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North American race briefs: 10-race Pro Tour series, Dairyland Tour adds field
Locals fight to revive Gastown
USA Cycling announced the fourth edition of the USA Cycling Professional Tour which consists of ten high profile events this season.
The 2010 Pro Tour features four major multi-day stage races across the country: the Tours of California, New York, Missouri and the Univest Grand Prix and six additional one-day events, including five road races, one criterium and one time trial.
A first time event will kick off the calendar. The Tour of The Battenkill, a newly minted UCI race, takes place on Sunday, April 18 in Upstate New York's Washington County.
The second race of the series, the Amgen Tour of California, moves to its later slot, now running eight days from May 16 to 23. Next up is the 26th edition of the TD Bank Philadelphia International Championship on June 6.
The circuit will then move to Providence, Rhode Island for the U.S. Open of Cycling on July 4 followed by the 2.2-rated Tour de New York from August 7-12. The USA Cycling Professional Criterium Championships will then take place Aug. 14 in a location still to be determined.
The Tour of Missouri will this year serve as the seventh of 10 total events, from August 31- September 6, while the the Univest Grand Prix will bring the series back to Pennsylvania for the 2.2-rated event, consisting of a circuit race on Saturday, Sept. 11 and a road race in and around Souderton on Sept. 12.
For the fifth consecutive year, Greenville, South Carolina will welcome the USA Cycling Professional Road and Time Trial National Championships on September 18 and 19 as the two final events of the series.
Following the donning of the Stars-and-Stripes in Greenville, the overall Pro Tour standings will be used to determine an individual and a team champion who are considered the best and most consistent performers in international-caliber racing in the US. Last year David Zabriskie claimed the top prize, while Columbia-HTC took home the team title.
Source: CyclingNews.com
Subject: Racing