Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) and Neilson Powless (EF Schooling-EasyPost), the highest two riders from the 2023 Maryland Cycling Classic, will likely be again in Baltimore on September 6 for the occasion’s third version. Organisers confirmed preliminary rosters for the UCI Professional-level race on Tuesday, and in addition disclosed the anticipated record of starters for the inaugural Maryland Cycling Classic Women, which will likely be held earlier the identical day utilizing the identical course.
“With seven squads that have been on this yr’s Tour de France, coupled with some robust Professional Sequence and Continental groups, this yr’s line-up is stacked with probably the most expertise the occasion has seen so far,” stated Bobby Julich, males’s competitors supervisor who additionally had a protracted profession as a professional rider.
“It’s been great to see many of the top riders from the United States surface on rosters. This year’s race promises to be highly unpredictable, thanks to the uniquely challenging course design. The combination of cobblestones, technical sections, and punchy climbs will ensure an exciting and thrilling event from start to finish.”
“We’re thrilled to unveil a world-class girls’s subject for the inaugural Maryland Biking Basic girls’s race,” stated Joanne Kiesanowski, a former elite skilled now the ladies’s competitors supervisor. “With riders representing 21 nations and groups spanning the UCI Girls’s WorldTour, Continental stage, home elite groups, and nationwide squads, the worldwide high quality and variety of this roster is outstanding.”
The boys’s race will cowl of six laps of a Baltimore County circuit for a complete of 107.4 miles (172.8 kilometers). The ladies’s race absorb 4 laps of the identical circuit for 71.6 miles (115.2 kilometers). The ladies will begin at 8:30 a.m. EDT and the lads following at 12:30 p.m. EDT.
Women’s field is deep
The women’s field is stacked with international and US talent. In addition to Cromwell, Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto brings Dane Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig, who was sixth on GC at Tour of Britain Women this season.
The other top-tier programme is Ceratizit Pro Cycling, bringing Czechia road champion Kristýna Burlová with five other riders as they compete for a final time as a team. The WorldTour team announced they lost sponsorship and would fold after the season, making the Maryland Cycling Classic Women their final competition.
Aegis Cycling Foundation brings a pair of top road riders who now star on gravel, Lauren Stephens and Melisa Rollins. This year Stephens was the silver medalist at USPro road nationals and winner of both UCI stage races in the US, Tour of the Gila and Tour de Bloom. Rollins, a past winner of Leadville 100, won this year’s Leadville MTB Stage Race and SBT GRVL.
Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY28 has a stacked team filled with road and track champions – USPro ITT elite nationals winner Emily Ehrlich, U23 US road winner Ella Sabo, current Cuban time trial and road race champion Marlies Mejias and Anna Hicks, GC winner of Tucson Bicycle Classic and winner of four gold medals at the 2025 US Elite Track National Championships.
Rising young stars in the women’s peloton include Cynisca Cycling’s Chloe Patrick, the U23 US ITT national champion; Cassidy Hickey of CCB p/b Levine Law Group, the U23 US criterium national champion; and the reigning elite women’s Benin road race national champion Charlotte Metoev, just 20 years old.
Final rosters will be confirmed next week, as well as details to follow the race via streaming services or social media. Visit the Maryland Cycling Classic website for record of riders.
