Project Echelon Racing climbs to Continental status in US for 2023

Tyler Stites win stage 2 at 2022 Valley of the Sun stage race in Arizona
Tyler Stites win stage 2 at 2022 Valley of the Sun stage race in Arizona (Image credit: SnowyMountain Photography)

Project Echelon Racing moves to the UCI Continental level in 2023 after six seasons in the amateur ranks and as a US domestic elite men’s team. The 12-rider roster will be led by Tyler Stites, who at two UCI stage races in the US last year won a pair of stages at Tour of the Gila and had a trio of third-place finishes at Joe Martin Stage Race. 

The Wisconsin-based programme had one of its most successful road campaigns in 2022, with GC victories in US stage races - Tucson Bicycle Classic, Redlands Bicycle Classic, Valley of the Sun and Green Mountain Stage Race. On the criterium scene, Project Echelon swept the individual categories and finished second as a team in the inaugural American Criterium Cup.

Jackie Tyson
North American Production editor

Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).