Armed Forces Association Cycling Classic
The Armed Forces Cycling Classic (formerly known as the Air Force Association Cycling Classic) refers to a weekend of road bicycle racing events held annually in June in Arlington, Virginia, United States. The weekend consists of several amateur events, and two professional races in the criterium format, the Clarendon Cup and the Crystal City Cup. The main sponsor for the race is Boeing. The race is conducted under the rules of the governing bodies of professional cycling, the Union Cycliste Internationale and USA Cycling.[1]
Clarendon Cup
Race details | |
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Date | June |
Region | United States |
Discipline | Road race |
Type | One-day race |
Organiser | Arlington Sports |
History | |
First edition | 1998 |
Editions | 21 (as of 2018) |
First winner | Scott Mercer (USA) |
Most wins | Hilton Clarke (AUS) (3 wins) |
Most recent | Eric Young (USA) |
The Clarendon Cup, known as the CSC Invitational (from 2004-2008, is a 1km long criterium race of Arlington, Virginia. It is open to amateurs and professionals and has been running since 1998 for men and women. It was formerly part of USA Cycling's National Racing Calendar, and the National Criterium Calendar. It is currently part of USA Cycling's Pro Road Tour https://www.usacycling.org/national-calendars/pro-road-tour. [2]
Men
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Women
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Crystal Cup
Race details | |
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Date | June |
Region | United States |
Discipline | Road race |
Type | One-day race |
Organiser | Arlington Sports |
History | |
First edition | 2007 |
Editions | 1 (as of 2018) |
First winner | Kyle Wamsley (USA) |
Most wins | Jake Keough (USA) (3 wins) |
Most recent | Ty Magner (USA) |
The Crystal Cup, is also a criterium race, taking place on a 1.3km course in Crystal City, Virginia. It is open to amateurs and professionals and has been running since 2007 for men and women, except for the 2008 and 2009 editions when there was no women's race held, and the men took part in a circuit race rather than a criterium. It is held on the Sunday of the weekend of racing.[4]
Men
Year | Country | Rider | Team |
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2007 | United States | Kyle Wamsley | Navigators |
2008 | Argentina | Lucas Sebastián Haedo | Colavita-Sutter Home |
2009 | United States | Shawn Milne | Team Type 1 |
2010 | United States | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis |
2011 | United States | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare |
2012 | United States | Jake Keough | UnitedHealthcare |
2013 | Argentina | Juan José Haedo | Jamis-Hagens Berman |
2014 | United States | Kiel Reijnen | UnitedHealthcare |
2015 | Australia | Hilton Clark | UnitedHealthcare |
2016 | United States | Ty Magner | UnitedHealthcare |
2017 | United States | Ty Magner | Holowesko Citadel Racing Team |
2018 | United States | Cory Williams | Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling |
2019 | United States | Eric Young | Elevate–KHS Pro Cycling |
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Women
Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
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2007 | United States | Laura Van Gilder | Cheerwine Cycling Team | |
2008 | No race | |||
2009 | No race | |||
2010 | United States | Robin Farina | Team Vera Bradley Professional Cycling | |
2011 | Canada | Leah Kirchmann | Team Colavita | |
2012 | United States | Sarah Fader | Pepper Palace/Spin-Tech Training | |
2013 | United States | Lauren Stephens | Team TIBCO-To The Top | |
2014 | United States | Tina Pic | Fearless Femme | |
2015 | United States | Coryn Rivera | UnitedHealthcare | |
2016 | United States | Coryn Rivera | UnitedHealthcare | |
2017 | United States | Laura Van Gilder | Mellow Mushrooms p/b Warner Construction Consultants | |
2018 | United States | Kendall Ryan | Team TIBCO-SVB | |
2019 | United States | Kendall Ryan | Team TIBCO-SVB |
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References
- "The Armed Forces Cycling Classic - CyclingClassic.org". cyclingclassic.org. Archived from the original on 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
- "The Air Force Association Cycling Classic - CyclingClassic.org". cyclingclassic.org. Archived from the original on 2017-07-14. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
- "The Air Force Association Cycling Classic - CyclingClassic.org". cyclingclassic.org. Archived from the original on 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
- "The Air Force Association Cycling Classic - CyclingClassic.org". cyclingclassic.org. Archived from the original on 2015-06-05. Retrieved 2015-06-05.