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Dates have been set for YGR Time Trials, the Send Town Short Track and Send Town Cyclocross Races. All of these low-cost grassroots races take place on Tuesday nights during the Spring, Summer, and Fall. Details on City Streets Crits and Crazy Joe Cross are forthcoming.

Zack and Whit, with the FoCo Fondo, announced riders that will make up their Leadership Program this week. Each of these athletes represents a historically underrepresented and under-supported demographic within the cycling community.  These leaders, representing BIPOC, Non-Binary, Para, and Women communities, will encourage athletes to participate in events like the FoCo Fondo and others and support them along the way.

The City of Fort Collins is requesting community input with regard to the former Hughes Stadium property. They have a short survey and updates posted on the new project website.

The Larimer County Sheriff's Office announced today that charges had been filed against the pilot whose plane crashed into Horsetooth Mountain Open this past summer. The crash forced a number of trails to be closed for several days during the investigation and cleanup. The suspect has since fled the country.

After over a decade with ProVelo Bicycles, the 1st City Cycling Team will be representing the North and South Fort Collins Trek shops for 2023 and beyond. In a way, FCCT, which is among the largest and most active amateur cycling teams in Northern Colorado, is returning to its roots. The team was sponsored by Lee's Cyclery in the early 2000s before partnering with ProVelo in 2009.

Let Whitney Allison with Bike Sports transport you back to the summer of 2022 and show you how to clean your bike properly whilst drinking a refreshing Fat Tire.

Send Town Bike Club has released the details of its free coach training program. The classes will take place on February 25th, March 4th, and March 11th. Full details are below.

The CSU road race weekend will take place on April 22nd and 23rd this year. Saturday's circuit race will feature the Cobb Lake Circuit Race, and we'll finally return to the classic CSU Oval course on Sunday.

Coach AC (Andy Clark) with Ciclismo Coaching has released his youth programming for the 2023 season.  This summer will feature a national mtb racing program, a local (Colorado) mtb program, and the Colorado High School Cycling League program. Each of these programs will include fitness and skills coaching, practices led by local mtb experts, and support at races.  See each program for information on dates, ages, prices, coaches, and more.

As YGR reported back in December, Colorado Cycling, aka BRAC, aka Bicycle Racing Association of Colorado, was absorbed by Bicycle Colorado. On January 20th, they sent out an update which can be read here.

Tayne Andrade, who currently rides for Team Rio Grande Racing and is wrapping up his final season with CSU had a remarkable and diverse 2022 season. Riding for CSU, he managed to climb on the podium at collegiate road, mtb and cyclocross nationals. Riding for TRGR he won races or at least podiumed in each of those disciplines throughout the season. Tayne wrote the following article about his Cyclocross Nations experience for the TRGR blog and allowed YGR to rerun it.