Adam Myerson is an American amateur bicycle racer

Bicycle racing

Bicycle racing is a competition sport in which various types of bicycles are used. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, bike trials, and cycle speedway. Bicycle racing is recognised as an Olympic sport...

 specializing in cyclo-cross

Cyclo-cross

Cyclo-cross is a form of bicycle racing. Races typically take place in the autumn and winter , and consists of many laps of a short course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and...

 and criterium

Criterium

A criterium, or crit, is a bike race held on a short course , often run on closed-off city center streets....

 racing. He does not own a professional license. Adam is an active race promoter, series organizer, and coach; was the only American on the UCI

Union Cycliste Internationale

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 Cyclo-cross commission (until 2009) as well as the AIOC-Cross Management Committee; and was the USA Cycling

USA Cycling

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 Collegiate National Cyclo-cross Champion in 1997. Myerson currently lives in Dorchester, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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United States

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Myerson has been a vegetarian since 1989, and was vegan from 1999 through 2006, and has published several articles on being a meat-free endurance athlete. He has also received national-level press for his body art

Body art

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He is also notable in that he has the longest list of results on wikipedia.org of any amateur cyclist in the world.

Career Achievements

2010-2011 Cycle-Smart (Cyclo-cross)

1st Downeast Cyclo-Cross #2, New Gloucester, ME, UCI C2

2009-2010 Cycle-Smart (Cyclo-cross)

1st Quad Cross, Bedford, MA

1st Blunt Park Cyclocross

2nd NBX Grand Prix of Cross Day #1

2nd Nittany Lion Cross MAC Series Race #1

3rd NBX Grand Prix of Cross Day #2

3rd Charm City Cross MAC Series Race #2

3rd HPCX

3rd Shedd Park Cyclocross, Lowell, MA

4th Beacon Cross, Bridgeton, NJ

2009 Team Mountain Khakis p/b EP-NO

1st Witches Cup, Salem, MA

1st Exeter Criterium, Exeter, NH

1st Salisbury city Park Criterium, Salisbury, NC

1st Out Like a Lion Road Race, NC

2nd RFK Criterium, Washington, DC

2nd Green Mountain Stage Race Criterium, Burlington, VT

3rd Overall USA CRITS Series

3rd Texas Tough Grand Prix, Dallas, TX

3rd Michael Schott Memorial Circuit Race, Marblehead, MA

4th Green Mountain Stage Race Circuit Race, Burlington, VT

4th Crossroads Classic Mocksville Criterium

5th U.S. National Criterium Championships

5th Chris Thater Memorial, NY

5th Yarmouth Clamfest, Yarmouth, ME

2008-2009 Cycle-Smart (Cyclo-cross)

3rd NBX Grand Prix of Cross #1

4th NBX Grand Prix of Cross #2

5th Baystate Cyclocross - Verge NECCS #7

46th UCI World Cup #2 - Tabor

51st UCI World Cup #1 - Vlaamse Industrieprijs Bosduin

2008 TIME PRO Cycling

1st Norton Commons Classic, Louisville, KY

2nd Overall USA Crits

3rd USA Crits Finals

3rd Exeter Criterium, Exeter, NH

3rd Steadman Hawkins Cycling Classic, Spartanburg, SC

3rd Food Lion Criterium, Salisbury, NC

3rd Donald Center Circuit Race, Greenville, SC

5th Giro di Burnaby , Burnaby, CAN

5th Del Mar Criterium Series Race #2, Del Mar, CA

2007-2008 NERAC PRO Cycling Team (Cyclo-cross)

1st Palmer Cyclo-cross, Palmer, MA

4th Beacon Cyclo-cross Verge Mac Series Round #3, Bridgeton, NJ

4th Chainbiter 9.0 Cross, Farmington, CT

4th Overall Verge New England Championship Cyclo-cross Series

5th The Cycle-Smart International, Northampton, MA

5th Gran Prix of Gloucester Race #1, Gloucester, MA

2007 NERAC PRO Cycling Team

1st Hartford Downtown Criterium, Hartford, CT

1st Naugatuck Criterium, Naugatuck, CT

2nd York Beach Criterium, York, ME

2nd Exeter Criterium, Exeter, NH

2nd Sterling Road Race, Sterling, MA

3rd Stage #4 Fitchburg Longsjo Classic , Fitchburg, MA

3rd Beaufort Memorial Cycling Classic, USA Crits SE, Beaufort, SC

3rd Stage #3 San Dimas Stage Race, Criterium, San Dimas, CA

4th Overall USA Crits

5th USA Crits World Criterium Championship, USA Crits Final, Las Vegas, NV

5th Overall USA Crits Southeast

5th I’ON Village Smackdown Criterium, Charleston, SC

2006-2007 NERAC/OutdoorLights.COM PRO Cycling Team (Cyclo-cross)

1st Sucker Brook 'Cross, Auburn, NH

2nd Competitive Edge Cyclocross, Northfield, MA

4th Beacon Cyclocross, Bridgeton, NJ

4th Vermont Grand Prix of Cyclo-Cross #1, Williston, VT, UCI C2

5th North Carolina Grand Prix #2, Hendersonville, NC, UCI C2

5th Overall Verge New England Championship Cyclo-cross Series

2006 NERAC/OutdoorLights.COM PRO Cycling Team

1st Cyclonauts Racers Criterium, Stafford Springs, CT

1st Donaldson Center Road Race, Greenville, NC

1st South Carolina Criterium Championship, Charleston, SC

2nd Spin City Classic Criterium, Orlando, FL

2nd Downtown Statesville Criterium, Crossroads Classic, NC

2nd York Beach Criterium, York Beach, ME

2nd Michael Schott Memorial Circuit Race, Marblehead, MA

3rd Caster’s Majik Coffee Ninigret Criterium, Charlestown, RI

4th Spin City Classic Circuit Race, Orlando, FL

4th I’On Village Criterium, Charleston, SC

5th Jacksonville Cycling Classic Road Race, Jacksonville, FL

5th Downtown Northampton Criterium, Northampton, MA

2005-2006 Team NERAC.com p/b TD BankNorth (Cyclocross)

3rd Canton Cup Cyclo-Cross, Canton, MA

4th Corner Cycle Coonamessett Eco-Cross, E. Falmouth, MA

5th Northfield Cyclo-Cross, Northfield, MA

2005 Team NERAC.com p/b TD BankNorth

1st Michael Shott Memorial Circuit Race, Marblehead, MA

1st Boston Beanpot Classic Criterium, Somerville, MA

1st Sturbridge Road Race, Sturbridge, MA

1st Hartford Downtown Criterium, New Britain, CT

1st Keith Berger Memorial Criterium, E. Hartford, CT

1st Citrus City Cyclo-Cross, Largo, FL

1st Place Carvel Cookie Puss Championships

2nd Points Jersey, Fitchburg-Longsjo Classic Stage Race, Fitchburg, MA

2nd Stage 3 Criterium, Green Mountain Stage Race, Burlington, VT

2nd Yarmouth Clam Festival, Yarmouth, ME

2nd Adelphia Grand Prix, Plymouth, MA

3rd Willliams Criterium, Williamstown, MA

3rd Owasco Challenge Road Race, Owasco Stage Race, Owasco, NY

5th Stage 1 Circuit Race, Green Mountain Stage Race, Roxbury, VT

5th Attleboro Criterium, Attleboro, MA

5th Zepher Hills Criterium, Zepher Hills, FL

2004-2005 (Cyclo-cross)

5th Whitmore’s Landscaping Cyclo-Cross, UCI C2, Southampton, NY

2004 Sharper Image - Mathis Brothers Furniture

1st Attleboro Criterium, Attleboro, MA

1st Keith Berger Memorial Criterium, New Britain, CT

1st Boston Beanpot Classic, Somerville, MA

1st Charge Pond Spring Series #3, Plymouth, MA

2nd Donovan-Ruhlman Memorial, Naugatuck, CT

2nd Michael Schotte Memorial Circuit Race, Marblehead, MA

3rd Yarmouth Clam Festival, Yarmouth, ME

4th Univest Grand Prix Criterium, Doyleston, PA

4th 4th Street Criterium, Winston-Salem, NC

4th Fall River Criterium, Fall River, MA

4th Charge Pond Spring Series #2, Plymouth, MA

2003-2004 (Cyclo-cross)

1st Bloomer Park Cyclo-Cross, Rochester Hills, MI

1st Competitive Edge Cyclo-Cross, Northfield, MA

2nd Michael R. Rabe Midwest Cyclo-Cross Championships, UCI C3, Rochester, MI

2003 Sportsbook.com Cycling Team

1st Stage 8, FBD Milk Ras, Dublin, Ireland

1st Fall River Celebrates Criterium, MA

2nd Stage 2 Road Race, Seaford Omnium, DE

2nd Points Competition, Wachovia Classic, Trenton, NJ

2nd Overall, Seaford Stage Race, DE

3rd Twilight Sunday Criterium, Conyers, GA

3rd Adelphia Grand Prix, Plymouth, MA

3rd Team GC, Tour Del Sol, Mexico

4th Stage 4 Criterium, Tour Del Sol, Mexico

5th Chris Hinds Memorial, Lincoln, RI

6th Athens Twilight Criterium, Athens, GA

2001 Northampton Cycling Club

1st Northampton Cycling Club cyclocross championship, Easthampton, MA

1997 University of Massachusetts Amherst

1st USA Cycling Collegiate National Cyclo-cross Championship

External links

• Adam Myerson's Personal Blog
• Mountain Khakis fueled by Jittery Joe's
• Interview: Adam Myerson - man of many hats (part 1) from Podium Insight
• Interview: Adam Myerson - man of many hats (part 2) from Podium Insight
• Euro 'cross champions crowned (cyclingnews.com)
• 2009 season photos of Adam Myerson courtesy of cyclingcaptured.com
• Myerspace takes coveted NCC cross title