U.S. Open Cycling Championships

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The inaugural U. S. Open Cycling Championships is a road bicycle racing event that was held April 7, 2007 and ran from Williamsburg to Richmond, Virginia. The race was broadcast nationally in the United States on NBC Sports from 2:30 to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

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The U.S. Open, developed in partnership with USA Cycling and sanctioned by the UCI with the men's event part of the 2006–07 UCI America Tour. The U.S. Cycling Open featured both men's and women's professional fields. According to published reports, [1] the event attempts to showcase the historic attractions of Virginia just weeks before the 400th Anniversary of America's first permanent English settlement in Jamestown, Virginia.

Winners

Men's Event

Year1st Place2nd Place3rd Place
2007 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Svein Tuft,
Symmetrics Professional Cycling Team
Flag of the United States.svg Pat McCarty,
Team Slipstream
Flag of Argentina.svg Alejandro Borrajo,
Rite Aid Pro Cycling

Women's Event

Year1st Place2nd Place3rd Place
2007 Flag of the United States.svg Tina Pic,
Colavita/Sutter Home
Flag of the United States.svg Jennifer McRae,
Advil-Chapstick
Flag of the United States.svg Heather Labance,
Advil-Chapstick

References

  1. http://www.velonews.com/race/dom/articles/10963.0.html Velonews.com: NBC Sports to air inaugural U.S. Open