The National Cycling League has said that it will “pause operations for the 2024 season effective immediately” in an effort to “restructure and rebuild” for 2025.
“Pausing our 2024 plans affects many teams and riders, and we are working with everyone individually to help them through 2024 and to position everyone for success in 2025,” said VP of Operations and Teams Reed McCalvin in a statement.
The news comes after a tumultuous end to 2023 for the organization, which laid off several riders from the two league-run teams before the end of the season but then announced new contracts for some riders and also said that a third team, the Atlanta Rise, would be added to the mix along with the Denver Disruptors and the Miami Nights in 2024.
Instead of the upcoming season moving forward with those three squads and the NCL-hosted events that were planned, there will be no racing this year. Ostensibly, the organization made that decision with an eye toward returning in 2025.
“One of the goals for the National Cycling League has been to build on the current domestic cycling scene,” said Andrea Pagnanelli, who was brought on as the NCL’s CEO partway through last year amid restructuring. “For us to reach this goal in this market, we felt that pausing our 2024 plans to adjust our model will allow us to come back even stronger in the future.”
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