US riders have had a spot within the most sensible groups {of professional} biking for many years, and in recent times have had the most powerful crop of women and men because the nation’s heyday within the Lance Armstrong generation.
The country’s most sensible rider is two-time Paris-Great winner Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Rent a Motorbike), who heads up a gaggle of 16 American citizens within the WorldTour.
There are 12 males and 4 ladies within the WorldTour on 10 other groups.
Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Rent a Motorbike)
Matteo Jorgenson (Symbol credit score: Dario Belingheri/Getty Pictures)
Matteo Jorgenson was once born in Walnut Creek, California however grew up in Boise, Idaho. He got here up the ranks during the Sizzling Tubes Construction Group and signed with Jelly Abdominal-Maxxis in 2018. Jorgenson joined his first Ecu group in 2019 with the French Chambéry Cyclisme Formation and did a stint with AG2R L. a. Mondiale as a trainee. He raced with Movistar from 2020-2023 sooner than signing with Visma-Rent a Motorbike.
Jorgenson received the issues classification within the Excursion de l’Avenir in 2019 and proved himself on the most sensible degree in 2023 when he received the Excursion of Oman total. His profession advanced additional when he signed with Visma-Rent a Motorbike that 12 months, happening to win Dwars door Vlaanderen. No longer content material to be a most sensible one-day racer, Jorgenson received Paris-Great and completed 2d total within the Critérium du Dauphiné. He completed eighth within the Excursion de France whilst supporting Jonas Vingegaard in 2024. The tall, ginger-haired all-rounder then scored a 2d total name at Paris-Great in 2025.
Chloé Dygert (Canyon-SRAM Racing)
Chloé Dygert (Symbol credit score: SWPix.com)
The Olympic Group Pursuit champion from Brownsburg, Indiana has had a coarse pass along with her highway profession, having withstood a number of debilitating accidents in between successes. Chloé Dygert received the time trial name within the UCI Highway International Championships in 2019 however crashed in 2020 and suffered an enormous gash that lower via her left leg quadricep muscular tissues.
The crash behind schedule her get started with Canyon-SRAM, however she returned to racing for the Tokyo Olympics. She received the United States nationwide time trial name and received the bronze medal within the Group Pursuit in Tokyo. She best raced as soon as in 2022, however by means of 2023 she was once just about again to complete energy, taking double nationwide titles and a level of the RideLondon Classique.
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She got here again to reclaim the International TT name in 2023. Different highway accomplishments come with the Excursion of Colorado and all 4 phases, the Joe Martin level race in 2019 and a level of the Excursion Down Underneath in 2025.
Magnus Sheffield (Ineos Grenadiers)
Magnus Sheffield (Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)
Hailing from Pittsford, New York, Magnus Sheffield made a big home splash by means of successful the Valley of the Solar Degree Race as a 17-year-old. He signed with Rally Biking for 2021 however left the group mid-season. He began with Ineos Grenadiers in 2022 and received De Brabantse Pijl six days sooner than his twentieth birthday, then took a silver medal within the elite males’s ITT at highway nationals.
Sheffield was once concerned within the Excursion de Suisse crash that claimed the lifetime of Gino Mäder in 2023 and spent 3 months clear of racing. His subsequent victory got here in 2025 at the ultimate level of Paris-Great, dedicating the victory to Mäder.
Brandon McNulty (UAE Group Emirates XRG)
Brandon McNulty (Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)
Phoenix, Arizona’s Brandon McNulty started his profession with the Rally Biking group and got here away with the silver medal on the UCI Highway International Championships within the under-23 time trial in addition to the United States TT name. He received precious world enjoy with Rally together with the entire victory within the Giro di Sicilia in 2019. He signed with UAE Group Emirates in 2020 and supported Tadej Pogačar in his Excursion de France victory in 2021.
McNulty received a level of Paris-Great, Faun-Ardéche and the Trofeo Calvia in 2022, and his first Grand Excursion level in 2023 on the Giro d’Italia. A level and total win within the Volta a los angeles Comunitat Valenciana, McNulty began a a hit 2024 season that still integrated a level within the UAE Excursion, 3rd total in Paris-Great, the GP Miguel Indurain, a level of the Excursion de Romandie, the primary level and primary chief’s jersey within the Vuelta a España, and the entire win and a level of the CRO Race.
Neilson Powless (EF Schooling-EasyPost)
Neilson Powless (Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)
The one Local American within the WorldTour, Neilson Powless evolved below Axel Merckx’s group, proving himself towards WorldTour execs in 2016, completing 9th as the most efficient younger rider within the Excursion of California in addition to successful the Joe Martin Degree Race, a level of the Excursion de l’Avenir and Excursion de Beauce. In 2017, he received phases of the Triptyque des Monts et Chateaux and Giro Bio, completed fourth total and received the formative years classification within the Excursion of Utah, incomes his first WorldTour contract with LottoNL-Jumbo for 2018-2019.
After two somewhat unfruitful seasons with the Dutch group, Powless discovered extra good fortune with the US-based EF Professional Biking outfit and made his leap forward victory on the San Sébastian Vintage in 2021. He received the GP Marseillaise and Étoile de Bessèges and completed 3rd in Dwars door Vlaanderen and 5th in Excursion of Flanders in 2023 and Gran Piemonte and the Japan Cup in 2024, additional proving his one-day racing prowess.
Kevin Vermaerke (Picnic-PostNL)
Kevin Vermaerke (Symbol credit score: Dario BelingheriGetty Pictures)
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Kevin Vermaerke grew up in Southern California racing highway and MTB sooner than settling at the former as a profession. He received the under-23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège at age 18 in 2019 whilst racing for Hagens Berman Axeon after which signed with Group DSM in 2021. He has but to attain his first skilled win.
Ruth Edwards (Human Powered Well being)
Ruth Edwards (Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)
Ruth Edwards (née Winder) was once born in Yorkshire, England however grew up in the United States. She was once a part of USA Biking’s Group Pursuit squad for the Rio Olympic Video games however was once no longer selected to compete. She gave up monitor biking to center of attention full-time on highway after Rio, successful the Redlands and Joe Martin level races and the Excursion de Feminin in 2017 whilst racing with UnitedHealthcare.
Edwards received a level of the Giro d’Italia and wore the chief’s jersey in 2018, and received a level of the Setmana Ciclista Valenciana in 2019, then went directly to seize the stars-and-stripes jersey in the United States Professional Highway Race Nationwide Championships. She received the 2020 Excursion Down Underneath and Brabantse Pijl in 2021 however selected to retire on the finish of the season. After two years clear of the street with a good fortune in gravel racing, Edwards joined Human Powered Well being in 2024 and received the Thüringen Girls Excursion.
Sepp Kuss (Visma-Rent a Motorbike)
Sepp Kuss (Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)
Sepp Kuss, from Durango, Colorado, changed into the primary US rider to win an total Grand Excursion name when he claimed the Vuelta a España in 2023 in spite of demanding situations from his Visma teammates Jonas Vingegaard and Primož Roglič. His highway profession took off when he led the Excursion of Utah for an afternoon and were given the eye of LottoNL-Jumbo, who signed him for 2018-2019. He remained with the group basically as a mountaineering domestique however has received phases of the Vuelta a España (2019, 2023), Critérium du Dauphiné (2020), Excursion de France (2021) and Vuelta a Burgos (2024 at the side of the entire). Kuss has stated he by no means desires to be a pace-setter for a Grand Excursion once more after his bitter enjoy within the Vuelta, who prefer to stay in a reinforce function.
Luke Lamperti (Soudal-QuickStep)
Luke Lamperti (Symbol credit score: Czech Excursion/Navratilova)
A skilled sprinter from Santa Rosa, California, Luke Lamperti’s trail to the WorldTour went during the Lux Biking construction group and Trinity Racing. Degree wins within the Volta ao Alentejo, Circuit des Ardennes, Excursion de Bretagne, Excursion of Japan and Giro Subsequent Gen earned him a freelance with Soudal-QuickStep in 2024. Lamperti wore the chief’s jersey on the Excursion of Oman after completing 2d on two phases and claimed his first professional win on the Czech Excursion in 2024.
Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek)
Quinn Simmons
The 2019 junior global champion, Quinn Simmons has struggled to reside as much as the promise of that lead to Yorkshire. He grew to become professional in 2020 with Trek-Segafredo however bumped into hassle for hostile social media posts. He received phases of the Excursion de Wallonie (2021), Vuelta a San Juan and the United States Professional highway championships in 2023.
Lily Williams (Human Powered Well being)
Lily Williams (Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)
Lily Williams is a key a part of USA Biking’s Group Pursuit squad, successful bronze in Tokyo and gold in Paris. The Floridian races with Human Powered Well being, signing with the group in 2020 and increasing via 2026. She has received a level of the Joe Martin level race and the Winston Salem Vintage.
Will Barta (Movistar Group)
Will Barta (Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)
Will Barta is every other rider from Idaho and a fabricated from the Hagens Berman Axeon construction group, having signed with the WorldTour CCC Group after 4 seasons on Axel Merckx’s outfit. The CCC group went bust in 2020, and Barta spent 365 days with EF Schooling sooner than signing with Movistar Group. He received a level of the Volta a los angeles Comunitat Valenciana in 2024 from a solo breakaway.
Megan Jastrab (Picnic-PostNL)
Megan Jastrab (Symbol credit score: Alex Broadway/Getty Pictures)
A prolific winner as a junior, Megan Jastrab received the sector name within the highway race in Yorkshire. Whilst attending Milligan College, Jastrab raced with the United States Biking monitor programme and was once a part of the Tokyo Olympic group. After graduating with a industry stage, Jastrab joined Group DSM full-time, successful the Excursion de Gatineau.
Sean Quinn (EF Schooling-EasyPost)
Sean Quinn (Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)
The 2024 US Professional highway champion, Sean Quinn additionally got here during the Hagens Berman Axeon programme, successful the Classica da Arrabida and completing the Volta ao Algarve as the most efficient younger rider. He signed with EF Schooling-EasyPost in 2022 and has raced basically as a reinforce rider. He received a level of the Coppi e Bartali level race in 2023 and the United States Professional highway name in 2024.
Andrew August (Ineos Grenadiers)
AJ August (Symbol credit score: DAVID PINTENS/BELGA MAG/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
Andrew “AJ” August, who grew up close to Magnus Sheffield in upstate New York, competed with Sizzling Tubes Construction as a junior and changed into the primary American to win the Koppenbergcross (junior cyclocross race) in 2022.
At the highway, he received phases of the Valley of the Solar and Redlands Vintage as a 17-year-old. He received the GP West Bohemia, phases of SPIE Internationale Juniorendriedaagse, Ain Bugey Valromey Excursion (and total) and Inexperienced Mountain level race in 2023 sooner than signing with Ineos Grenadiers.
Artem Shmidt (Ineos Grenadiers)
Artem Shmidt (Symbol credit score: Alex BroadwaySWpixcom)
Artem Shmidt grew up close to Atlanta close to the north Georgia mountains and raced with Lux, Sizzling Tubes and Hagens Berman Axeon sooner than turning professional with Ineos in 2025. He received the SPIE Internationale Juniorendriedaagse in 2021 and two junior level races and a level of the Istrian Spring Trophy in 2023. He additionally received the under-23 US time trial championship in 2024 sooner than becoming a member of Ineos Grenadiers as a trainee. He started his first season within the WorldTour in 2025.
