2021 Maryland Cycling Classic

2021 Maryland Cycling Classic
2021 UCI America Tour
2021 UCI ProSeries
Race details
DatesSeptember 5, 2021
Stages1
Distance110 mi (177.0 km)
2022 →

The 2021 Maryland Cycling Classic (known as the Maryland Cycling Classic, presented by UnitedHealthcare for sponsorship reasons) was scheduled to be the inaugural edition of the Maryland Cycling Classic road cycling one day race, to be held on September 5, 2021. The category 1.Pro race is a part of the 2021 UCI America Tour and the 2021 UCI ProSeries calendars.[1]

The inaugural edition was originally scheduled for September 6, 2020, but it was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] With the Tour of California, the only American UCI World Tour event, on indefinite hiatus, and the Tour of Utah, the only other American UCI ProSeries race, remaining cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Maryland Cycling Classic would have been the highest level road cycling race in the United States in 2021.[3]

However, on July 2, 2021, race organizers decided to postpone the race again, with the inaugural edition now expected to take place in 2022.[4]

Teams

On March 10, 2021, race organizers announced the first five teams that would have participated in the race; these included UCI WorldTeams Team BikeExchange and Trek–Segafredo, UCI ProTeam Rally Cycling, and UCI Continental teams Aevolo and Wildlife Generation Pro Cycling, with the latter four being American teams.[5][6] On May 7, 2021, five more UCI Continental teams were announced: these were Amore & Vita, Team Medellín–EPM, and American teams Elevate–Webiplex Pro Cycling, Hagens Berman Axeon, and Team Illuminate.[7][8]

As of the announcement of the cancellation of the race, two UCI WorldTeams, one UCI ProTeam, and seven UCI Continental teams made up the ten teams that would have participated in the race, with race organizers originally expecting to invite six to eight more teams.[7]

UCI WorldTeams

UCI ProTeams

UCI Continental Teams

References

  1. ^ "Maryland Cycling Classic, presented by UnitedHealth". UCI. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "Maryland Cycling Classic postponed to 2021". CyclingNews. May 28, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  3. ^ Coulon, Jessica (October 11, 2019). "UCI Welcomes Maryland Cycling Classic to ProSeries Calendar for 2020". Bicycling. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  4. ^ "Maryland Cycling Classic Postponed to '22 Amid COVID Challenges". Maryland Cycling Classic. July 2, 2021. Archived from the original on July 2, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  5. ^ "Rally Cycling, Team BikeExchange, and Trek-Segafredo Headline Initial Teams Slated for September's Inaugural Maryland Cycling Classic". Maryland Cycling Classic. March 10, 2021. Archived from the original on May 7, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  6. ^ Tyson, Jackie (March 10, 2021). "Maryland Cycling Classic confirms first five teams for September race". CyclingNews. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Colombia's Team Medellin, Ukraine's AMORE E VITA, Hagens Berman Axeon, Elevate–Webiplex Pro Cycling and Team Illuminate Added to Maryland Cycling Classic Line-Up". Maryland Cycling Classic. May 7, 2021. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  8. ^ "Maryland Cycling Classic announces five more teams for fall debut". CyclingNews. May 7, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2021.