The 2024 UCI Road and Para-Cycling Road World Championships are headed to Zurich, Switzerland for the first combined World Championships. Athletes will compete in the Individual Time Trial, Road Race, and Team Time Trial/Relay across the Junior, U23, Elite, and Para-Cycling categories.
After a big World Tour season and the Olympics this year, the team is ready to close out the season with the World Championships. Paris 2024 Olympians Matteo Jorgenson (Boise, Idaho; Visma - Lease A Bike), Brandon McNulty(Phoenix, Ariz.; Team UAE), and Magnus Sheffield (Pittsford, N.Y.; Ineos Grenadiers) will compete in their respective events.
Road Race National Champion Sean Quinn (Sherman Oaks, Calif.; EF Education-EasyPost) will compete at the World Championships after completing his first Tour de France this year. He will be joining his teammate Neilson Powless (Roseville, Calif.; EF Education-EasyPost) on the World Championships roster.
Last year in Glasgow was Kevin Vermaerke’s (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.; Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) first Elite Road World Championships, where he proved he had the legs to compete at the front of the peloton. Riley Sheehan (Boulder, Colo.; Israel – Premier Tech) will compete in his first Elite Road World Championships after an impressive season. Quinn Simmons (Durango, Colo.; Lidl-Trek) has had a tough year and took a step back from racing but will make his return at the World Championships.
Headlining the women’s team are none other than Olympic Road Race Champion Kristen Faulkner (Homer, Alaska; EF-Oatly-Cannondale) and Olympic Time Trial Bronze Medalist Chloe Dygert (Brownsburg, Ind.; CANYON//SRAM Racing).
Ruth Edwards (Nederland, Colo.; Human Powered Health Cycling) will return to the World Championships after briefly retiring in 2021. She proved she’s stronger than ever by pushing Faulkner to the limit at the 2024 USA Cycling Pro Road National Championships, ultimately claiming silver. She’ll be joined in the road race by her American teammates Emily Ehrlich(Greenville, S.C.; Team Twenty24), Heidi Franz (Seattle, Wash.; Lifeplus - Wahoo), and Lauren Stephens (Dallas; Cynisca Cycling). Dygert, Ehrlich, Edwards, and Amber Neben (Irvine, Calif.) will represent the U.S. in the Time Trial.
The Under-23 and Junior categories are some of the strongest the U.S. has had in years and will be sure to put on a show in Zurich. Ashlin Barry (Toronto, Ont.; EF Education-ONTO) won both the Junior Road Race and Time Trial National Championships and will be one to watch. Road Race National Champions Gavin Hlady (Riverside, Calif.; Aevolo Cycling Team) and Alyssa Sarkisov (North Potomic, Md.; dcdevo Racing Academy) will lead the U23 Men’s and Junior Women’s teams. Time Trial National Champions Artem Shmidt (Cumming, Ga.; Hagens Berman Jayco), and Lidia Cusack (Chevy Chase, Md.; dcdevo Racing Academy) will also be key contenders.
The Team USA roster is as follows:
Matteo Jorgenson (Boise, Idaho; Visma - Lease A Bike) - Road Race
Brandon McNulty (Phoenix, Ariz.; Team UAE) - Road Race, Time Trial
Neilson Powless (Roseville, Calif.; EF Education-EasyPost) - Road Race
Riley Sheehan (Boulder, Colo.; Israel – Premier Tech) - Road Race
Magnus Sheffield (Pittsford, N.Y.; Ineos Grenadiers) - Road Race, Time Trial
Quinn Simmons (Durango, Colo.; Lidl-Trek) - Road Race
Kevin Vermaerke (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.; Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) - Road Race
Larry Warbasse (Traverse City, Mich.; Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) - Road Race
Chloe Dygert (Brownsburg, Ind.; CANYON//SRAM Racing) - Road Race, Time Trial
Ruth Edwards (Nederland, Colo.; Human Powered Health Cycling) - Road Race, Time Trial
Emily Ehrlich (Greenville, S.C.; Team Twenty24) - Road Race, Time Trial
Kristen Faulkner (Homer, Alaska; EF-Oatly-Cannondale) - Road Race
Heidi Franz (Seattle, Wash.; Lifeplus - Wahoo) - Road Race
Amber Neben (Irvine, Calif.) - Time Trial
Lauren Stephens (Dallas; Cynisca Cycling) - Road Race
AJ August (Pittsford, N.Y.; Ineos Grenadiers) - Road Race, Time Trial
Gavin Hlady (Riverside, Calif.; Aevolo Cycling Team) - Road Race
Cole Kessler (Newbury Park, Calif.; Lidl-Trek) - Road Race
Artem Shmidt (Cumming, Ga.; Hagens Berman Jayco) - Road Race, Time Trial
Colby Simmons (Durango, Colo.; Visma – Leas A Bike Developemnt) - Road Race
Gray Barnett (Greenville, S.C.; EF Education-ONTO) - Road Race
Ashlin Barry (Toronto, Ont.; EF Education-ONTO) - Road Race, Time Trial
Peyton Burckel (Lancombe, La.; EF Education-ONTO) - Road Race
Braden Reitz (Carmel, Ind.; DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE NEWGEN) - Road Race
Noah Streif (Boise, Idaho; EF Education-ONTO) - Road Race
Lidia Cusack (Chevy Chase, Md.; dcdevo Racing Academy) - Road Race, Time Trial
Helena Jones (Boulder, Colo.; Team Twenty24) - Road Race, Time Trial
Vida Lopez de San Roman (Sebastopol, Calif.; Bear National Team) - Road Race
Alyssa Sarkisov (North Potomic, Md.; dcdevo Racing Academy) - Road Race
*Megan Jastrab declined her road race nomination, Kristen Faulkner and Taylor Knibb both declined their Time Trial nominations.
*As of 9/9, Sean Quinn denied his road race nomination.
