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 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

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