Simon Yates (Workforce Jayco AlUla), Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech) and Victor Lafay (Cofidis) lead an inventory of prime performers from this yr’s Tour de France who will compete within the second version of the Maryland Biking Basic, introduced by UnitedHealthcare, in two-and-a-half weeks.
Organisers of the UCI ProSeries one-day males’s race confirmed a stable record of riders who’re anticipated to compete among the many roster of 16 invited groups on September 3. A complete of 5 WorldTour groups will compete throughout the 121.9-mile (196km) route that begins in Sparks, Maryland and finishes with circuits in Baltimore’s well-known Inside Harbor.
Final yr’s fourth-place finisher Toms Skujins returns with Trek-Lidl alongside teammate Giulio Ciccone, who received the mountains classification jersey on the Tour de France in July, in addition to Mattias Skjelmose and Tony Gallopin. Neilson Powless, the third-place finisher final yr, returns for EF Training-EasyPost alongside Julius van den Berg and Mikkel Frølich Honoré.
“I am completely satisfied the race is again for one more massive yr. Final yr, the race was actually thrilling. It appeared to open up from the get-go, and we tried to make it fairly arduous as a staff even after the entrance cut up bought away,” stated Powless, who was the highest US rider on the Street World Championships in Scotland, eleventh place.
“With the ability to race round downtown in a significant metropolis like Baltimore was enjoyable. I spent the times earlier than the race strolling alongside the waterfront and consuming good meals – Mexican, seafood and sushi – all issues I miss after I’m in Europe. So, I am actually wanting ahead to being again to compete in America’s largest race once more.”
Lining up with Briton Simon Yates from Jayco AlUla shall be US Olympian Lawson Craddock and Australians Chris Harper and Simon Clarke, the latter a a number of Grand Tour stage winner and Chris Juul-Jensen. Like Cofidis, Astana Qazaqstan makes their inaugural look on the Maryland Biking Basic and shall be led by rising Kazakhstan star Yevgeniy Fedorov, the 2022 U23 Street Race World Champion.
4 ProTeams shall be a part of the competitors – Israel-Premier Tech, Corratec-Selle Italia, Human Powered Well being and Workforce Novo Nordisk. The early roster for Israel-Premier Tech contains two extra Canadians – 2022 Tour de France stage Hugo Hule and this yr’s breakout rider from the Giro d’Italia Derek Gee, who completed second on 4 phases. Maryland-native Scott McGill will journey with Canadian teammate Adam de Vos for Human Powered Well being.
Additionally confirmed are six Continental groups, led by an all-star solid from L39ION of Los Angeles, who will convey former U.S. Nationwide Champion Kyle Murphy, Belize Nationwide Champion Cory Williams and Tour of Alberta GC winner Robin Carpenter. Hagens Berman Axeon options Michael Garrison and Cooper Johnson, whereas Venture Echelon Racing shall be led by Tyler Stites. Riders from Workforce Medellín-EPM, Workforce Skyline, Toronto Hustle and a USA Biking Nationwide Workforce shall be forthcoming.
Worldwide broadcast protection of the Maryland Biking Basic, introduced by UnitedHealthcare shall be supplied by GCN+, with unique dwell streaming rights from race begin to end. The partnership with GCN+ supplies non-exclusive rights within the US, plus highlights packages on GCN+ and International Biking Community’s free-to-air YouTube channel.
The regional US broadcast associate is Maryland Public Tv, which can supply dwell race protection beginning at 11:30 am by means of 5 pm on MPT-HD and the MPT dwell stream. The statewide public TV community’s broadcast shall be hosted by Sports activities Desk Anchor Jim Hunter and former professional bike owner Bobby Julich, who received a silver medal for Workforce USA on the 2004 Athens Olympic Video games. A yr later, he made historical past as the primary US rider to win Paris-Good.