Hi Everyone!

It has been a while since we posted so it’s time for an update. Congrats to all the Illinois Cup riders and their season wins. Big things are in store for next year! A longer series, more prizes, and new venues.

Cyclocross is in full swing. The venues have been fantastic, every weather condition imaginable has happened, and we still have 3 more races to go in the Chi Cross Cup! This weekend we go to the fan favorite course in Wheeling, Illinois. The Sunday after, Nov 23rd, we head the other direction to the Forge with its quirky and fun features. Finally, we skip thanksgiving weekend then come back Dec 7th to finish out with Montrose who will also be hosting the Illinois State Championships.

Congrats to all the track riders this year with their ROTY awards and other recognitions.

We are already looking to next year with dates being penciled in for events. ALL RACE DIRECTORS, please reach out with dates asap as we start to build 2026 season calendar. This especially important for early season Crits.

Finally, the State Championship Jersey Store will be opened mid december for CX, Track and any other rider looking for jerseys to celebrate their accomplishments. For Juniors, we do have some small sizes available(or people wanting XXL Jerseys). Please email the ICA or message us on the instagram page.

Ride safe and come cheer on your fav CX racers!

Did you win a state champs category for Gravel, Mountain Bike or Track? Well the store is open! It will be open until September 2nd to purchase jerseys.

To order, please reach out to our email or instagram (or facebook or discord or one of the board members) with your name and category you won. Then you will receive the store link to order a jersey.

Once the store is closed, it will not reopen until maybe December after CX state champs.

Hi Everyone, we hope you got your fill of Gritty crits and dirt with our friends from WORS.

We would like to officially open nominations for Cyclocross State Championships. CX Race directors, please email the ICA email with your race submission. We are leaving nominations open until August 20th with voting take place soon after.

There’s a Gorilla on course (RIP Harambe)! Little Apple Gravel will host Illinois State Gravel Championships August 3rd, please sign up ASAP!!!

The velodrome is hot with State Championships as well. Please visit the Ed Rudolph website for more information.

MTB Champions will soon be posted to the website and Jersey store will be opened for our MTB winners.

Hi Everyone!

I hope you’ve survived the recent hot weather and are ready to start looking towards our second half of the year events.

Starting with Track, we have a July and August filled with Track State Championship opportunities! Please go to the Ed Rudolph Northbrook Velodrome website for more info!

Onto Crits! The Illinois State Cup has been updated and a post is coming soon. The last event in that series is the Edwardsville Rotary Criterium August 16th. We also have 10 full days of GRIT starting July 18th. Chicago’s very own Indigo Cycling Club will be hosting 2 practice crits at Steelworkers Park July 1st and 8th. In August we end our Illinois USAC Crit season with the Commercial Street Criterium August 23rd.

Mountain Biking! We have our State Mountain Bike Championship July 2oth at Atwood Park hosted by WORS. Please sign up!

Cross is always coming. Start thinking about your State championship entry and who you might vote for! We will start the CX discussion at our July meeting.

Gravel- Little Apple will again host our Gravel State Championship in August! More categories this year for your gravel munching pleasure.

Road Race- No update

Please DM our socials or email the board for a link to the store with the race you won, category, and date. Thanks!