The 2009
US Gran Prix of Cyclocross is a four weekend,
eight race series comprising the Planet Bike Cup - Madison
, Wisconsin
on September 26th and 27th, The Derby City Cup -
Louisville
, Kentucky
on October
24th and 25th; The Mercer Cup presented by Knapp's Cyclery -
Mercer
County
, New
Jersey
on November 14th and 15th ; and The Stanley
Portland Cup - Portland
, Oregon
on December
5th and 6th. Each of these race weekends represent the
deepest, strongest, and fastest
cyclocross fields in a series format on this side
of the Atlantic.
Also, new in 2009 each Saturday per USGP weekend has received a UCI
C1 designation and each Sunday will be C2. Of the six UCI races
currently on the US Calendar, four are USGP races.