release the ranking system in the near future.
Major changes to the one-day road races and stage races side of the calendar include the absence of the Winston-Salem Cycling Classic and the Tour of California (which was women's only), and the return of the Cascade Cycling Classic (and as a women's UCI 2.2) along with the addition of Anniston Fort McClellan Road Race in 2016.
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