USA Cycling today unveiled a new national team program, announcing 51 riders who made the selection, plus specific criteria for making the three-tiered program going forward.
While the US national organisation has supported riders for years, there hasn't been an official protocol for exactly how an aspiring rider could get involved, or what specifically a rider could expect. Now USA Cycling has detailed exactly that.
USA Cycling president and CEO Derek Bouchard-Hall said the new national program will benefit cycling fans, in addition to helping current and aspiring elite athletes.
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"Who are America's best athletes? We are defining it," Bouchard-Hall said. "A lot of our members have no idea who Hannah Roberts is." [Roberts is BMX freestyle world champion, Ed.]
Goal: 7 Olympic medals in Tokyo
The US came away from the last Olympic Games in Rio with five Olympic medals and a couple of narrow podium misses. The goal for the next Olympics in Tokyo is seven medals, said Jim Miller, USA Cycling's vice president of high performance.
"Our vision is to be the best in the world — in the field of play, but also in developing athletes through coaching and mentoring and resources," Miller said.
Membership does not guarantee Worlds and Olympic selection
How to make the team
USA Cycling national team roster
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