Meet the NCL
To many American bike racers, it seems like a natural fit. A criterium bike racing series based in cities. Crits are short, fast, entertaining, and over quickly; good for the short attention spans of American sports fans. There have been various city-based criterium series in the US over the years, as recently as the 2021 USA Crits series, and dating back to at least the Whea
A Crit Series with City-Based Teams? Good idea. It’s been done.
The image at the top is of the Boston Banshees in 1995.
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Management is Lyle and Sarah Fulkerson.
The team shown is:
Front (L-R): John Lieswyn, Jonathan Page, Bart Knaggs, Chris Washkevich.
Back (L-R): Peter Vollers, Shawn McCormack, Frank McCormack, Mark McCormack, Chris Hayes.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-ncl-launches-first-of-its-kind-professional-cycling-league-with-venture-and-celebrity-investors-and-a-2023-race-series-301606438.html?tc=eml_cleartime
My experience racing for Franco’s team in 1994-5 was great.