Criterium Nation

It's retrospection time and we've got our professor, Adam Mills, from Source Endurance here to breakdown the lessons that we all should have learned this year. We've have four lessons in today's class, and we are sure you'll enjoy. We are brought to you this week by the Echelon Racing League on the RGT Cycling platform. The league is pairing with in-real life events this year and races are current...

Our guest this week, Julie Kuliecza, has made it to the end of her professional racing career. We are here to celebrate that milestone with her; but also to learn from her wisdom and experiences. We all stand on the shoulders of giants, that's how we learn. We are brought to you by  Manscaped , your home for men's grooming solutions. By using "criteriumnation" at checkout you will save 20% and get...

In road racing, the autumn is the time of expectations and fresh starts. It's when we get to dial in where we want to go in the future. The future for Scott McGill is bright with a new contract with Wildlife Generation and bigger opportunities in Europe and beyond. We talk about that; but also about this past year, including what happened in those final corners at Pro Crit Championships. We are br...

In this week's episode we provide you with just the inspiration you need to get through the shorter days and cool temps. Allan and Céline cover for me in my absence with this great conversation with Ama Nsek of L39ion of LA. We are brought to you by Source Endurance . Use the promo code "criteriumnation" for $50 off your first month of coaching. We are also brought to you by Manscaped , your home...

A lot has happened in our criterium nation in the past couple of weeks. There will be good that comes from some terrible news. We will be here to convey that good news and explain it when the time comes. For now we need to talk about what we know about the recent controversy and start to take those next steps forward. This week we present our interview with Spencer Moavenzadeh of ButcherBox, one o...

We are getting ready for a couple week break here; but before we do it, Boedi, Céline, Allan and I need to fill you in on all the details from the big weekend in Winston-Salem and two days of phenomenal racing.  We are brought to you by Source Endurance. Use the promo code "criteriumnation" for $50 off your first month of coaching services. 

Coming from Maple Ridge, BC, Canada, Maggie Coles-Lyster of DNA Pro Cycling has been a force in the criterium peloton this year. We got a chance to sit down with her and hear about that whirlwind of success. We also discussed the very sad; but very real fact that sexual assault, abuse, and harassment takes place all too often in our sport. Maggie is the victim of sexual assault stemming from event...

The criterium season is winding down, which means more time for lazy Sunday mornings brunching with the cats outside. But before we pack up the Zipp 808s for the winter there is a veritable buffet of racing to cover including the Momentum Indy weekend, the Sun City Crit and Bucks County. With all that racing we need a full crew to help break it all down, fortunately we've got the best of the best...

Kerry Werner, a double threat with Project Echelon and Kona Maxxis Shimano, joins us for the hour from the most unique host housing situation in the history of domestic bike racing to talk about CX, crits, and what it will take to make a purely American version of an very international sport. We are brought to you by Source Endurance . Use the promo code "criteriumnation" for $50 off your first mo...

Olivia Ray of Rally Cycling and George Simpson of Project Echelon sub in for the usual suspects on the Crit Squad to talk about the Experience Fayetteville Criterium which is the final stage of the Joe Martin Stage Race . We breakdown the action, and delve into a lot of wonderful information that may qualify as a tangent. We are brought to you by Source Endurance . Use the promo code "criteriumnat...

A lot has happened lately which means a lot to cover. The full crit squad was back but we needed more, so we brought in our clean-up guy Micheal Boedigheimer to give us that extra little push. Tune in for coverage of the Hammerfest, Spartanburg, Athens, and Grant Park. We are brought to you by Source Endurance . Use the promo code "criteriumnation" for $50 off your first month of coaching. 

This may sound a bit different, that's because our good friend Boedi steps in to take the reins on this mustang of a show. He, Allan and Céline take you to Salt Lake City, Littleton and far beyond to tell you about the good and the great of the last couple of weeks of racing in our criterium nation. We are brought to you by Source Endurance. Use the promo code "criteriumnation" for $50 off your fi...

They did it again, L39ion of LA dominated another weekend of racing at the Boise Twilight Crit. Céline and Allan, the full crit squad, is back in the studio again to help breakdown the action and talk about some strategies the field can employ to try and derail the L39ion winning plan. We are brought to you by Source Endurance . Please use the promo code "criteriumnation" at checkout for $50 off y...

The full crit squad is back together, Allan Schroeder (CS Velo) and Céline Oberholzer (Wolfpack) are with me in studio to breakdown the happenings at Sunny King and to get into detail about what we learned in the first month of racing this year.  We are brought to you by Source Endurance . Use the promo code "criteriumnation" at checkout for $50 off your first month's coaching.  

A few hours away from being a junior this year, Luke Lamperti of Trinity Racing came through the chaos of the final couple corners of the Pro Crit Championship victorious. Here's his story. Plus we've got a special story from Inside the Peloton submitted by our correspondent Allan Schroeder of CS Velo. We are brought to you by Source Endurance . Use the promo code "criteriumnation" at checkout for...

An all star cast including Céline Oberholzer, Bill Schieken and Micheal Boedigheimer joins me to break down a surprising week of racing at pro crit nats, TOAD, and Harlem. We are brought to you by Source Endurance . Use the promo code "criteriumnation" at checkout for $50 off your first month's coaching. We are also brought to you this week by the Sunny King Criterium , the King of All Crits, whic...

L39ion of LA was simply unbeatable this weekend at Tulsa Tough. A complete sweep of the top step of every podium in all the pro races, men's and women's, is just a dominating result. Adam Mills, and Céline Oberholzer join me to breakdown everything that happened over 3 days in Tulsa.  We are brought to you by Source Endurance . Use the promo code "criteriumnation" at checkout for $50 off your firs...

Céline Oberholzer, Wolfpack, and Kyle Tiesler, Support Clean Sport, help breakdown the action from the first big weekend of crit racing in 2021 at Armed Forces in Arlington, VA. It was a hot and humid couple of days with some familiar names like Kendall Ryan, L39ion, taking a win; but then some new names like Stephen Vogel, Project Echelon, make their appearance in emphatic style. This show is bro...

What happens when you are one of the most admired and respected bike racers in the American peloton...you win races. Emma White of Rally Cycling is the reigning criterium champion and she won it in Knoxville by racing hard and smart and with the help of her team. Now she has her eyes set on adding an Olympic gold medal to her World Champion jersey and national title.  This show is brought to you b...

2 episodes, 2 weeks in a row, 2 pro criterium national champs. If you want more #critbeef it's inside. If you want insight into the mind of one of the best athletes in the US, it's inside. If you need more Danny Estevez content, it's inside. If you need more info about how this is going to be the hottest year on record for the crit circuit, it's inside. Travis McCabe of Best Buddies Racing is here...

It's time to talk racing. This episode is jam packed with information previewing the 2021 USACRITS competition, the Pro Road Tour, Nationals, all of the best events in the country. Plus we reveal our first week of power rankings. Allan Schroeder, CS Velo, and Céline Oberholzer, Wolfpack, help break it all down. We've got merch available, pick up your #critbeef shirt here . This show is brought to...

#critbeef is real. It has sharpened the focus of the upcoming crit season, and provided a reason to the top athletes to compete. It has also opened up an opportunity to look at why the US has an amateur and pro crit championship and whether that makes any sense any more. Adam Myerson joins us to provide context and historical perspective for how we've gotten here and what it all means going forwar...

Your subject matter expert, and guru, Zack Allison of Source Endurance stops by to answer our questions on a variety of different criterium related topics.  We are brought to you by  Source Endurance . Please use "criteriumnation" for $50 off your first month when you sign up with them. 

Tiffany Thomas is a transgender woman, she's a bike racer, and a human. She is living in extraordinary times, right alongside all of us, and this is her story. Discovering and living her identity as a person and an athlete isn't easy; but it's her truth. We learn about that truth and what we as fellow members of the bike racing community can do to be there with her. We are brought to you by Source...

The community we build is our legacy. The time we spend in this sport is only a part of the overall story of the sport; and what we do to make it better than it was when we started, stands as a testament to our character. Jed Schneider, multi-time awesomeness and dear friend, took some time to talk to me about the view from this side of 30 years in the sport, and what he hopes to do in the 30 more...