US riders have had a spot within the high groups {of professional} biking for many years, and lately have had the strongest crop of women and men because the nation’s heyday within the Lance Armstrong period.
The nation’s high rider is two-time Paris-Good winner Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), who heads up a gaggle of 16 People within the WorldTour.
There are 12 males and 4 ladies within the WorldTour on 10 totally different groups.
Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike)
Matteo Jorgenson was born in Walnut Creek, California however grew up in Boise, Idaho. He got here up the ranks by the Sizzling Tubes Improvement Workforce and signed with Jelly Stomach-Maxxis in 2018. Jorgenson joined his first European staff in 2019 with the French Chambéry Cyclisme Formation and did a stint with AG2R La Mondiale as a trainee. He raced with Movistar from 2020-2023 earlier than signing with Visma-Lease a Bike.
Jorgenson gained the factors classification within the Tour de l’Avenir in 2019 and proved himself on the high degree in 2023 when he gained the Tour of Oman general. His profession progressed additional when he signed with Visma-Lease a Bike that 12 months, happening to win Dwars door Vlaanderen. Not content material to be a high one-day racer, Jorgenson gained Paris-Good and completed second general within the Critérium du Dauphiné. He completed eighth within the Tour de France whereas supporting Jonas Vingegaard in 2024. The tall, ginger-haired all-rounder then scored a second general title at Paris-Good in 2025.
Chloé Dygert (Canyon-SRAM Racing)
The Olympic Workforce Pursuit champion from Brownsburg, Indiana has had a tough go along with her highway profession, having withstood a number of debilitating accidents in between successes. Chloé Dygert gained the time trial title within the UCI Highway World Championships in 2019 however crashed in 2020 and suffered an enormous gash that lower by her left leg quadricep muscle groups.
The crash delayed her begin with Canyon-SRAM, however she returned to racing for the Tokyo Olympics. She gained the US nationwide time trial title and gained the bronze medal within the Workforce Pursuit in Tokyo. She solely raced as soon as in 2022, however by 2023 she was almost again to full energy, taking double nationwide titles and a stage of the RideLondon Classique.
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She got here again to reclaim the World TT title in 2023. Different highway accomplishments embrace the Tour of Colorado and all 4 levels, the Joe Martin stage race in 2019 and a stage of the Tour Down Beneath in 2025.
Magnus Sheffield (Ineos Grenadiers)
Hailing from Pittsford, New York, Magnus Sheffield made a serious home splash by profitable the Valley of the Solar Stage Race as a 17-year-old. He signed with Rally Biking for 2021 however left the staff mid-season. He began with Ineos Grenadiers in 2022 and gained De Brabantse Pijl six days earlier than his twentieth birthday, then took a silver medal within the elite males’s ITT at highway nationals.
Sheffield was concerned within the Tour de Suisse crash that claimed the lifetime of Gino Mäder in 2023 and spent three months away from racing. His subsequent victory got here in 2025 on the ultimate stage of Paris-Good, dedicating the victory to Mäder.
Brandon McNulty (UAE Workforce Emirates XRG)
Phoenix, Arizona’s Brandon McNulty started his profession with the Rally Biking staff and got here away with the silver medal on the UCI Highway World Championships within the under-23 time trial in addition to the US TT title. He gained worthwhile worldwide expertise with Rally together with the general victory within the Giro di Sicilia in 2019. He signed with UAE Workforce Emirates in 2020 and supported Tadej Pogačar in his Tour de France victory in 2021.
McNulty gained a stage of Paris-Good, Faun-Ardéche and the Trofeo Calvia in 2022, and his first Grand Tour stage in 2023 on the Giro d’Italia. A stage and general win within the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, McNulty began a profitable 2024 season that additionally included a stage within the UAE Tour, third general in Paris-Good, the GP Miguel Indurain, a stage of the Tour de Romandie, the primary stage and first chief’s jersey within the Vuelta a España, and the general win and a stage of the CRO Race.
Neilson Powless (EF Schooling-EasyPost)
The one Native American within the WorldTour, Neilson Powless developed below Axel Merckx’s staff, proving himself towards WorldTour execs in 2016, ending ninth as the perfect younger rider within the Tour of California in addition to profitable the Joe Martin Stage Race, a stage of the Tour de l’Avenir and Tour de Beauce. In 2017, he gained levels of the Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux and Giro Bio, completed fourth general and gained the youth classification within the Tour of Utah, incomes his first WorldTour contract with LottoNL-Jumbo for 2018-2019.
After two comparatively unfruitful seasons with the Dutch staff, Powless discovered extra success with the US-based EF Professional Biking outfit and made his breakthrough victory on the San Sébastian Basic in 2021. He gained the GP Marseillaise and Étoile de Bessèges and completed third in Dwars door Vlaanderen and fifth in Tour of Flanders in 2023 and Gran Piemonte and the Japan Cup in 2024, additional proving his one-day racing prowess.
Kevin Vermaerke (Picnic-PostNL)
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Kevin Vermaerke grew up in Southern California racing highway and MTB earlier than selecting the previous as a profession. He gained the under-23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège at age 18 in 2019 whereas racing for Hagens Berman Axeon after which signed with Workforce DSM in 2021. He has but to attain his first skilled win.
Ruth Edwards (Human Powered Well being)
Ruth Edwards (née Winder) was born in Yorkshire, England however grew up within the US. She was a part of USA Biking’s Workforce Pursuit squad for the Rio Olympic Video games however was not chosen to compete. She gave up monitor biking to focus full-time on highway after Rio, profitable the Redlands and Joe Martin stage races and the Tour de Feminin in 2017 whereas racing with UnitedHealthcare.
Edwards gained a stage of the Giro d’Italia and wore the chief’s jersey in 2018, and gained a stage of the Setmana Ciclista Valenciana in 2019, then went on to seize the stars-and-stripes jersey within the US Professional Highway Race Nationwide Championships. She gained the 2020 Tour Down Beneath and Brabantse Pijl in 2021 however selected to retire on the finish of the season. After two years away from the highway with successful in gravel racing, Edwards joined Human Powered Well being in 2024 and gained the Thüringen Women Tour.
Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease a Bike)
Sepp Kuss, from Durango, Colorado, turned the primary US rider to win an general Grand Tour title when he claimed the Vuelta a España in 2023 regardless of challenges from his Visma teammates Jonas Vingegaard and Primož Roglič. His highway profession took off when he led the Tour of Utah for a day and received the eye of LottoNL-Jumbo, who signed him for 2018-2019. He remained with the staff primarily as a climbing domestique however has gained levels of the Vuelta a España (2019, 2023), Critérium du Dauphiné (2020), Tour de France (2021) and Vuelta a Burgos (2024 together with the general). Kuss has mentioned he by no means needs to be a frontrunner for a Grand Tour once more after his bitter expertise within the Vuelta, preferring to stay in a help function.
Luke Lamperti (Soudal-QuickStep)
A gifted sprinter from Santa Rosa, California, Luke Lamperti’s path to the WorldTour went by the Lux Biking improvement staff and Trinity Racing. Stage wins within the Volta ao Alentejo, Circuit des Ardennes, Tour de Bretagne, Tour of Japan and Giro Subsequent Gen earned him a contract with Soudal-QuickStep in 2024. Lamperti wore the chief’s jersey on the Tour of Oman after ending second on two levels and claimed his first professional win on the Czech Tour in 2024.
Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek)
The 2019 junior world champion, Quinn Simmons has struggled to dwell as much as the promise of that end in Yorkshire. He turned professional in 2020 with Trek-Segafredo however bumped into bother for antagonistic social media posts. He gained levels of the Tour de Wallonie (2021), Vuelta a San Juan and the US Professional highway championships in 2023.
Lily Williams (Human Powered Well being)
Lily Williams is a key a part of USA Biking’s Workforce Pursuit squad, profitable bronze in Tokyo and gold in Paris. The Floridian races with Human Powered Well being, signing with the staff in 2020 and lengthening by 2026. She has gained a stage of the Joe Martin stage race and the Winston Salem Basic.
Will Barta (Movistar Workforce)
Will Barta is one other rider from Idaho and a product of the Hagens Berman Axeon improvement staff, having signed with the WorldTour CCC Workforce after 4 seasons on Axel Merckx’s outfit. The CCC staff went bust in 2020, and Barta spent one 12 months with EF Schooling earlier than signing with Movistar Workforce. He gained a stage of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in 2024 from a solo breakaway.
Megan Jastrab (Picnic-PostNL)
A prolific winner as a junior, Megan Jastrab gained the world title within the highway race in Yorkshire. Whereas attending Milligan College, Jastrab raced with the USA Biking monitor programme and was a part of the Tokyo Olympic staff. After graduating with a enterprise diploma, Jastrab joined Workforce DSM full-time, profitable the Tour de Gatineau.
Sean Quinn (EF Schooling-EasyPost)
The 2024 US Professional highway champion, Sean Quinn additionally got here by the Hagens Berman Axeon programme, profitable the Classica da Arrabida and ending the Volta ao Algarve as the perfect younger rider. He signed with EF Schooling-EasyPost in 2022 and has raced primarily as a help rider. He gained a stage of the Coppi e Bartali stage race in 2023 and the US Professional highway title in 2024.
Andrew August (Ineos Grenadiers)
Andrew “AJ” August, who grew up close to Magnus Sheffield in upstate New York, competed with Sizzling Tubes Improvement as a junior and have become the primary American to win the Koppenbergcross (junior cyclocross race) in 2022.
On the highway, he gained levels of the Valley of the Solar and Redlands Basic as a 17-year-old. He gained the GP West Bohemia, levels of SPIE Internationale Juniorendriedaagse, Ain Bugey Valromey Tour (and general) and Inexperienced Mountain stage race in 2023 earlier than signing with Ineos Grenadiers.
Artem Shmidt (Ineos Grenadiers)
Artem Shmidt grew up close to Atlanta close to the north Georgia mountains and raced with Lux, Sizzling Tubes and Hagens Berman Axeon earlier than turning professional with Ineos in 2025. He gained the SPIE Internationale Juniorendriedaagse in 2021 and two junior stage races and a stage of the Istrian Spring Trophy in 2023. He additionally gained the under-23 US time trial championship in 2024 earlier than becoming a member of Ineos Grenadiers as a trainee. He started his first season within the WorldTour in 2025.
