The 2018 UCI Road World Championships kicks off on Sunday September 23rd 2018 with the Team Time Trial in Innsbruck, Austria. Between the 23rd and 30th of September, Team USA will have athletes competing in a total of twelve races categories; Elite Men, Elite Women, Junior Men, Junior Women and U23 Men across the disciplines of Individual Time Trial (ITT), Team Time Trial (TTT) and Road Race.
With climbs that take riders through the heart of the Alps, including approximately 5,000 meters of altitude gain in the Elite Men’s Road Race, Innsbruck-Tirol is considered one of the top ten most difficult World Championships courses.
How to Watch
All races will be LIVE streamed on USA Cycling’s Facebook page as well as broadcast on the Olympic Channel (check your local listings).
Team USA Roster:
Individual Time Trial
Junior Women:
Abigail Youngwerth* (Boise, Idaho; Sho-Air Twenty-Twenty Development)
Jasmine Soh (Olympia, Wash.; V.C. Cascade/Slocum Center)
Junior Men:
Riley Sheehan* (Boulder, Colo.; Lux Cycling)
Michael Garrison (Decatur, Ga.; Holowesko/Citadel pb Hincapie Racing)
U23 Men:
Gage Hecht* (Parker, Colo.; Aevolo Cycling)
Brandon McNulty* (Phoenix, Ariz.; Rally Cycling)
Elite Women:
Amber Neben* (Lake Forest, Calif.; PX4 Sports)
Tayler Wiles (Fairfax, Calif.; Trek Drops)
Leah Thomas (Boulder Creek, Calif.; UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)
Elite Men:
Joey Rosskopf* (Decatur, Ga.; BMC Racing Team)
Tejay Van Garderen (Aspen, Colo.; BMC Racing Team)
ROAD RACE
Junior Women:
Katie Clouse* (Park City, Utah; DNA Cycling)
Abigail Youngwerth (Boise, Idaho; Sho-Air Twenty-Twenty Development)
Jasmine Soh (Olympia Wash.; V.C. Cascade/Slocum Center)
Gabrielle Lehnert (Eugene, Ore.; Amy D. Foundation)
Junior Men:
Quinn Simmons* (Durango, Colo.; Lux Cycling)
Andrew Vollmer* (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.; Lux Cycling)
Sean Quinn (Sherman Oaks, Calif.; Lux Cycling)
Riley Sheehan (Boulder, Colo.; Lux Cycling)
Kevin Vermaerke (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif; Lux Cycling)
Kendrick Boots (Centennial, Colo.; Aevolo Cycling)
U23 Men:
Jonathan Brown* (Knoxville, Tenn; Hagens Berman Axeon)
Alex Hoehn* (Lenexa, Kan.; Aevolo Cycling)
Brandon McNulty (Phoenix, Ariz.; Rally Cycling)
Sean Bennett (El Cerrito, Calif.; Hagens Berman Axeon)
Neilson Powless (Roseville, Calif.; Team Lotto NL – Jumbo)
Automatic qualifiers are noted with an asterisk (*).
Elite Women:
Coryn Rivera* (Newport Beach, Calif.; Team Sunweb)
Megan Guarnier* (Glen Falls, N.Y.; Boels-Dolmans)
Alexis Ryan* (Ventura, Calif.; Canyon-SRAM)
Katharine Hall (Saratoga, Calif.; UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)
Tayler Wiles (Fairfax, Calif.; Trek Drops)
Ruth Winder (Lafayette, Calif.; Team Sunweb)
Leah Thomas (Boulder Creek, Calif.; UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)
Elite Men:
Ben King* (Richmond Va.; Team Dimension Data)
Sepp Kuss (Durango, Colo.; Team LottoNL – Jumbo)
Brent Bookwalter (Asheville, N.C.; BMC Racing Team)
Peter Stetina (Boulder, Colo.; Trek-Segafredo
Note: William Barta automatically qualified for the U23 Men’s Road Race but declined his nomination.
The USA Cycling 2018 Road World Championships selection criteria is available here.
The USA Cycling 2018 Road World Championships Junior and U23 team information is available here.
To cheer for Team USA at the 2018 World Championships, please follow @UCI_Cycling and @USACyclingLIVE on Twitter. For more about the 2018 UCI Road World Championships, please visit the event website at https://www.innsbruck-tirol2018.com/.
Please contact Kelly Fox with questions at apalermo@usacycling.org
