“Team USA’s road to Paris will pass through Bentonville, Arkansas,” USA Cycling said ahead of the announcement.
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — The mountain bike team that will compete in the 2024 Olympics is set to be announced next week in Bentonville.
USA Cycling, the sport’s national governing body, will announce the rosters for its men’s and women’s mountain bike teams, who will compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games this summer.
The announcement will be made on Tuesday, June 11th at 10 a.m. on the sixth floor of Ledger Bentonville, located at 240 S Main St.
In a statement, the Bentonville Convention and Visitors Bureau and USA Cycling said “Team USA’s Road to Paris will pass through Bentonville, Arkansas.”
USA Cycling oversees road, track, mountain bike, cyclocross, gravel, BMX and esports.
The organization’s mission is “to expand participation and involvement in bicycle racing and achieve sustained international success in all disciplines of cycling.”
USA Cycling CEO Brendan Quirke will host the event, which will feature video screenings of team members.
In 2022, USA Cycling named Bentonville the official home of the U.S. Mountain Bike National Team, expanding the city’s status as a cycling hotspot in the United States.
Since then, numerous cycling tournaments and events have been held in Northwest Arkansas.
“This long-term investment from the City of Bentonville will help USA Cycling achieve its goal of winning a gold medal at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games. USA Cycling has 80,000 members, sanctions more than 2,500 events annually and is a member of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC),” the release added.
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