Megan Guarnier, a three-time US nationwide champion earlier than she retired in 2019, returns to professional biking as a co-director for the CCB Kenetik p/b Levine Regulation Group elite ladies’s staff in 2026. The under-23 centered programme additionally added Kenetik as a co-title sponsor for the following three seasons.
“We actually needed so as to add a 3rd director and any individual who had that top-level expertise from a mentorship standpoint. The addition of Megan is thrilling. She will be able to speak with the under-23 athletes about discovering their manner on a pathway to Europe. She’s achieved it,” stated Lauren LeClaire, who continues for a fifth season as a co-director, together with Tim Mitchell.
CCB Kenetik p/b Levine Regulation Group 2026 roster
- Jorja Bond (USA)
- Ella Brenneman (USA)
- Bridget Ciambotti (USA)
- Lily Edwards (USA)
- Ella Grier (USA)
- Lizzy Gunsalus (USA)
- Sabrina Hayes (USA)
- Katherine Rusch (USA)
- Alyssa Sarkisov (USA)
- Katherine Sarkisov (USA)
- Lyllie Sonnemann (USA)
Jakroo opens utility course of for composite ladies’s staff at Redlands Bicycle Basic
Functions at the moment are open for a JAKROO Girls’s Composite Staff which is able to compete at Redlands Bicycle Basic this spring. Final 12 months, the California-based customized attire firm chosen a six-rider composite staff to function a high-efficiency platform for athletes to realize expertise at choose US home races.
A minimal of six riders, and as many as eight, can be chosen from a web based utility course of to take the beginning at this 12 months’s Redlands Bicycle Basic, April 8-12, which returns as a USA Biking nationwide occasion in southern California for a fortieth version.
JAKROO Composite Staff members will obtain paid entry charges, customized race attire, housing and different on-site logistics for the five-day stage race. Athletes should be a minimal racing age of 18 in 2026 and have a legitimate USA Biking or UCI racing licence, in addition to be in good standing with the biking businesses, US Middle for SafeSport and the US Anti-Doping Company (USADA) on the time of nomination. Journey to Redlands, California shouldn’t be included.
The 2026 programme will deal with rising expertise, with an emphasis positioned on riders who could be eligible for Finest Younger Rider competitors, which at Redlands recognises prime riders below 25 years of age.
Final 12 months’s standout efficiency from the six-rider squad was delivered by 22-year-old Emmi Gilbert, who completed with three prime 10s throughout the 5 race days and secured fifth on GC. She went on to a silver medal within the highway race at US Collegiate Street Nationals and prime 10s within the time trial and highway race at U23 Street Nationals. Gilbert signed a mid-year contract with Virginia’s Blue Ridge-TWENTY28, the place she is going to trip this season.
“This program is about opening doorways and giving riders the possibility to realize expertise in a few of the best and historic races the U.S. has to supply. These alternatives matter. Racing at this stage builds confidence, expertise, and perception,” stated former professional bike owner Julie Kuliecza, who returns as a staff supervisor. Kristen Arnold served as staff director final 12 months and returns in the same function.
Six-rider roster introduced for Caldera Medical x Aurea Racing
Six riders are confirmed for the inaugural season of Caldera Medical x Aurea Racing, a ladies’s home elite staff based by former L39ION of Los Angeles teammates Kendall Ryan and Laurel Rathbun.
Mexico’s Yarely Salazar (Mexico) and a trio of US riders – Chloe Patrick, Sam Bosco and Esma Taylor – be a part of the staff co-founders for a calendar centered on one-day North American highway races in addition to growing on the monitor for Olympic Video games targets in 2028.
Chloe Patrick is simply 21 and has earned six medals at US Street Nationals, together with the gold within the U23 ladies’s time trial this previous season. She’s had quite a lot of prime performances on the monitor in Staff Pursuit and Madison, the staff noting her “uncooked acceleration” can be a key ingredient together with her capability to trip sturdy over lengthy distances.
Salazar rode most lately with the L39ION programme and provides one other speedster to the squad. She has gained titles on the highway at Pan-American and Mexican Nationwide championships.
Taylor comes from a criterium background, having competed with Automated-ABUS Racing. A six-time World Champion on the monitor, Bosco has competed on the Paralympic Video games twice, profitable a pair of bronze medals in 2016 and a gold in 2024.