U.S. Pro National Road Championships LIVESTREAM

Knoxville, Tennessee June 25 | Elite women: 9 a.m. EST | Elite men: 1:15 p.m. EST

The USA Cycling Pro Road & Time Trial National Championships will be held for the first time in Knoxville on June 24-25. Professional bicycle racing remains one of the most unique sporting events for spectators, as admission is free to the course and many activities.

The road races on Sunday are the signature events for the weekend, offering multiple laps for spectators to enjoy throughout the day. The start/finish line will be located on Jackson Avenue, two blocks east of Central Avenue. in the Old City of Knoxville. The women’s road race will begin at 9 a.m., followed by the men’s road race at 1:15 p.m. This 7.9-mile circuit will be covered eight times by the women for a total of 63 miles and 14 times by the men for a total of 109 miles.

This marks the 32nd year for the men’s national title race. Women’s events were combined with the men’s in 2013 for adual championships. Winners receive prestigious Stars-and-Stripes jerseys, which are worn throughout the calendar year to designate a national champion in each racing discipline, individual time trial (ITT) and road race.

“Obviously, it is a great honor to be able to wear the national championship Stars-and-Stripes jersey for an entire year, and hopefully longer. It’s a great honor because not only am I representing Trek-Segafredo at these races, but I am representing my country. So I always make sure to remind myself of that,” said defending men’s road champion Greg Daniel, who grew up in Newport, Tenn. “Eastern Tennessee is a fantastic place to ride. Some of the small roads, you think lead to nowhere, but they are absolutely incredible.”

Sunday’s closed-loop course will include parts of Central Avenue, State Street and West Hill Avenue through downtown Knoxville. The route crosses into South Knoxville at the Gay Street Bridge. Closed streets in South Knoxville include all or sections of Council Place, Atchley Street, Mimosa Avenue, Sherrod Road, Davenport Road, Cottrell Street and Anita Drive, before the course resumes on James White Parkway and returns via East Hill Avenue, Harriet Tubman Street, McCalla Avenue and Jackson Avenue to the Old City. Some of the same roads on the west side of the Tennessee River will be used Saturday for the closed-loop ITT, including Neyland Drive.

U.S. Pro Road Championship on Sunday - Who to Watch

Megan Guarnier (San Mateo, Calif.), BoelsDolmans Cycling Team - Megan is the three-time (2012, 15, 16) and defending USA Cycling Pro Road Race National champion. Last year she captured overall wins at two big UCI events - the Amgen Breakway from Heart Disease Women’s Race and Giro d’Italia International for Women. This year she won a road stage at the Amgen Breakaway from Heart Disease Women’s Race in May.

Coryn Rivera (Tustin, Calif.), Team Sunweb - Now based with her team in Europe, Rivera has won two WorldTour events this season (Belgium and Italy). She also won a road stage at this year’s Amgen Breakaway from Heart Disease Women’s Race empowered by SRAM. She has finished second the past two years in the USPro Women’s Road Race championship.

Greg Daniel (Englewood, Colo.), Trek-Segafredo - After scoring a silver medal at the U.S. U23 Amateur Road Nationals in 2015, he won the Stars-and-Stripes jersey at last year’s USPro Men’s Road Race Championship. Originally from Newport, Tenn., Daniel has been racing in Europe this season and finished fourth on Stage 3 of the Hammer Sportzone Limburg in France.

Travis McCabe (Tucson, Ariz.), UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling - McCabe has three international stage wins this year, two at Le Tour de Langkawi and one at Herald Sun Tour. In the U.S., he won the General Classification at the Tucson Bicycle Classic. He finished third at last year’s USPro Men’s Road Race Championship.

U.S. Pro Road Championship on Sunday June 25