Kansas Bicycle Racing
Kansas is home to all types of bicycle racing, including road racing, circuit racing, time trials,
stage racing, criteriums, cyclocross, mountain bike races, triathlons, duathlons, and much more.
The Kansas Cycling Association (KCA) is the organization responsible for administering all USACycling (USAC) races and state championship events in the state of Kansas, and sanctioning all road, track, mountain bike and cyclocross events. The KCA also maintains the official Kansas Race Schedule.
A good source for Kansas bike racing news is LocalCycling.com.
For bicycle racing in neighboring states, check out:
- Arkansas: Arkansas Bicycle Coalition
- Colorado: Colorado Road Association, Colorado Velodrome Association
- Iowa: CyclingUpdate.com, Iowa Bicycle Racing Association,
- Missouri: Missouri Bicycle Racing Association, Race Schedule
- Oklahoma: Bicycle Racing Association of Oklahoma
- Nebraska: Nebraska Cycling Association, Nebraska Cycling News
Some Annual Kansas Bicycle Races:
 | An annual event that takes place in the Flint Hills of east-central Kansas on a hilly out-and-back course on a scenic byway, and the famous Kansas wind often plays a factor.  |
 | An annual gravel road racing series held in the Wichita, Kansas area. |
 | A fun, easy going, and affordable off-season mountain biking race series taking place in and around Barton County, Kansas. |
 | Race on a championship-quality 'cross course and stick around for some serious food, drink and fun at this annual Kansas City cyclocross race. |
 | A mountain bike race and trail run that takes place on the Camp Alexander trails near Emporia, Kansas. |
 | The annual Capital Cup Cyclocross Race in Topeka, Kansas is held in conjunction with the Boulevard Cup in Kansas City, making a "full cup weekend." |
 | An annual mountain bike race that takes place at Coronado Heights, near Lindsborg, Kansas, with downhill, uphill, and cross-country races. |
 | Cruise the Blues is a mountain bike festival taking place at Palen Family Farms located east of Tipton in North Central Kansas, and featuring 13 miles of trails winding through the creeks, pastures, native grass, and croplands on the farm. |
 | The ultimate gravel grinder, the Dirty Kanza is an extremely challenging ultra-distance bicycling marathon event, starting and ending in Emporia, Kansas and covering 200 miles of blacktop, gravel, and dirt roads through the scenic Flint Hills. |
 | Grand Prix HPT is an "avondcross" event (Flemish for evening 'cross), at the Heartland Park Topeka dirt track in Topeka, Kansas. |
 | Kansas City Cross organizes cyclocross racing in the Kansas City area. |
 | The Kansas Fat Tire Festival is a two-day mountain bike event at Lake Wilson, on some of the most picturesque bike trails in Kansas. |
 | The Kansas State Cyclocross Championship features grass, pavement, and the dreaded "Mound of Mercy" to test your cornering and running skills. |
 | A cyclocross race on a rolling course located near Wyandotte County Lake in Kansas City, Kansas. |
 | An annual event that takes place near Tuttle Creek Lake in north-central Kansas on a hilly 25-mile loop. This is the Kansas State Age Group Road Race Championships. |
 | The Perry Road Race Series takes place each March at Lake Perry, Kansas and provides early-season road race training on a fun and challenging course. |
 | A mountain bike race taking place at the Melvern Riverfront Park and Trails in Melvern, Kansas. These trails wind through hardwood forest, rocky scrub brush, and open upland prairie. |
 | The Series 60 Cyclocross features 7 races within 60 minutes of the Kansas City Metro. |
 | An annual series of training races taking place at Clinton Lake near Lawrence, Kansas. One of the longest running crit series in America and the longest in the Midwest. |
 | Kansas's largest amateur sports festival, held annually over two weekends in July, with cycling events including a Criterium and a Road Race, as well as cyclocross events later in the year. |
 | The Tour de Lizard Fat Tire Classic is an annual off-road mountain bike race taking place at Camp Horizon in Arkansas City, Kansas. |
 | A three-day cycling race taking place over the Fourth of July holiday, featuring three events with professional, amateur, and youth divisions racing on the streets of Lawrence. |
 | The Wichita Handcycle Omnium has been a staple of the U.S. Handcycling Series for many years, and includes three races, as well as a recreational ride. |
 | The Woo Hoo Ladies Criterium and Time Trial takes place on the Round Prairie Road Course near Lowemont, Kansas. |
Kansas Bicycle Racing Teams:
 | 360 Racing is a bicycle racing team based in Overland Park, Kansas which competes in road, mountain bike, and cyclocross cycling events throughout the Midwest. |
 | A mountain and cyclocross cycling team based in Manhattan, Kansas, dedicated to racing hard and partying harder. |
 | Big D Cycling is a Shawnee, KS bicycle racing team that participates in local, state and national road and cyclecross events. |
 | A cycling team based in Topeka, Kansas, whose focus is to grow the sport of competitive bicycle racing in Topeka, whether it be road, mountain, duathlon, triathlon or time trialing. |
 | The Free State Racing Team is a USCF-registered club based in Lawrence that competes at a high level in racing in the Midwest, as well as promoting amateur bicycle racing in Kansas. |
 | A bicycle racing team is comprised of youth, junior and senior riders who are growing the sport and their individual abilities while having fun in a supportive environment. |
 | The KSU Cycling Team is made up of cyclists ranging from beginners to licensed competitive racers, and competes against other universities and colleges within the North Central Collegiate Cycling Conference. |
 | A cycling team for both graduate and undergraduate students, supporting both competitive and recreational road, mountain, and cyclocross riders. |
 | Midwest Velo is a bicycle racing team in Kansas City, dedicated to raising public awareness of the fight against cancer throughout the Kansas City region. |
 | Osceola Velo Club is an unsponsored, USA Cycling registered, road racing bicycle club located in Lawrence, Kansas that specializes in the development of the novice road racer. |
 | A small team of cyclists of all abilities, based in Johnson County, Kansas, and focused on weekday and weekend training rides, local races, charity rides and mountain biking. |
 | A Wichita, Kansas bicycle racing team that competes in events throughout the midwest, and hosts races in the Wichita region. |
 | Team members race actively in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska, as well as taking part in USCF National Championship and UCI World Masters Championship events. |
