Rahsaan Bahati (born February 13, 1982 in
Lynwood, California
Lynwood is a city in Los Angeles County, California. At the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 69,772, down from 69,845 at the 2000 census. Lynwood is located near South Gate and Compton in the central portion of the Los Angeles ...
) is an American
racing cyclist
Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling s ...
who currently rides for his own cycling team, Bahati Foundation Elite Team. He previously raced for the SKLZ-Pista Palace cycling team. Formerly, he rode for and managed the
Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling team. He specializes in
criterium
A criterium, or crit, is a bike race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 400 m to 10,000 m.
Overview
Race length can be determined by a number of laps or total time, ...
racing and
track cycling
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
History
Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it ...
. In 2000 he won the amateur USCF National Criterium Championships and in 2008 he won the elite
USPRO National Criterium Championships. It was reported that in 2010, Rahsaan will be the subject of a new television series entitled Bahati:Out of Compton that details his mentoring of 6 champion cyclists that share his inner-city Los Angeles roots.
Bahati attended
Indiana University
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Campuses
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where he majored in computer animation and telecommunications.
Major Results
;2000
:1st Junior National Criterium Championships
:1st Junior National Road Championships
:1st USCF National Criterium Championships (amateur)
;2002
:1st Collegiate Points Race National Championships
:1st 2002 International Pursuit
;2005
:1st Barrio Logan GP
:2nd Garrett Lemire Memorial Grand Prix
:2nd Ontario Mid Season Criterium
;2006
:1st MLK Criterium
:1st Wings Memorial Day Criterium
:1st Dominguez Hills 100k Criterium
:1st Warner Center Criterium
:1st Ontario Criterium, Race 1
:1st Barry Wolfe Track Race
:1st Stage 4, Tour of the Gila
;2007
:1st
CSC Invitational
:1st Chevron Manhattan Beach Grand Prix
:1st Stage 3, Valley of the Sun Stage Race
:2nd U.S. National 40 Km Madison Championships
:2nd Stage 3, Tri-peaks Challenge
:2nd Walterboro Cycling Classic
;2008
:1st
United States National Criterium Championships The United States National Criterium Championships are held annually and run by the national governing body, USA Cycling.
The event has formerly been held at venues including Denver, Colorado, Downers Grove, Illinois, and Glencoe, Illinois. The 201 ...
:1st Athens Twilight Criterium
:1st Chevron Manhattan Beach Grand Prix
:1st Cross Roads Classic Statesville Criterium
:1st Stage 2, International Cycling Classic-Superweek
:1st Stage 5, International Cycling Classic-Superweek
:1st Paramount Criterium
:1st Ontario Criterium, Race 1
:1st Roger Millikan Memorial Criterium
:2nd Best Sprinter Competition International Cycling Classic-Superweek
:2nd Ontario Criterium, Race 2
:2nd Skyscraper Harlem Cycling Classic
:2nd Stage 2, Tour de Murrieta
;2009
:1st Dana Point GP
:1st Chevron Manhattan Beach Grand Prix
:1st Davis Criterium
:1st San Luis Obispo Criterium
;2010
:1st
Redlands Bicycle Classic
The Redlands Bicycle Classic is a cycling stage race located in Redlands, California, United States that has been held since 1985. It consists of three road races, an individual time trial and a criterium
A criterium, or crit, is a bike race ...
Criterium
:2nd Downtown Long Beach Criterium
:1st Tour of America's Dairyland Criterium, Race 3
:1st Tour of America's Dairyland Criterium, Race 6
2011
:3rd Sunny King Criterium
:1st Red Trolley Criterium
:1st Tour de Murrieta Criterium
:2nd San Rafael Twilight Criterium
2012
:1st Tour of Americas Dairyland Criterium
:5th Glencoe Grand Prix Criterium NCC
:2nd Barry Wolfe Grand Prix Criterium
:3rd Tour de Murrieta , CCR
2013
:1st Carlsbad Grand Prix Criterrium
:1st THF Realty Gateway Cup Criterium
:2nd THF Realty Gateway Cup Criterium
:2nd THF Realty Gateway Cup Criterium
:1st THF Realty Gateway Cup Criterium
:4th USA Cycling Elite Mass Start Track Nationals
:5th Alexian Brothers Tour of Elk Grove
:4th 2013 USA Cycling Amateur Criterium
:4th Tour of Americas Dairyland Criterium
:2nd Tour of Americas Dairyland Criterium
:5th Tour of Americas Dairyland Criterium Ncc Stage
:1st LA Circuit Race Road Race
:3rd Old Pueblo Grand Prix Criterium Ncc 2
:1st 3rd Annual NOW Energy Bar Criterium
:3rd 2013 Roger Millikan Memorial Criterium
References
External links
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American male cyclists
Cyclists from California
People from Lynwood, California
Living people
1982 births