What has become of road racing in the US? Is the discipline as a whole on a downward spiral, or is it obscured by an ever-changing calendar now filled with gravel races and non-UCI-sanctioned events? Will the big teams like UnitedHealthcare ever make a comeback? Or is a new generation of privateers here to stay?
A decade ago, all-star casts of international riders clashed on the big climbs of California, Colorado, Utah and the Ozarks of Arkansas, bringing WorldTour winners like Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease a Bike), Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), Chloé Dygert (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) and Ruth Edwards (Human Powered Health).
