USA Crits organisers amplified the reach for the one-day US race series by adding three events to their 2025 lineup, now nine races in five states. The series, in a 16th season, focuses on established events in the south-east with a points-based calendar compressed into seven weeks.
For the first time in seven editions, the collection of races expands beyond the south-east with the inaugural Aksarben Tirc (Crit Nebraska) in Omaha, Nebraska serving as the penultimate stop on May 17, one week before the finals at the Winston-Salem Cycling Classic (WSCC) in North Carolina.
The last time the series had such an expansive group of races across the US was 2016 when there were 10 races in 8 states. It is the first time a race in Nebraska has been part of the series as well, USA Crits having been as far west as Vancouver, British Columbia when the Gastown Grand Prix was part of the mix in 2014 and 2015…