Rahsaan Bahati

Rahsaan Bahati (born February 13, 1982 in Lynwood, California) is an American racing cyclist 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 racing and track cycling. 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 six champion cyclists that share his inner-city Los Angeles roots.

Bahati attended Indiana University 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 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 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