USA Cycling today announced the team thatll vie for the rainbow stripes in Montreal, Canada, later this month.U.S. road race champion Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek) and Olympic champion Kristen Faulkner (EF Education-Oatly) will lead the elite squads, with former mountain bike world champion Kate Courtney (FDJ United-Suez) making her UCI Road World Championships debut.Taking place 20-27 September, 39 U.S. riders will compete across the elite, under-23 and junior road races and time trials.Simmons, the 2019 junior road world champion, will be joined by fellow WorldTour riders Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Sean Quinn (EF Education - EasyPost), Kevin Vermaerke (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) and Artem Shmidt (Netcompany INEOS). Shmidt earned places in both the road race and individual time trial after winning the 2026 elite national time trial title. Larry Warbasse of Tudor Pro Cycling Team rounds out the men's elite roster. While Simmons will lead the team, McNulty is another rider to watch. Last season, the Arizona native won the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montral ahead of teammate Tadej Pogaar, completing a historic one-two on roads that will also feature in the Worlds course.Faulkner will race both the elite womens road race and time trial. She won two gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics one in the road race and another with the U.S. team-pursuit squad and will be a threat in a breakaway as well as in the race against the clock. The course, however, may be better suited to Kate Courtney.Courtney will make her Road World Championships debut after winning the 2026 U.S. road title though she's best-known for her mountain bike career. She won the elite cross-country world championship in 2018, the UCI World Cup overall title in 2019 and the marathon world championship in 2025. She made a switch to the road in 2026 and in July, made a surprise announcement in joined top-tier road team FDJ United-Suez, bringing longtime sponsor Red Bull along for the move.Taylor Knibb, a two-time Olympic triathlete and U.S. national time trial champion, will also make her road worlds debut in Montreal, albeit in the time trial. Knibb won an Olympic silver medal in the triathlon mixed relay in Tokyo and competed in both the time trial and triathlon at the Paris Games.The womens roster also includes Alexis Magner (EF-Oatly-Cannondale), Natalie Quinn (Mayenne Pro Cycling), Lauren Stephens (Aegis X Leaders of Enchantment) and Grace Arlandson (Aegis X Leaders of Enchantment). USA Cyclings development selections are led by eight 2026 national champions, including Ashlin Barry (Visma - Lease a Bike Development), Kade Kreikemeier (Meridian Racing), Katherine Sarkisov (CCB p/b Levine Law Group Cycling), Kylee Hanel (Aegis X Leaders of Enchantment) and Enzo Hincapie (grenke - Auto Eder).(Image credit: Getty Images)Team USA at the UCI Road World Championships in MontrealElite Men:Matteo Jorgenson (Boise, Idaho; Visma | Lease A Bike) Road RaceBrandon McNulty (Phoenix, Ariz.; UAE Team Emirates-XRG) Road Race, Time TrialNeilson Powless (Roseville, Calif.; EF Education-EasyPost) Road RaceSean Quinn (Los Angeles, Calif.; EF Education-EasyPost) Road RaceArtem Shmidt (Cumming, Ga.; Netcompany INEOS) Road Race, Time TrialQuinn Simmons (Durango, Colo.; Lidl-Trek) Road RaceKevin Vermaerke (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.; UAE Team Emirates-XRG) Road RaceLarry Warbasse (Traverse City, Mich.; Tudor Pro Cycling Team) Road RaceElite Women:Grace Arlandson (Boulder, Colo.; Aegis X Leaders of Enchantment) Road RaceKate Courtney (Kenfield, Calif.; FDJ United-Suez) Road RaceKristen Faulkner (Homer, Alaska; EF-Oatly-Cannondale) Road Race, Time TrialTaylor Knibb (Boulder, Colo.) Time TrialAlexis Magner (Athens, Ga.; EF-Oatly-Cannondale) Road RaceNatalie Quinn (Harrisville, Utah; Mayenne Pro Cycling) Road RaceLauren Stephens (Dallas; Aegis X Leaders of Enchantment) Road RaceU23 Men:Ashlin Barry (Toronto, Ont.; Team Visma | Lease a Bike Development) Road Race, Time TrialNathan Cusack (Chevy Chase, Md.; EF Education-Aevolo) Road RaceKade Kreikemeier (Fort Collins, Colo.; Meridian Racing) Road Race, Time TrialMarcis Shelton (Mill Valley, Calif.; Comp Edge Rading) Road RaceGavin Sherry (West Hartford, Conn.; EF Education-Aevolo) Road RaceU23 WomenMia Aseltine (Littleton, Colo.; Comp Edge Racing) Road RaceLidia Cusack (Chevy Chase, Md.; Smurfit Westrock Cycling Team) Road Race, Time TrialKylee Hanel (Portland, Ore.; Aegis X Leaders of Enchantment) Road Race, Time TrialAlyssa Sarkisov (North Potomic, Md.; CCB p/b Levine Law Group Cycling) Road RaceKatherine Sarkisov (North Potomic, Md.; CCB p/b Levine Law Group Cycling) Road RaceJunior Men:Kashus Adamski (Bloomfield, Mich.; Hot Tubes Cycling) Road Race, Time TrialSylvan Garrelts (Brooklyn, N.Y.; Hot Tubes Cycling) Road RaceEnzo Hincapie (Greenville, S.C.; grenke - Auto Eder) Road Race, Time TrialCormac Nagle (Bolton, Mass.; Hot Tubes Cycling) Road RaceRowan Nistal (Boise, Idaho; Bear National Team) Road RaceJunior Women:Liliana Edwards (Washington, D.C.; CCB p/b Levine Law Group Cycling) Road Race, Time TrialEmma Jimenez Palos (Miami, Fla.; City Bikes) Road Race, Time TrialSofia Tripcevich (Berkeley, Calif.; Team California Academy) Road RaceSophia Wellmeier (Corta Madera, Calif.; Team California Academy) Road Race