Elite riders vie for $60,000, Worlds entry at US Gravel Nationals

Riders competing in gravel racing
(Image credit: SnowyMountain Photography)

Riders are arriving in Gering, Nebraska, on Thursday ahead of the inaugural USA Cycling Gravel National Championships. The competition gets underway on Saturday with 62 elite men and 22 elite women so far signed up to compete for a total of $60,000 - equally split between the two fields.

The race is also a qualifying event for the UCI Gravel World Championships that will take place in Veneto, Italy, on October 8, 2023. The top three elite men and women automatically qualify for Worlds.

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Elite men
Zachary Allison (Bike Sports)
Sam Anderson (OKC Velo)
Leonardo Azocar (Mack cycle)
John Becker (First Internet Bank Cycling)
Nathan Bigelow (Go4Graham)
John Borstelmann (Ventum / Voler)
Barrett Brandon (Ventum)
Isaac Bryant (Above and Beyond Cancer p/b Bike World)
Zachary Calton
Eric Colindres (The Olympic Club)
Andrew Dillman (Ignition Coach Co.)
Griffin Easter (OpiCure Foundation Gravel Team)
Cobe Freeburn (Bear National Team)
John Frey (Goodlife racing)
Joe Goettl (Scheels Utah)
Gavin Goode (First Internet Bank Cycling)
Noah Granigan (Denver Disruptors)
Zach Gregg (Project Echelon Racing)
Finn Gullickson
David Haase (Attitude Sports)
Lance Haidet (L39ION of Los Angeles)
Luke Hall (Cannonball)
Carson Hampton (Bear National Team)
William Hardin (Project Echelon Racing)
Coulton Hartrich (No Sponsors)
Joey Hassett (Primal - Audi Denver)
Alex Hoehn (Above and Beyond Cancer Cycling Team p/b Bike World)
Peter Hogan
Griffin Hoppin (USA Cycling's Athlete Development Pathway)
Johnathan Hsu (Expeditors)
Matt Jablonski
Yusuf Johnson (UChicago Velo Club)
Ted King (iamtedking.com/sponsors :))
Nathaniel Langlie (Main Street Bikes)
Bjorn Larson
Joshua Lundgren (Goodlife Racing)
Andy Lydic (BMC #itcouldbeme)
Payson McElveen (Allied Cycle Works)
Chris Mehlman (Endurance Threads/Neversecond/Vittoria/Hammerhead/Maple...)
Spencer Miller (First Internet Bank Cycling)
Daxton Mock (Bear National Team)
Madison Molitor
Isaiah Newkirk (Project Echelon)
Peter Olejniczak (Project Echelon Racing)
Tobin Ortenblad (Santa Cruz SRAM htSQD)
Andrew Osterhoudt
Ethan Overson (Scuderia Pinarello)
Hayden Pucker (Turbo)
Max Ritzow (Expeditors)
Rane Roatta
Trey Shepard (First Internet Bank Cycling)
Nathan Spratt
Marc Spratt (Voler/Ventum)
Mat Stephens (Lauf)
Peter Stetina (Intergalactic Trash Pandas)
Keegan Swenson (Santa Cruz Bicycles/SRAM)
Skyler Taylor (Above Category Racing)
Maas van de Graaf (FCCT)
Alexey Vermeulen (Jukebox - ENVE)
Stephen Vogel (Project Echelon Racing)
Brennan Wertz (Mosaic Cycles)
Lee Yarbro
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Elite Women
Morgan Aguirre
Whitney Allison (Bike Sports)
Crystal Anthony (Liv Racing Collective)
Gillian Bennett (ButcherBox Cycling p/b LOOK)
Chelsea Bolton (Ventum / Eliel / KAV / ENVE)
Lauren De Crescenzo (CINCH Racing)
Cecily Decker (Scuderia Pinarello)
Tori Dippold (CINCH Racing)
rebecca fahringer (Kona Maxxis Shimano)
Sarah Flamm (Planet Earth)
Christina Gokey-Smith (Matrix Cycle Club)
Anna Hicks (Cynisca Cycling)
Aria Mundy
Emily Newsom (Roxo Racing)
Paige Onweller (Trek/WTB/ABUS/HED/SRAM)
Jenna Rinehart (Nicollet Bike)
Melisa Rollins (Virginia's Blue Ridge Twenty24)
alexis skarda (Santa Cruz Bicycles)
Kyleigh Spearing
Lauren Stephens ((EF EDUCATION - TIBCO - SVB)
Grace Williams (Cynisca Cycling)
Caroline Wreszin (CINCH Racing)
Laura Weislo
Managing Editor

Laura Weislo has been with Cyclingnews since 2006 after making a switch from a career in science. As Managing Editor, she coordinates coverage for North American events and global news. As former elite-level road racer who dabbled in cyclo-cross and track, Laura has a passion for all three disciplines. When not working she likes to go camping and explore lesser traveled roads, paths and gravel tracks. Laura specialises in covering doping, anti-doping, UCI governance and performing data analysis.