Team USA Recap: Courtney & Swenson win MTB World Championship Titles; McNulty wins GP Montréal; Riccitello Best Young Rider at Vuelta

(August 23-September 14) – Three Americans finished in the top 10 at this year’s Tour of Spain, which ended Sunday in Madrid after three weeks of racing.

Matthew Riccitello (Israel-Premier Tech) was the top-placing American, finishing 5^th and earning the Best Young Rider’s jersey, which he clinched on the second to last day of racing. The 23-year-old came in 5:55 behind this year’s Vuelta winner, Jonas Vingegaard. 

Sepp Kuss (Team Visma|Lease a Bike), who rode in support of Vingegaard, placed 7^th and teammate Matteo Jorgenson (Team Visma|Lease a Bike) was 10^th. Kevin Vermaerke (Team Picnic PostNL) placed 20^th. No other country competing at the Vuelta had four riders in the top 20 -- or three in the top 10.  

Results here

(September 2-7) – Megan Jastrab (Team Picnic PostNL) had one of the best results of her career, placing 3^rd at this year’s Simac Ladies Tour. The six-day, mostly flat race began in Leuven, Belgium, then moved on to the Netherlands and ended in Lichtenvoorde. Lily Williams (Human Powered Health) was 9^th.

“Getting a podium in the GC at a WorldTour race is something I didn’t think was possible,” said the 23-year-old Jastrab. “I’m so thankful to the girls and the team for their belief and support this week!”

Results here

(September 6) – At the season’s only UCI ProSeries one-day race in the US, Brandon McNulty (USA Cycling) placed 4^th and Larry Warbasse (Tudor Pro Cycling) was 7^th in a fiercely-contested, rain-soaked Maryland Cycling Classic. The men’s race featured six laps (107 miles) on a 17.9 mile circuit through downtown Baltimore. In the final sprint of seven riders, France’s Sandy DuJardin (Team TotalEnergies) took the win.

In the women’s race, Americans captured three of the top-10 spots including a podium finish at the inaugural women’s Maryland Cycling Classic. Emma Langley (Aegis Cycling Foundation) placed 3rd, followed by Natalie Quinn (Cynisca Cycling) in 6^th and Kenna Pfeiffer (USA Cycling) in 10^th. The four lap, 71.6 mile women’s race came down to a three-person sprint, with Poland’s Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) crossing the line first.

Results: Men | Women

(September 14) – Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) rode side by side with teammate and Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar for the last few hundred meters of GP Montréal, crossing the line first as Pogačar saluted him. The two rode the last few laps together, working toward McNulty’s victory.

US Road national champion Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) was 3^rd, coming in just over a minute later, while Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) was 4^th. It was an incredibly challenging circuit race for the riders, who tackled 17 hilly laps of 12.3 km each through Montréal, for a total of 209.1 kilometers.

Results here

(September 14) – Twenty-seven riders earned national championship jerseys at this year’s Gran Fondo National Championships, hosted by Gran Fondo National Series. Cyclists took on 87.3 miles with more than 8,400 feet of climbing over five timed segments. 

Results here

(August 31-September 14) – Team USA came home with three World Championship titles, two silver medals and a bronze at the 2025 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Switzerland. 

Americans Kate Courtney (She Sends Racing) and Keegan Swenson (htSQD) won world championship titles in elite women’s and men’s Cross-Country Marathon (XCM), each dominating over 125 kilometers of racing from Verbier to Grimentz. Courtney, who won the 2018 XCO World Championship, came in three minutes ahead of the field.

Richie Rude, Jr. (Yeti Fox Factory Race Team) kicked off Team USA’s gold medal efforts, winning the Elite Men’s Enduro at the beginning of the championships.

Vida Lopez de San Roman (Trinity Racing) earned silver in U23 Women’s XCO, while former short track world champion Christopher Blevins (Specialized Factory Racing) took silver in Elite Men’s XCC, narrowly missing out on gold to his teammate Victory Koretzky. 

Aletha Ostgaard (Canyon CLLCTV Factory Team) won bronze in junior women’s DH. It was her first time at World Championships and she was just two seconds behind the winner.

Team USA also had a slew of top 10 finishes over the two weeks of racing. Anna Newkirk(Frameworks Racing/5Dev) finished 8^th in elite women’s DH, while Dylan Maples (Commencal Muc-Off), Luca Shaw (Canyon Collective Factory Team) and Dakotah Norton (Mondraker Factory Racing) placed 6^th, 8^th and 9^th in elite men’s DH. 

Savilia Blunk (Decathlon Ford Racing Team) was 6^th in elite women’s XCC and 5^th in elite women’s XCO. 

In the Cross Country Mixed Team Relay, where one rider from each category completes one lap of the XCO course, Team USA earned a hard-fought sixth place with the squad of Daniel English (U23 men), Benjamin Bravman (junior men), Haley Batten (elite women), Ingrid McElroy (junior women), Vida Lopez de San Roman (U23 women) and Riley Amos (elite men). 

Race Recaps: XCM| DH| XCC| Team Relay | Junior XCO | Elite W/ U23M XCO| Elite M/ U23W| Results

(September 6-7) – Stop number one in the Cyclocross National Series kicked off with a weekend of C2 racing at Country Cross in Montana. Saturday’s pro racing saw Canadian Sidney McGill (Lastig Offroad Racing) win the women’s race, followed by Anna Megale(Competitive Edge) in 2^nd and Kaya Musgrave (Pure Energy Drink/Haro Bikes) in 3^rd. 

Luke Walter (Pure Energy Drink/Haro Bikes) won the elite men’s race, followed by Caleb Swartz (Mondraker/Forward Endurance Coaching) and Tobin Ortenblad (Santa Cruz SRAM htSQD) in 2^nd and 3^rd. 

Day two saw McGill take the elite women’s win again, followed by Kaya Musgrave and Anna Megale in 2^nd and 3^rd. Caleb Swartz earned the men’s elite win on day two, beating Luke Walter by just under four seconds, with Tobin Ortenblad placing 3^rd. 

Results here

(September 13-14) – Stop number two of the Cyclocross National Series for the Trek USCX Series was a UCI C1/C2 race weekend at Fallon Park. Pros and amateurs competed at Go Cross, with Andrew Strohmeyer (CXD Trek Bikes) and Maghalie Rochette (SRAM/Seeker) taking the elite men’s and women’s victories on both days.

Saturday’s elite men’s race saw Eric Brunner (Competitive Edge Racing) place 2^nd and Tyler Clark (Caledon Hills Armada) 3^rd. In the elite women’s race, Mia Aseltine (Competitive Edge Racing) was 2^nd and Manon Bakker (Crelan-Corredon) was 3^rd. 

On Day 2, Brunner placed 2^nd again while Kerry Werner, Jr. (Velo Mafia p/b Bikeflights) was 3^rd. Bakker placed 2^nd again behind Rochette in the elite women’s race and Caroline Mani(Velo Mafia) was 3^rd. 

The series continues with stop number three at Rochester Cyclocross, September 20-21, in Rochester, NY.

Results here

(September 11-14) – Cyclists from around the country competed at this year’s Collegiate Track National Championships over four days of racing at the Major Taylor Velodrome in Indianapolis. 

Marian University took top honors in the Varsity Team Omnium, while Rice University won the Club Team Omnium title. Milligan University and Colorado Mesa placed 2^nd and 3^rd in Varsity Team Omnium. Purdue University and Indiana University were 2^nd and 3^rd in Club Team Omnium.

Marian University’s Stephanie Lawrence and Fred Meredith won the individual women’s and men’s Omnium National titles. Lawrence earned wins in the Sprint and Scratch race, while Meredith won Men’s Scratch.

Javiera Munoz (Milligan University) and Mia Deye (Colorado Mesa University) were 2^nd and 3^rd in women’s individual Omnium. Milligan University’s Brody McDonald and Dillon Gearywere 2^nd and 3^rd in men’s individual Omnium. 

Race Recap | Results here