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A former Wall Street analyst will lead the US at the upcoming cycling world championships in Richmond
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Evelyn Stevens with Team USA at a training camp for the UCI Road World Championships in Richmond, Virginia, in October 2014.
USA Cycling has announced which riders will race for Team USA at the upcoming UCI Road World Championships in Richmond, Virginia, September 20-27.
Headlining the US team are Evelyn Stevens, Kristin Armstrong, and Taylor Phinney — who are among the sport's best.
Stevens, a former Wall Street analyst, has won several national titles and beaten the world's best in major races in Europe.
In Richmond she will be targeting the team time trial, the individual time trial, and the elite women's road race.
Armstrong is one of the most decorated cyclists, and one of the best American cyclists ever. She won gold at the London Olympics in the time trial and has claimed several and world national titles.
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Team USA's best shot at medaling at cycling worlds is with Evie Stevens and Kristin Armstrong.
Phinney is one of the US's top talents who has won multiple Olympic and national titles on the track and has had a successful if injury-marred transition to the road.
Last year he seriously injured his leg in a crash and has been trying to get back to the top of the sport. He will be targeting the team time trial, the individual time trial, and the elite men's road race.
Cycling worlds, which leave Europe only occasionally, are extra important for American riders and fans this year: It's just the second time they've been held on US soil — you have to go back 29 years for the first visit, to Colorado Springs, Colorado.
"To have worlds in the US — wow!" Stevens told Business Insider after she previewed the worlds course in October. "I feel lucky just having it in my career. Next year is the year going into the Olympics, so the world championships are always a really big goal in that year.
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Taylor Phinney and Evelyn Stevens pose for a selfie in Richmond, Virginia, in October 2014 after riding the 2015 UCI Road World Championships course.
"I've never met a woman racer who doesn't want to win worlds. We don’t have the three-week Tour de France [as the men have]," Stevens added.
"We have World Cup races and we have the Giro, which there's not a ton of coverage of," she said. "And to be racing here with your stars-and-stripes on, in your home country, it's fantastic."
This year's nine-day, 12-race event showcases 1,000 cyclists from 75 countries, with historic Richmond, Virginia, playing host September 20-27.
Organizers expect 450,000 on-site spectators and 300 million people to see the races televised worldwide.
Here's the full statement with rosters from USA Cycling:
UCI Road World Championships rosters named
(Sept. 4, 2015) – USA Cycling announced Friday the first 29 members of the 2015 UCI Road World Championships roster, naming 16 men and 13 women who make up the elite, U23 and juniors road race and time trial teams.
USA Cycling will name the remaining elite men’s road race and time trial spots prior to the UCI mandated deadline of Sept. 11.
The 2015 UCI Road World Championships will run Sept. 20-27 in Richmond, Va. This is the first UCI Road World Championships held on American soil since the 1986 edition in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Sixteen of the allotted 37 road race and time trial spots are automatic bids, while Carmen Small (Durango, Colo./Bigla Pro Cycling Team) earned a women’s individual time trial bid by winning the Continental Championship in May.
Team USA roster:
Elite Men – Road Race
Brent Bookwalter (Asheville, N.C./BMC Racing Team)
Tyler Farrar (Seattle, Wash./MTN-Qhubeka)
Alex Howes (Boulder, Colo./Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling)
Ben King (North Garden, Va./Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling)
Taylor Phinney (Boulder, Colo./BMC Racing Team)
(Final spot to be named by Sept. 11)
Elite Men – Individual Time Trial
Taylor Phinney (Boulder, Colo./BMC Racing Team)
(Final spot to be named by Sept. 11)
Elite Women – Road Race
Allie Dragoo (Grand Rapids, Mich./TWENTY16 p/b SHO-AIR)
Megan Guarnier (Queensbury, N.Y./Boels Dolmans Cycling Team)*
Shelley Olds (Gilroy, Calif./Ale Cipollini)*
Coryn Rivera (Tustin, Calif./UnitedHealthcare)*
Lauren Stephens (Dallas, Texas/Team TIBCO-SVB)
Evelyn Stevens (San Francisco, Calif./Boels Dolmans Cycling Team)*
Tayler Wiles (Fairfax, Calif./Velocio-SRAM)
Elite Women – Individual Time Trial
Kristin Armstrong (Boise, Idaho/TWENTY16 p/b SHO-AIR)*
Carmen Small (Durango, Colo./Bigla Pro Cycling Team)^
Evelyn Stevens (San Francisco, Calif./Boels Dolmans Cycling Team)*
U23 Men – Road Race
Greg Daniel (Englewood, Colo./Axeon Cycling Team)
Daniel Eaton (Mesa, Ariz./Axeon Cycling Team)
Colin Joyce (Pocatello, Idaho/California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized)*
Logan Owen (Bremerton, Wash./Axeon Cycling Team)
Tyler Williams (Santa Rosa, Calif./BMC Development Team)
U23 Men – Individual Time Trial
Greg Daniel (Englewood, Colo./Axeon Cycling Team)
Daniel Eaton (Mesa, Ariz./Axeon Cycling Team)*
Junior Men – Road
Chris Blevins (Durango, Colo./Team Specialized Racing)
Jonny Brown (Covington, Tenn./Hot Tubes Development Cycling Team)*
Adrien Costa (Bend, Ore./California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized)*
Jack Maddux (Fresno, Calif./Hot Tubes Development Cycling Team)*
Brandon McNulty (Phoenix, Ariz./LUX-Specialized by Cynergy)*
Ethan Reynolds (Boise, Idaho/Hot Tubes Development Cycling Team)
Junior Men – Individual Time Trial
Adrien Costa (Bend, Ore./California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized)*
Brandon McNulty (Phoenix, Ariz./LUX-Specialized by Cynergy)*
Junior Women – Road Race
Chloe Dygert (Brownsburg, Ind./TWENTY16 Devo p/b SHO-AIR)*
Skylar Schneider (West Allis, Wis./ISCorp Cycling p/b SmartChoice MRI)
Emma White (Delanson, N.Y./Hot Tubes Development Cycling Team)
Ashlyn Woods (Winston Salem, N.C./Carolina Masters-PainPathways Cycling
Team)
Junior Women – Individual Time Trial
Chloe Dygert (Brownsburg, Ind./TWENTY16 Devo p/b SHO-AIR)*
Emma White (Delanson, N.Y./Hot Tubes Development Cycling Team)
* automatic nomination
^ Continental Champion
For full schedule of events, course information and more, visit Richmond2015.com. Tune in to all the action on Universal Sports Network, universalsports.com and the official Richmond 2015 app.
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