USA Cycling updates cross country national calendar

With the 2009 season just around the corner, USA Cycling announced a detailed schedule for its Mountain Bike National Cross Country Calendar. The series will kick off on March 28-29 with the US Cup - Fontana, which also doubles as part of the ProXCT series.

In fact, the cross country calendar includes all seven ProXCT events. Mixed in between are some other US Cup and popular regional events. It includes two UCI-category one events and five UCI-category three events.

Sue George is an editor at Cyclingnews.  She coordinates all of the site's mountain bike race coverage and assists with the road, 'cross and track coverage.