Getting Ready For The 2015 Cycling Road World Championships in Richmond

A Preview of the Hardest Hill Climbs in the Road Race

AEI will be covering all the racing action starting on September 19th through the 27th.

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USA Cycling has selected the TEAM USA members for the Worlds. Virginia’s own Ben King will ride for Team USA in the Elite Men’s road race. It looks like he may be the only Virginian selected.

Taylor Phinney (Boulder, CO / BMC Racing Team) was selected for the Elite Men’s Road Race and the Elite Men’s Individual Time Trial.

See the roster:

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)

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