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Andrew Hood<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Updated September 1, 2026 02:43PM<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Olympic champions, Tour de France stars, and a mountain bike world champion turned road racer \u2014 USA Cycling is bringing a stacked team to Montr\u00e9al in pursuit of the rainbow jersey.<\/p>\n

With the UCI Road World Championships returning to North America for the first time since Richmond in 2015, the biggest names in U.S. cycling have circled this one on the calendar.<\/p>\n

Team USA will send 34 athletes across all categories to compete in Montr\u00e9al from September 20 to 27, with Matteo Jorgenson, Quinn Simmons, Brandon McNulty, Kristen Faulkner, and Kate Courtney headlining the elite road teams.<\/p>\n

The rainbow jersey ranks alongside the Tour de France yellow jersey as one of cycling\u2019s most prized tunics, and it has been decades since an American won the elite road race.<\/p>\n

Lance Armstrong was the last American man to win in 1993, while Beth Heiden remains the most recent American woman to claim the title all the way back in 1980.<\/p>\n

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This year\u2019s U.S. teams are packed with potential outsiders and race-breakers capable of challenging five-star favorites such as Wout van Aert, Remco Evenepoel, Lotte Kopecky, and Demi Vollering.<\/p>\n

Double Olympic gold medalist Kristen Faulkner headlines the women\u2019s team alongside the surprise addition of Kate Courtney, who recently pivoted from mountain biking and gravel to road racing after signing with FDJ United-Suez.<\/p>\n

Courtney, a former cross-country and marathon mountain bike world champion, won the U.S. road title earlier this season and will make her elite Road World Championships debut in Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n

Chasing the rainbow jersey<\/h2>\n

With two-time defending champion Tadej Poga\u010dar still a question mark after undergoing shoulder surgery Monday in Spain, the elite men\u2019s race could also be more open than expected.<\/p>\n

That uncertainty could create an opening for Simmons, who finished ninth at the 2024 worlds in Z\u00fcrich and has already shown he can thrive on Montr\u00e9al\u2019s grinding circuit.<\/p>\n

Simmons \u2014 a junior world champion \u2014 finished third at last year\u2019s GP Montr\u00e9al behind winner McNulty and Poga\u010dar on roads that closely mirror the worlds course.<\/p>\n

Quinn Simmons placed third on a similar course at the GP Montr\u00e9al last year.<\/span>\u00a0(Photo: Luc Claessen\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

McNulty and Jorgenson will give the United States two more proven WorldTour options, with both riders capable of attacking or supporting Simmons deep into the race.<\/p>\n

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Neilson Powless adds another proven championship performer, and his fifth at the 2021 worlds in Leuven remains the best result by an American elite man since 1999.<\/p>\n

U.S. time trial champion Artem Shmidt will carry the American colors against the clock after winning his first elite national title earlier this season. No American man has won the elite world time trial title, with Taylor Phinney\u2019s silver medal in 2012 remaining the country\u2019s closest result.<\/p>\n

Faulkner brings the biggest championship pedigree to the women\u2019s roster. The 2024 Olympic road race and team pursuit champion will chase another major international title in Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n

Courtney will make her road worlds debut alongside triathlete and Olympic time trialist Taylor Knibb, who will contest the individual time trial.<\/p>\n

Kate Courtney made a splash in the road scene this year, winning the national title.\u00a0<\/span> (Photo: Jan Kruger\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lauren Stephens and Grace Arlandson, teammates at Aegis X Leaders of Enchantment, complete the deep elite women\u2019s selection.<\/p>\n

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A few big names missing<\/h2>\n

Several prominent Americans are missing from the selection.<\/p>\n

Chlo\u00e9 Dygert, the 2024 road race silver medalist and a two-time world time trial champion, continues to recover from surgery.<\/p>\n

Sprinter Luke Lamperti was also left off the roster, while Sepp Kuss and Matthew Riccitello are racing the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a and their respective climbing profiles are not ideally suited to the Montr\u00e9al circuit.<\/p>\n

American riders face a deep historical drought in the road race.<\/p>\n

Greg LeMond remains the only American man to win two elite road titles, with the rainbow jersey in 1983 and 1989. Armstrong followed with victory in Oslo in 1993.<\/p>\n

Although Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and other results, his 1993 world championship remains on the official UCI results sheet.<\/p>\n

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Audrey McElmury in 1969 and Heiden in 1980 are the only American women to win the elite road race. Dygert came closest to ending that drought with silver in 2024.<\/p>\n

American women have enjoyed far more success in the time trial.<\/p>\n

Karen Kurreck won the inaugural women\u2019s title in 1994, followed by Mari Holden in 2000, Kristin Armstrong in 2006 and 2009, Amber Neben in 2008 and 2016, and Dygert in 2019 and 2023.<\/p>\n

Full rosters for 2026 Montr\u00e9al road worlds<\/h2>\n

The rising talent of tomorrow will also chase rainbow jerseys in Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n

U.S. champions Ashlin Barry and Kade Kreikemeier headline the U23 men\u2019s team, while Katherine Sarkisov and Kylee Hanel lead the U23 women.<\/p>\n

National champions Enzo Hincapie and Kashus Adamski anchor the junior men\u2019s selection. Sophia Wellmeier and Liliana Edwards will carry American hopes in the junior women\u2019s road race and time trial.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the full Montr\u00e9al selection:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Elite Men<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matteo Jorgenson<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nBoise, Idaho; Visma | Lease a Bike<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brandon McNulty<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nPhoenix, Ariz.; UAE Team Emirates-XRG<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race, Time Trial<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Neilson Powless<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nRoseville, Calif.; EF Education-EasyPost<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sean Quinn<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nLos Angeles, Calif.; EF Education-EasyPost<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Artem Shmidt<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nCumming, Ga.; Netcompany INEOS<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race, Time Trial<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Quinn Simmons<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nDurango, Colo.; Lidl-Trek<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kevin Vermaerke<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nRancho Santa Margarita, Calif.; UAE Team Emirates-XRG<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Larry Warbasse<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nTraverse City, Mich.; Tudor Pro Cycling Team<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elite Women<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grace Arlandson<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nBoulder, Colo.; Aegis X Leaders of Enchantment<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kate Courtney<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nKenfield, Calif.; FDJ United-Suez<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kristen Faulkner<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nHomer, Alaska; EF-Oatly-Cannondale<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race, Time Trial<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taylor Knibb<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nBoulder, Colo.<\/span><\/td>\nTime Trial<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alexis Magner<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nAthens, Ga.; EF-Oatly-Cannondale<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Natalie Quinn<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nHarrisville, Utah; Mayenne Pro Cycling<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lauren Stephens<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nDallas; Aegis X Leaders of Enchantment<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
U23 Men<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ashlin Barry<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nToronto, Ont.; Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race, Time Trial<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nathan Cusack<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nChevy Chase, Md.; EF Education-Aevolo<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kade Kreikemeier<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nFort Collins, Colo.; Meridian Racing<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race, Time Trial<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marcis Shelton<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nMill Valley, Calif.; Comp Edge Racing<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gavin Sherry<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nWest Hartford, Conn.; EF Education-Aevolo<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
U23 Women<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mia Aseltine<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nLittleton, Colo.; Comp Edge Racing<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lidia Cusack<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nChevy Chase, Md.; Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race, Time Trial<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kylee Hanel<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nPortland, Ore.; Aegis X Leaders of Enchantment<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race, Time Trial<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alyssa Sarkisov<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nNorth Potomic, Md.; CCB p\/b Levine Law Group Cycling<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Katherine Sarkisov<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nNorth Potomic, Md.; CCB p\/b Levine Law Group Cycling<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Junior Men<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kashus Adamski<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nBloomfield, Mich.; Hot Tubes Cycling<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race, Time Trial<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sylvan Garrelts<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nBrooklyn, N.Y.; Hot Tubes Cycling<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Enzo Hincapie<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nGreenville, S.C.; grenke \u2013 Auto Eder<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race, Time Trial<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cormac Nagle<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nBolton, Mass.; Hot Tubes Cycling<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rowan Nistal<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nBoise, Idaho; Bear National Team<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Junior Women<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Liliana Edwards<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nWashington, D.C.; CCB p\/b Levine Law Group Cycling<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race, Time Trial<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emma Jimenez Palos<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nMiami, Fla.; City Bikes<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race, Time Trial<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sofia Tripcevich<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nBerkeley, Calif.; Team California Academy<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sophia Wellmeier<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nCorta Madera, Calif.; Team California Academy<\/span><\/td>\nRoad Race<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Andrew Hood<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Updated September 1, 2026 02:43PM<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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