Pro Cycling History

Pro Cycling Tour (PCT) is the country's leading cycling marketing and event management company dedicated to the development of quality cycling events and programs in the United States. Based in the Philadelphia area, PCT creates and manages a variety of events and special programs for corporate sponsors, non-profit organizations and municipalities.

With over 40 years of combined cycling experience, the PCT team of marketing executives and operations experts --many of whom have worked together for over two decades -- formed the company in 2000. PCT operates under the guiding principle that cycling offers a unique platform to accomplish a variety of communications objectives for clients. As a sponsorship vehicle, PCT believes cycling offers uncluttered advertising, communications, marketing and brand-building opportunities to corporations looking for a unique sports sponsorship forum.

According to PCT president, David Chauner, “What sets PCT apart from other sports promotion companies, particularly in cycling, is that we develop our events to directly support our sponsors’ objectives. We are very sensitive to how the events will achieve tangible, quantifiable results while at the same time entertaining and educating the community about the sport.”

Background on PCT Key Principles:

David M. Chauner, President of Pro Cycling Tour LLC has been involved in the sport of cycling for over forty years as an athlete, author, broadcaster and producer of cycling events and programs, including international professional road races, velodrome programs and large scale recreational cycling events. In 1985 he co-founded and developed the first US Professional Cycling Road Championship in Philadelphia that has now become the longest running and most prestigious international cycling classic in the United States (Commerce Bank Philadelphia International Cycling Championship).

In addition to being founder and principal of several cycling businesses, Chauner served as Group Director overseeing the cycling division for Octagon, one of the world's largest sports marketing agencies and has worked with dozens of major corporations and media companies that sponsor cycling. Chauner is a member of the U.S. Professional Cycling Federation's Board of Directors, is a former Olympic cyclist (1968, 1972) and inductee into the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame (1998) and Lehigh Valley Velodrome Hall of Fame (2005).

Gerard F. Casale, Chief Operating Officer, has managed staging and logistics for cycling and other large-scale special events across the country in major markets including Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, San Jose and Washington D.C. in addition to the multi-day stage races, The Kmart Classic of West Virginia and the Inaugural Tour De Georgia. Casale has been Operations Director for Philadelphia’s USPRO Championship since he co-founded the event in 1985. As a Founder and President of Special Events Suppliers, Casale was in charge of staging the road and track cycling events for the 1996 Olympic Games and Para Olympic Games in Atlanta. He has also coordinated staging, crowd control, security and communications for major public events like the presidential inauguration parade, World Series victory parades, Fourth of July celebrations, Philadelphia's Vintage Grand Prix and more. Casale was also the Chief Mechanic for several USA National Teams at the World Professional Cycling Championships.