USA Cycling announced its road teams for the first unified UCI World Championships set to take place in Glasgow, Scotland in August.
Currently racing at the Tour de France and in the lead of the mountains classification, Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) is the top-ranked rider in the elite men’s team. Road and time trial national champion Chloé Dygert (Canyon-SRAM) leads the women’s team.
Also making the cut for the elite men are Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar), who put on a solo show on the Puy de Dôme stage of the Tour de France but was caught within the final 400 metres of the stage.
Joining him will be US road race champion Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek), who was forced out of the Tour de France due to crash injuries, Magnus Sheffield (Ineos Grenadiers), Sean Quinn (EF-EasyPost) and Lawson Craddock (Jayco-AlUla).
Sheffield and national time trial champion Brandon McNulty, winner of stage 15 of the Giro d’Italia, will represent the USA in the time trial.
Dygert will compete in both the time trial and road race. She will be joined by Veronica Ewers and Lauren Stephens (EF Education-Tibco-SVB), Coryn Labecki (Jumbo-Visma), Megan Jastrab (Team DSM), Heidi Franz (DNA), and Skylar Schneider (L39ion of LA) in the road race.
Racing the time trial along with Dygert are Kristin Faulkner (Jayco-AlUla) and two-time world champion Amber Neben.
The UCI has yet to create a separate race for under-23 women, but Jastrab will be the sole rider from the USA eligible for the title that is awarded for the top under-23 finisher in the elite women’s race.
There are 32 riders on the USA Cycling road team for the UCI World Championships, which take place between August 3 and 13th in Glasgow, with competitions for road cycling, track cycling, mountain bike cross country, downhill and marathon, BMX and BMX freestyle flatland and park, para-cycling road and track and indoor cycling and trials.
USA Cycling for 2023 Road World Championships
- Lawson Craddock (Jayco-AlUla) – Road Race
- Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar Team) – Road Race
- Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) – Time Trial
- Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) – Road Race
- Sean Quinn (EF Education-EasyPost) – Road Race
- Magnus Sheffield (Ineos Grenadiers) – Time Trial & Road Race
- Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) – Road Race
- Chloé Dygert (Canyon-SRAM Racing) – Time Trial & Road Race
- Veronica Ewers (EF Education-TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank) – Road Race
- Kristen Faulkner (Team BikeExchange-Jayco) – Time Trial
- Heidi Franz (DNA Pro…
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