The US has secured the maximum number of four spots, and Great Britain with three, for the women’s road events at the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
The UCI announced on Wednesday the list of 38 national teams, along with the quotas of athletes for each, for the women’s road cycling events. The road races will be held on August 6 and 7 in Fort Copacabana, and the time trials will be held on August 10 in Pontal-Barra.
The quotas include the number of spots for the road race, a maximum of four, and the number of spots for the time trial, a maximum of two. However, the riders who compete in the time trial must also compete in the road race.
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The US is allotted four athletes for the road race and two for the time trial. The national federation has not yet announced the team they will be sending to Rio, and the only rider with an automatic spot is US road champion Megan Guarnier, who secured her place after medalling at the World Championships in Richmond last September. She told Cyclingnews that the road race is an all-encompassing goal of hers this year.
USA Cycling has published a long list of nine riders, which includes double Olympic gold medallist in the time trial Kristin Armstrong, women's UCI Hour Record holder Evelyn Stevens and newly crowned US time trial champion Carmen Small.
The US is one of five nations that have secured four places for the road races, along with Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Australia. While the US, Germany, Netherlands and Australia have also qualified two each for the time trial, Italy will only field one rider in that discipline.
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