Armed Forces Association Cycling Classic

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The Armed Forces Cycling Classic (formerly known as the Air Force Association Cycling Classic) refers to a weekend of road bicycle racing events held annually in June in Arlington, Virginia, United States. The weekend consists of several amateur events, and two professional races in the criterium format, the Clarendon Cup and the Crystal City Cup. The main sponsor for the race is Boeing. The race is conducted under the rules of the governing bodies of professional cycling, the Union Cycliste Internationale and USA Cycling.[1]

Clarendon Cup[]

Clarendon Cup
Race details
DateJune
RegionUnited States
DisciplineRoad race
TypeOne-day race
OrganiserArlington Sports
History
First edition1998 (1998)
Editions21 (as of 2018)
First winner Scott Mercer (USA)
Most wins Hilton Clarke (AUS) (3 wins)
Most recent Eric Young (USA)

The Clarendon Cup, known as the CSC Invitational (from 2004-2008, is a 1km long criterium race of Arlington, Virginia. It is open to amateurs and professionals and has been running since 1998 for men and women. It was formerly part of USA Cycling's National Racing Calendar, and the National Criterium Calendar. It is currently part of USA Cycling's Pro Road Tour https://www.usacycling.org/national-calendars/pro-road-tour. [2]

Winners[]

Men[]

Year Country Rider Team
1998  United States Scott Mercer Breakaway Couriers
1999  United States Navigators
2000  United States Shaklee
2001  Netherlands Jans Koerts Mercury Cycling Team
2002  Russia Vassili Davidenko Navigators
2003  United States Jonas Carney
2004  Denmark Lars Michaelsen Team CSC
2005  Cuba Iván Domínguez Health Net-Maxxis
2006  United States Mark McCormack Colavita-Sutter Home
2007  United States Rahsaan Bahati Rock Racing
2008  Italy Colavita-Sutter Home
2009  Argentina Alejandro Borrajo Colavita-Sutter Home
2010  Australia Hilton Clarke UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis
2011  Australia Hilton Clarke UnitedHealthcare
2012  Germany Robert Förster UnitedHealthcare
2013  Slovenia Aldo Ino Ilešič UnitedHealthcare
2014  United States Kiel Reijnen UnitedHealthcare
2015  Australia Hilton Clarke UnitedHealthcare
2016  United States Ty Magner UnitedHealthcare
2017  Colombia Carlos Alzate UnitedHealthcare
2018  United States Eric Marcotte UnitedHealthcare
2019  United States Eric Young Elevate–KHS Pro Cycling

Source:[3]

Women[]

Year Country Rider Team
1998  United States Powerbar
1999  United States Nicole Reinhart Saturn Cycling Team
2000  United States Nicole Reinhart Saturn Cycling Team
2001  Germany Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Saturn Cycling Team
2002  Germany Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Saturn Cycling Team
2003  United States Laura Van Gilder Saturn Cycling Team
2004  Canada Gina Grain Victory Brewing Company
2005  United States Laura Van Gilder Saturn Cycling Team
2006  United States Tina Pic Colavita
2007  United States Laura Van Gilder Cheerwine Cycling Team
2008  New Zealand Catherine Cheatley Cheerwine Cycling Team
2009  United States Erica Allar BMW/Bianchi
2010  United States Brooke Miller Team TIBCO-To The Top
2011  Canada Joëlle Numainville Team TIBCO-To The Top
2012  United States Emma Grant Optum Pro Cycling
2013  United States Amanda Miller Team TIBCO-To The Top
2014  United States Tina Pic
2015  United States Lauren Stephens Team TIBCO-SVB
2016  United States Coryn Rivera UnitedHealthcare
2017  Cuba Marlies Mejías García
2018  Canada Allison Jackson Team TIBCO-SVB
2019  United States Kendall Ryan Team TIBCO-SVB

Source:[3]

Crystal Cup[]

Crystal Cup
Race details
DateJune
RegionUnited States
DisciplineRoad race
TypeOne-day race
OrganiserArlington Sports
History
First edition2007 (2007)
Editions1 (as of 2018)
First winner Kyle Wamsley (USA)
Most wins Jake Keough (USA) (3 wins)
Most recent Ty Magner (USA)

The Crystal Cup, is also a criterium race, taking place on a 1.3km course in Crystal City, Virginia. It is open to amateurs and professionals and has been running since 2007 for men and women, except for the 2008 and 2009 editions when there was no women's race held, and the men took part in a circuit race rather than a criterium. It is held on the Sunday of the weekend of racing.[4]

Winners[]

Men[]

Year Country Rider Team
2007  United States Kyle Wamsley Navigators
2008  Argentina Lucas Sebastián Haedo Colavita-Sutter Home
2009  United States Shawn Milne Team Type 1
2010  United States Jake Keough UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis
2011  United States Jake Keough UnitedHealthcare
2012  United States Jake Keough UnitedHealthcare
2013  Argentina Juan José Haedo Jamis-Hagens Berman
2014  United States Kiel Reijnen UnitedHealthcare
2015  Australia UnitedHealthcare
2016  United States Ty Magner UnitedHealthcare
2017  United States Ty Magner Holowesko Citadel Racing Team
2018  United States Cory Williams Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling
2019  United States Eric Young Elevate–KHS Pro Cycling

Source:[3]

Women[]

Year Country Rider Team
2007  United States Laura Van Gilder Cheerwine Cycling Team
2008 No race
2009 No race
2010  United States Robin Farina
2011  Canada Leah Kirchmann
2012  United States
2013  United States Lauren Stephens Team TIBCO-To The Top
2014  United States Tina Pic
2015  United States Coryn Rivera UnitedHealthcare
2016  United States Coryn Rivera UnitedHealthcare
2017  United States Laura Van Gilder
2018  United States Kendall Ryan Team TIBCO-SVB
2019  United States Kendall Ryan Team TIBCO-SVB

Source:[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Armed Forces Cycling Classic - CyclingClassic.org". cyclingclassic.org. Archived from the original on 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  2. ^ "The Air Force Association Cycling Classic - CyclingClassic.org". cyclingclassic.org. Archived from the original on 2017-07-14. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  3. ^ a b c d "The Air Force Association Cycling Classic - CyclingClassic.org". cyclingclassic.org. Archived from the original on 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  4. ^ "The Air Force Association Cycling Classic - CyclingClassic.org". cyclingclassic.org. Archived from the original on 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2015-06-05.

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