USA Cycling has confirmed its choice for the street occasions on the Paris 2024 Olympics, with triathlete and newly topped nationwide time trial champion Taylor Knibb becoming a member of Chloe Dygert within the ladies’s group.
The males’s squad consists of Matteo Jorgenson, Brandon McNulty and Magnus Sheffield. Jorgenson will focus solely on the street race, whereas McNulty and Sheffield will double up with the time trial.
Dygert was the US first rider to qualify for the Olympics after profitable the world time trial title in Scotland final summer time. The Canyon-SRAM rider will line out as a favorite within the time trial, and he or she may even participate within the street race and the group pursuit. Dygert is lining out in her third Olympic Games, having beforehand gained a silver medal within the group pursuit in Rio and a bronze in the identical occasion in Tokyo three years in the past.
Knibb of Trek Factory Racing certified for the second and last spot on the US ladies’s group by profitable the person time trial within the nationwide championships in Charleston final month. USA Cycling confirmed on Friday night that she’s going to compete within the time trial and street race in Paris, in addition to within the triathlon.
Knibb gained a triathlon silver medal within the blended relay on the Tokyo Olympics, and he or she was the Ironman 70.3 world champion in each 2022 and 2023.
“Cycling has a really steep studying curve, and I’m concurrently excited and nervous for what lies forward,” Knibb mentioned in a press release launched by USA Cycling.
McNulty was a powerful performer on the Tokyo Olympics three years in the past, putting sixth in a dramatic males’s street race, and the UAE Team Emirates rider had made the Paris Games the focus of his season.
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The Arizonan gained the time trial eventually month’s nationwide championships, persevering with a wonderful run of 2024 kind that has seen him accumulate six victories. McNulty is not going to journey the Tour de France, permitting him to tailor his preparation in the direction of Paris.
“I used to be actually excited to go to the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo. That high end result – sixth within the street race – simply motivates me all of the extra,” McNulty mentioned. “The race was tremendous aggressive, I relive it on a regular basis. At house in Arizona and Girona, I’m already coaching with 100% concentrate on Paris. My aim? Bring again a medal!”
Sheffield earned his choice with a collection of wonderful time trial shows in 2024, together with second place behind McNulty within the self-discipline on the Tour de Romandie. The Ineos rider additionally positioned third within the stage 7 time trial on the Giro d’Italia.
Jorgenson might be a key a part of Visma-Lease a Bike’s Tour de France squad after having fun with a outstanding season to this point, through which he adopted general victory at Paris-Nice with a win at Dwars door Vlaanderen and second place on the Critérium du Dauphiné. He will line out among the many favourites within the street race.
“The Olympics have been all the time part of my childhood,” Jorgenson mentioned. “I keep in mind spending total summers watching sports activities I had by no means heard of and admiring the athletes. For positive it had a giant impact on me and was one of many causes I made a decision to pursue a profession as a professional athlete. Being in a position to race in Paris, particularly following the very best 12 months of my profession, is a dream come true.”
The biking schedule in Paris marks a change from the final 5 Olympics, with the time trials now previous the street races. The males’s and ladies’s time trials each happen on Saturday, July 27, the day after the opening ceremony. The males’s street race is about for Saturday, August 3, with the ladies’s street race the next day.