Simon Yates (Group Jayco AlUla), Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech) and Victor Lafay (Cofidis) lead a listing of prime performers from this 12 months’s Tour de France who will compete within the second version of the Maryland Biking Traditional, offered 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 Interior Harbor.
Final 12 months’s fourth-place finisher Toms Skujins returns with Trek-Lidl alongside teammate Giulio Ciccone, who gained 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 12 months, returns for EF Schooling-EasyPost alongside Julius van den Berg and Mikkel Frølich Honoré.
“I am comfortable the race is again for one more large 12 months. Final 12 months, the race was actually thrilling. It appeared to open up from the get-go, and we tried to make it fairly onerous as a workforce even after the entrance break up received away,” stated Powless, who was the highest US rider on the Highway 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 once I’m in Europe. So, I am actually wanting ahead to being again to compete in America’s greatest race once more.”
Lining up with Briton Simon Yates from Jayco AlUla might 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 Traditional and might be led by rising Kazakhstan star Yevgeniy Fedorov, the 2022 U23 Highway Race World Champion.
4 ProTeams might be a part of the competitors – Israel-Premier Tech, Corratec-Selle Italia, Human Powered Well being and Group Novo Nordisk. The early roster for Israel-Premier Tech contains two extra Canadians – 2022 Tour de France stage Hugo Hule and this 12 months’s breakout rider from the Giro d’Italia Derek Gee, who completed second on 4 levels. Maryland-native Scott McGill will experience with Canadian teammate Adam de Vos for Human Powered Well being.
Additionally confirmed are six Continental groups, led by an all-star forged 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 Undertaking Echelon Racing might be led by Tyler Stites. Riders from Group Medellín-EPM, Group Skyline, Toronto Hustle and a USA Biking Nationwide Group might be forthcoming.
Worldwide broadcast protection of the Maryland Biking Traditional, offered by UnitedHealthcare might be offered by GCN+, with unique stay streaming rights from race begin to end. The partnership with GCN+ offers 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 companion is Maryland Public Tv, which can provide stay race protection beginning at 11:30 am by means of 5 pm on MPT-HD and the MPT stay stream. The statewide public TV community’s broadcast might be hosted by Sports activities Desk Anchor Jim Hunter and former professional bicycle owner Bobby Julich, who gained a silver medal for Group USA on the 2004 Athens Olympic Video games. A 12 months later, he made historical past as the primary US rider to win Paris-Good.