Quinn Simmons and Kristen Faulkner lead Team USA’s stacked Road World Championships squad

USA Cycling has confirmed its team for the 2026 UCI Road World Championships, with national champion Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) and Olympic champion Kristen Faulkner (EF Education-Oatly) leading a 34-rider squad to Montréal from 20-27 September.

The announcement, made on Tuesday, brings together elite, under-23 and junior riders across the road race and time trial disciplines. It caps a summer in which several of the selected Americans performed well at both the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes.

Simmons, a three-time national road race champion, headlines the elite men's team after a Tour de France in which he won the Best Teammate award for the second year running.

He'll be joined by fellow WorldTour riders Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Sean Quinn (EF Education-EasyPost).

Artem Shmidt (Netcompany INEOS), fresh off winning the elite national time trial title, earns starts in both the road race and time trial. Kevin Vermaerke (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) and Larry Warbasse (Tudor Pro Cycling Team) complete the men's elite roster.

Faulkner leads the elite women's team as she looks to add a world title to an Olympic gold medal collection. Demi Vollering’s new teammate at FDJ United-Suez, Kate Courtney, a former cross-country and marathon mountain bike world champion, makes her Road Worlds debut after winning her national title earlier this year.

Natalie Quinn (Mayenne Pro Cycling) returns to the world stage after her WorldTour debut at this year's Tour de France Femmes, while Alexis Magner (EF-Oatly-Cannondale) brings her European racing experience back into the fold.

Lauren Stephens and Grace Arlandson, teammates at Aegis X Leaders of Enchantment, round out the women's elite roster — Stephens arriving on the back of winning the sprint jersey at the Philadelphia Cycling Classic.

USA Cycling has also called up eight reigning national champions across the under-23 and junior categories, including Ashlin Barry (Visma-Lease a Bike Development) in the under-23 men's road race, Katherine Sarkisov (CCB p/b Levine Law Group Cycling) in the under-23 women's road race, and Enzo Hincapie (grenke-Auto Eder) in the junior men's road race.

In total, the development squads number 21 riders spread across the under-23 men's and women's, and junior men's and women's road races and time trials — a sizeable presence built on the back of this year's national championships.