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Carter County Omnium
The Carter County Omnium (May31 and June 1) is able to provide the challenging race courses as previous years with some Helene caused necessary changes. The Carter County Roan Groan will register in back of the County Court House and start from in front of Food City. The distances will be the same 30, 55 and 80 miles and 4040, 7020, and 9747 feet of climbing depending the different level of ability and experience of the racers.
The Temple Time Trial will be the same as previously but the exit 40 off I-26 will require going back through Erwin to get back on I-26 heading west after the Time Trial. The detour signs are easy to follow. Though the road didn’t suffer damage, the damage to the area is very visible to the competitors.
The Eastman Credit Union Criterium had to be completely move to a new location from Downtown Elizabethton. The Closure of the Broad St Bridge prevents the closure of Elk Ave for the Downtown races. The races will be at Tennessee College of Applied Technology on Hwy 91 in Stoney Creek. This new course will be more challenging with six turns instead of four.
Registration closes Wednesday night with current registration from 16 states including racers from New Mexico to Utah and Florida to Pennsylvania. In the Women’s Pro 1,2,3 field Jennifer Thornton-Brooks the 2024 winner and Florence Howden the 2023 winner have joined the same team United Cycling p.b. Cadence Cyclery and with an additional team mate Catie George will be a formidable power to have a winner this year.
In the men’s Pro 1,2 field team White Space Bikes has three entered. Their leader will be Devin Hatch who has already won both a road race and a criterium this year.
Bring a chair and watch the Sunday races where you will be only a few feet away form the racers. There will be a mix of current National Champions and under 23 racers looking to move into the professional teams. Also ran racer in 2021 and 2022 at the Carter County Omnium, Artem Schmidt, is now racing for Ineos Grenadier in Europe at 21 years old. Last week Schmidt, as the 2024 National Pro Time Trial Champion won again at the 2025 Time Trial Championship. This is European and Olympic level competition in Elizabethton Tennessee.
Full information for spectators and racer registration www.cartercountyomnium.com
