At least for the next two years, Bend, Oregon will host the U.S. cyclocross championships, and the Junior, under-23, and Elite road cycling championships. Read the article on OregonLive.com. Add these events to the annual running of the Cascade Classic, and Bend has a pretty robust cycling schedule going. It would be a great place for the U.S. Masters road championships, but those are locked and loaded in Louisville, KY for 2009. Maybe our good friend Doug LaPlaca from Visit Bend can wrangle Masters away from Louisville, and bring them to Bend in 2010?  I might actually have to start racing again if that happens. Bend is a great place to ride.