(March 9-16) –Matteo Jorgenson (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) won Paris-Nice for the second consecutive year, successfully defending his title over eight stages that saw cyclists battle snow, sleet, and rain.
“To be able to say that I’ve won Paris-Nice for the second year in a row is incredible,” said 25-year-old Jorgenson, after crossing the finish line. “This race means a lot to me. It’s been a fantastic week.”
The final stage was especially rewarding for Team USA, with an emotional Magnus Sheffield (INEOS Grenadiers) taking a solo victory to earn his first World Tour stage win. Sheffield, 22, placed 4th overall on GC and 2nd in the Youth category.
Jorgenson placed top-10 in five of eight stages despite the loss of his teammate and two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard on stage 5. Jorgenson is the first American to win Paris-Nice twice.
Complete results here
(March 5) – Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) placed 4th and Magnus Sheffield (INEOS Grenadier) was 6th at the hill-studded, 190 kilometer Trofea Laigueglia in northwest Italy. The race came down to a final four-man sprint, with Powless and two others coming across the line in a photo finish behind the winner, Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG).
Complete results here
(March 14-16) – Team USA captured silver in the men’s Team Pursuit at the UCI Track Nations Cup in Konya, Turkey. The squad of Ashlin Barry, David Dononoske, Graeme Frisle, and Anders Johnson also set a new National record with a time of 3:47.
In addition to the silver medal, 17-year-old Barry, current US junior road and time trial national champion, placed second in the elite men’s Omnium. Over the four events, Barry placed 4th in Scratch, won the Tempo race, was 3rd in Elimination and was in the lead going into the Points race but placed second, one point behind the overall winner.
Peter Moore took 7th in the elite men’s Elimination race. Nearly 345 athletes from 42 nations competed over three days of racing.
Complete results here
(March 7-9) – Stop number one in the eight-race USA Cycling Cross-Country Mountain Bike National Series kicked off with the Orange Seal Pro Cup at Vailocity, in Temecula.
Christopher Blevins (Specialized Factory Racing) won the elite men’s XCO race by 1:21, followed by Riley Amos (Trek Factory Racing-Pirelli), Canadian Carter Woods (Giant Factory Off-Road Team XC), Jack Spranger (Bear National Team) and Robbie Day (Bear National Team).
Kelsey Urban (KMC Ridley MTB Racing Team) won the elite women’s XCO race, taking first by one second in a three-up sprint. Canadian Jennifer Jackson (ORBEA Fox Factory Team) was 2nd, followed by Savilia Blunk (Decathlon Ford Racing Team), Gwendalyn Gibson (Trek Factory Racing-Pirelli) and Makena Kellerman (Bear National Team).
Raulito Gutierrez (Bear National Team) won the U23 men’s XCO race, followed by Landon Dendy (Segment 28), Colin O’Neil (Gravity Collective), Justin Peck (LGBRC p/b Ben Dodge Realtor) and Shannon Himstedt (Dirt Camp Racing).
Bayli McSpadden (Bear National Team) scored a decisive victory in the U23 women’s race, coming in 2:21 ahead of the field. Emily Stapleton (Bear National Team) was 2nd, followed by Madeline Fisher (Donovan Racing), Hannah Wray (WE Development) and Bridget Smith (Waite Endurance) in 3rd, 4th and 5th.
In the UCI XCO Junior Series, Benjamin Bravman (Bear National Team) won a two-up sprint to take the men’s race, followed by River Valdez (Bear National Team), Oliver Welcker (Bear National Team), Rowan Nistal (Bear National Team) and Tyler Lambert (Bear National Team).
Ingrid McElroy (Bear National Team) won the women’s UCI XCO Junior race, followed by Landrie McLain (Bear National Team), Estelle Slingsby (Gravity Collective), Sophia Wellmeier (Bear National Team) and Eleanor Winchell (Charge Racing).
Next stop in the series is March 19-22, the US Pro Cup at Centennial Park, in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Complete results here | Series standings here
(March 7-8) – The first stop of the 2025 USA Cycling Junior Gravel National Series kicked off at theValley of Tears Gravel Race in Turkey, Texas. Pros, juniors and age-group cyclists battled through cold, wind and some very unexpected snow.
For Junior cyclists ages 15-18, it was the first of five events offering the opportunity to earn an invitation to the USA Cycling National Team Road Camp at the United States Olympic & Paralympic Training Center.
Top results:
Junior Men: 1. Carter Lembke, 2. Alex Snider, 3. Mason Wilson, 4. Edmond Niederman, 5. Park Bishop
Junior Women: 1. Sara Shannon, 2. Kate Elwell, 3. Juniper Allen, 4. Bailey Brown, 5. Kailey Knox
Next up in the series: Life Time Sea Otter Classic, on April 11 in Monterey, CA.
