The inaugural U. S. Open Cycling Championships is a road bicycle racing event that was held April 7, 2007 and ran from Williamsburg to Richmond, Virginia. The race was broadcast nationally in the United States on NBC Sports from 2:30 to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

The U.S. Open, developed in partnership with USA Cycling and sanctioned by the UCI with the men's event part of the 2006–07 UCI America Tour. The U.S. Cycling Open featured both men's and women's professional fields. According to published reports,[1] the event attempts to showcase the historic attractions of Virginia just weeks before the 400th Anniversary of America's first permanent English settlement in Jamestown, Virginia.

Winners

Men's Event

Year 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place
2007 Canada Svein Tuft,
Symmetrics Professional Cycling Team		 United States Pat McCarty,
Team Slipstream		 Argentina Alejandro Borrajo,
Rite Aid Pro Cycling

Women's Event

Year 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place
2007 United States Tina Pic,
Colavita/Sutter Home		 United States Jennifer McRae,
Advil-Chapstick		 United States Heather Labance,
Advil-Chapstick

References

  1. ↑ http://www.velonews.com/race/dom/articles/10963.0.html Velonews.com: NBC Sports to air inaugural U.S. Open


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