North Shore to host U.S. cycling events

The 2015 and 2016 USA Cycling Amateur and Para-cycling Road National Championships will be in North Lake Tahoe.

USA Cycling on Dec. 19 announced the six locations for 2015-16 USA Cycling national championships. The exact dates will be revealed after the first of the year.

Gravity Mountain Bike National Championships will utilize the course used for the 1996 UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Championships at Mammoth Mountain. Cross-Country Mountain Bike and Enduro National Championships will be on Mt. Bachelor in Bend, Ore. Marathon Mountain Bike National Championships are slated to be in Columbia County, Ga.  Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships are slated to be at Snowshoe Mountain in West Virginia. Professional Criterium National Championships will be in Greenville, S.C.