Megan Guarnier and Ben King will lead the line for the US at the upcoming UCI Road World Championships in Innsbruck, Austria, as part of a 15-rider elite men`s and women`s roster. Guarnier (Boels Dolmans) will lead a women`s road race team that also includes US road champion Coryn Rivera and Ruth Winder (Team Sunweb), Alexis Ryan (Canyon-SRAM), Tour of California winner Katie Hall and Leah Thomas (UnitedHealthcare), and Tayler Wiles (Trek Drops). US time trial champion and two-time world champion Amber Neben will join Wiles in contesting the Elite women`s time trial.ADVERTISEMENT `We are fielding an amazing team of athletes that will be working cohesively for a medal finish,` said Jack Seehafer, USA Cycling women`s endurance program manager. `There will be benefit in having had the majority of our athletes on the ground for recon in Innsbruck. They already know first-hand how brutal the course will be and have had plenty of time to discuss areas of opportunity for success and to prepare for that outcome. With the successes of our athletes this year, I look forward to seeing them close that out on a high note.` Coming off two stage wins in the Vuelta a Espana, King (Dimension Data) will lead an Elite men`s road race line up that also includes recent Tour of Utah winner Sepp Kuss (LottoNL-Jumbo), veteran Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing) and Peter Stetina (Trek-Segafredo). Nate Brown (EF Education First-Drapac) is the reserve rider. For the time trial, the US will field BMC Racing`s Tejay van Garderen, who won the time trial at the Tour of California, and reigning US champion Joey Rosskopf, who added his second title earlier this year in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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