In the U.S. racing scene, springtime brings stage races and summertime brings criteriums. For 2022, a new U.S. criterium series emerged, the American Criterium Cup, ACC for short, with livestreamed racing from across the country. The ten rounds of the series are existing premier events thatve earned a place on everyones calendars and now knitted into a premier series supported in part by USA Cycling, the sport governing body. Bommarito Audi Gateway Cup, the final round of the ACC series, is a must do series of criteriums held over the Labor Day weekend in early September. As these races have been held since 1985, the locals know the score in cycling terms. They support bike riders invading their city. The organizers are headed by one Mike Weiss, the founder and owner of area bikes shops called Big Shark. Mike and Co. have, in essence, trained the locals on cycling over the decades and these locals turn out in force. The effort Mike and his crew expend to run this seamless series of races is awe inspiring. Cycling needs more folks like Mike Weiss.Spoiler alert: The final event of the national criterium series was the Giro Della Montagna, held on Sunday, where the womens 2022 newly crowned series champion, Maggie Coles-Lyster of DNA Pro Cycling capped off a great season. Heres Maggie, center, wearing the series leaders jersey. She was no doubt thinking all I gotta do is stay upright.Heres Maggie blending in with the crowd after winning her championship. Notice…
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