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National structure or organization? Very confuse!!!

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  1. Quote: Following the American Cycling Association's vote to re-join USA Cycling on Friday night, the sport's national governing body is pleased to welcome the American Cycling Association (ACA) into the sport's international structure. “USA Cycling is very pleased and honored that the ACA and its member clubs voted to rejoin USA Cycling,” said Steve Johnson, USA Cycling CEO. “While ACA’s name will change to Bicycle Racing Association of Colorado, the leadership will provide the same service and benefits that riders, race directors and officials have come to know in Colorado. We look forward to working together to continue to grow the sport of cycling in this great state.”

    Does cycling have an organization that is comparable to the NFL or NBA or something like that? Is there one main international organization and one main US national organization? Does the Olympics deal with these organizations? Is the Olympics a team sport? I saw a quote from a participant saying only one person wins.

  2. USA cycling is the umbrella organization for competitive cycling in the US.

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    Originally Posted by grandamn [IMG]/img/forum/go_quote.gif[/IMG]

    Does cycling have an organization that is comparable to the NFL or NBA or something like that? Is there one main international organization and one main US national organization? Does the Olympics deal with these organizations? Is the Olympics a team sport? I saw a quote from a participant saying only one person wins.

    the UCI is the international governing body for cycling,

    there are lots of different cycling events in the Olympics, divided mainly as track and as road events, some events are in fact for teams (medals for each team member) but those where only one person gets the medal also require a team to help the winner out. Some smart riders, like Greg Lemond, do win races without a team, taking advantage of other teams working for their leaders, but in modern cycling this is becoming a rare case. Lance Armstrong also won the world championships in 93' without substantial -if any- team support mainly because he had the balls, no pun intended, to challenge the big teams and the big names.

  4. typically each US state has it's own racing association, too.

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