29th National Road Cycling Championship Announced at Puri

The Cycling Federation of India recently put out a circular announcing the 29th National Road Cycling Championship to be held in Puri, Odisha between the 4th to 7th December 2024.

The Road Nationals will be held for Elite, Junior, Sub-Junior and Youth categories for male and female cyclists. Road racing cyclists who are selected by in the State Trials will then get a chance to represent their states at the Nationals. Events will comprise of mass start road race, individual time trials, team time trials and criteriums.

If there is any cyclist out there, who would like to race these nationals, get in touch with your state representative and you will be instructed on how to apply for a CFI racing licence. And also informed of the dates for when the state championships will be held.

The State Cycling Associations need to submit the list of finalised cyclists from their respective states to the CFI by the 20th of November 2024. As such, all state championships will have to be wrapped up prior to that.

For those who would like to know about the steps to get here for youngsters looking to get into the sport. Have a look here: https://cyclingmonks.com/topic/how-to-race-the-cycling-indian-national-championships/

Here’s our interview with top Indian road racer, Surya Thathu: https://cyclingmonks.com/surya-thathu/

Also, with Pranita Soman who has won both road and MTB national championships: https://cyclingmonks.com/pranita-soman-champion/

Photos and results from the 28th National Road Cycling Championships can be found here: https://cyclingmonks.com/topic/2023-national-road-cycling-championship-live-updates/

Reigning Elite Champions:

Men’s Elite Road Race:

Manjeet Kumar (RSRB)
Surya Thathu (Maharashtra)
Sahil Kumar (SSCB)

Women’s Elite Road Race:

Swasti Singh (RSRB)
Soumya Antapur (Karnataka)
Ranjita Ghorpade (Maharashtra)

Women’s Elite ITT:

Monika Jat (RSRB)
Pranita Soman (Maharashtra)
Kavita Siyag (Rajasthan)

Men’s Elite ITT:

Naveen John (Karnataka)
Dinesh Kumar (SSCB)
Joel Santosh Sundaram S (Tamil Nadu)

More Details of the Upcoming 29th National Road Cycling Championship can be found in the circular below: