US Women's Development Program

Follow the program's young female cyclists as they embark on their journey to the top of the pro ranks

The US Women's Cycling Development program was founded by former pro rider, Michael Engleman, as a way to help promising young women cyclists reach their full potential as athletes.

The dedicated and well spoken women of this program provide thoughtful, compelling and sometimes hilarious anecdotes of their experiences in this diary. For further reading about the program, visit the USWCDP website.

Latest articles by US Women's Development Program

With my good friend Miller! A few weeks of nordic skiing and road riding before going back to the track.
From flip flops to Nordic skis

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Lauren Hall falls in love with the track

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Missy Erickson in the team sprint.
Double dose of track nationals

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Missy Erickson's tales from US collegiate and elite track championships

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2010 Nature Valley Pro Ride Team
It is never too late

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Sue Butler chases her dreams both on and off road

Training
I like the podium
An education in cycling

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Missy Erickson finds success in Superweek

Training
Training at Colorado Sprints 7-Eleven Velodrome
Fixed gear fever

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Missy Erickson catches the bug in Minnesota

Teams & Riders
Randy
Digging deep at collegiate nationals

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Missy suffers for the team in Madison

Racing
Meredith Miller wears stars and stripes as the reigning U.S National Road Champion. Her custom-painted red, white and blue Look 595 compliments her kit.
Bend bodes well

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Meredith Miller's two Oregon nationals yield gold and silver

Cycling Culture
Webcor Builders Women's Professional Cycling Team
Redlands, a fracture and Dr. Seuss

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Lindsay Myers tackles her early season troubles

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Kristin Sanders and Erica Allar at training camp
Redlands: Two views from opposite ends of the race

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Team VBF riders Erica Allar and Kristin Sanders relive the race

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Track Star, Alissa Maglaty
Get a Bike, Ride a Bike, Race a Bike

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Early Bird team gives women a start in racing

Training
Putting in some miles in Australia over the winter.
Do things really come in threes?

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Hilary Billington is forced to drop out of Redlands due to illness

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Hilary Billington in the break at the Tour of the Gila.
What it takes

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Hilary Billington's plan to boost opportunities for women cyclists

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Sitting in fifth during the women's D1 cyclo-cross Nationals.
A collegiate season to remember

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Missy Erickson earns six medals and first championship at track and 'cross nats

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My Hudz/Subaru teammate, Lauren Hall, on Hall Corner.
Much ado in Durango and Dolores

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Rebecca Much's Colorado 'cross homecoming

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A really nice day to run around and carry a bike
A baptism of fire (and mud) in Boulder

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Lauren Hall gets her first taste of 'cross racing in Colorado

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Rebecca Much, the Women's Prestige Series/Best Young Rider
The Ins, the Outs, the What Have You's

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Getting back to where I left off

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Putting some wieght on the pedals!
Shoelaces to Wheels

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A runner falls in love with cycling

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Just so you can see what a finish looks like
Experience in the war zone

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US women take on La Route de France

Teams & Riders
The group makes its way up one of today's longer climbs.
USWCDP goes around Bend at the Cascade Cycle Classic

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The girls join forces with Wines of Washington in Oregon

Cycling Culture
Nature Valley Pro Ride on Fox Morning News
Teamwork brings out the best in Nature Valley GP

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Nature Valley Pro Ride teaches the women valuable lessons

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Missy was all ready for the sprint…until the crash.
Collegiate reflection

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Missy Erickson looks back on her freshman year

Cycling Culture
Thank you Giant. Thank you Mavic. Thank you Amber Neben
Being thankful

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Lauren Hall looks back on her phenomenal rise into the sport

Cycling Culture
Starla off the front at Menlo GP
Wanting more

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Starla Teddergreen gives her honest and indepth insight into the struggles and hardships of a bike racer

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Anne Guzman spent some time cross-country skiing in the winter
The unkown

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I hung up my skate skis in February and I spent a few weeks up in Tucson to get out on the roads and...

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The team would also make a good entry in any parade
Season rolls around early in California

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It's still hard for me to believe that our road season starts so early out here in California, since...

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