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.ADVERTISEMENT `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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