Emily Marcolini will step up to DNA Pro Cycling's U.S.-based Continental program starting late in the 2022 season.The 26-year-old Canadian has been a member of the elite U.S. national team 3T/Q+M this year, He won mountain stages at the Redlands Cycling Classic and the Tour of the Gila. [She is grateful to the 3T/Q+M team for giving her the opportunity to have a successful season and is excited to return to the UCI level with the DNA Pro Cycling team, which has great riders. She is competing at the continental level in 2019 with Team TIBCO-SVB.

The 26-year-old will race for DNA Pro Cycling for the remainder of the year and is expected to be part of the team's lineup in the international stage races Vuelta a Colombia Femenina and Tour Cicristo Feminin Internacional de Lardèche She is expected to be part of the team lineup for the Vuelta a Colombia Femenina and Tour Cicleste Feminin International de L'Ardèche. She joins two other Canadians on DNA, Maggie Coles-Lister and Caitlin Lauerda.

"We are delighted that Marcolini will be joining our team mid-season. Her unique strengths and experience will strengthen our team and increase our chances for success," said team co-owner and director Catherine Fegan-Kim.

The USCX cyclocross series, which begins in September, will return in 2022 with four race weekends and $15,000 in prize money.

Virginia's Blue Ridge Go Cross presented by Deschutes Brewery will host its season opener on September 17-18 in Roanoke, Virginia, and the Really Rad Festival of Cyclo The Really Rad Festival of Cyclo-cross in Falmouth, Massachusetts, will take place November 5-6. Both events have been on the U.S. cyclo-cross calendar for many years, but have been upgraded to UCI Class 1 this season.

The next two events return from last year, when a points-only, no prize money series was introduced. The Rochester Cyclocross will be held in Western New York on September 24-25, and the Charm City Cross will be held in Baltimore, Maryland on October 1-2.

Organizers said they are finalizing plans to offer live stream broadcasts for series events. The Series has also reorganized its point structure to award additional points to the top three in each elite race and amateur event. The standings will be posted on uscx.us.

Last year, only USCX points were contested, with Caroline Mani taking the elite women's title and Kelly Warner taking the inaugural elite men's title.

Organizers of the Maryland Cycling Classic, supported by UnitedHealthcare, announced that WorldTour teams EF Education Easy Post and Israel Premier Tech will participate in the UCI One-Day event in Baltimore on September 4. announced.

Five other teams, the professional team Team Novo Nordisk, the U.S.-based Continental program Team Skyline, the South African Team ProTouch, the South American Team Panama es Cultura y Valores, and the U.S. National Team Teams were added to the lineup. [Trek Segafredo and Team Bike Exchange Jayco, as well as top U.S. ProTour team Human Powered Health, L39ON of Los Angeles and Hagens Berman Axiom of the United States, Team Medellin-EPM of Colombia, Canada's Yoeleo Test Team p/b 4MIND, Team Collatec in Italy, and EvoPro in Ireland.

The 120-mile race will start in Sparks, Maryland, and will circle the northern countryside before dropping sharply into central Baltimore for four laps and finishing in the Inner Harbor area.

One additional team will be announced in late July, bringing the total to 17 teams.

Level Up Your Ride is a program launched by Wolfpack Women's Racing and USA Cycling to introduce new riders of all levels to the basics of bike racing. A total of nine clinics will be held across the U.S., coinciding with the majority of the American Criterium Cup race series.

All clinics will be led by Kelly Barrientes, owner of Wolfpack Women's Racing, and selected professional cyclists from the team. Each clinic will last two hours and will include cornering exercises, sprinting and gearing drills, and other practical lessons taught. The goal is to encourage women, trans, femme, and non-binary cyclists to learn through practice.

"I have worked for years to empower women at all levels to ride bicycles with confidence in a non-intimidating, friendly, and welcoming environment, and my goal for 2022 is to expand Wolfpack's grassroots efforts to include major events across the country to include women's skills and drill clinics at Growing the cycling community requires a group effort, and it would not have been possible without USA Cycling partnering with us to create these Level Up Your Ride clinics," said Barrientes.

Three clinics have been held so far at the American Criterium Cup in Rochester and Harlem, New York, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. The next clinic will be held on July 7 in Boise, Idaho. The last five criterium races on the calendar (Salt Lake City, Utah; Lake Bluff, Illinois; Littleton, Colorado; Indianapolis, Indiana; and St. Louis, Missouri) will also host Level Up Your Ride clinics.

Each clinic is free and comes with a one-day beginner race license, allowing novice racers to try entry-level racing. Registration is online at the USA Cycling website (opens in new tab).