Danny Pate is an American retired professional cyclist, who competed professionally in road racing, cyclo-cross and mountain bike racing between 2000 and 2018 for the Saeco–Valli & Valli, Prime Alliance, Health Net–Maxxis, Jelly Belly–Pool Gel, Garmin–Transitions, HTC–Highroad, Team Sky and Rally Cycling teams.
Eric Ryder Hesjedal is a Canadian retired professional racing cyclist who competed in mountain biking and road racing between 1998 and 2016. Hesjedal won a silver medal at the 1998 Junior, 2001 Under-23, and Elite world championship in mountain biking. He turned professional with U.S. Postal Service in 2004 after several years with the Rabobank continental team. Having previously finished in fifth place at the 2010 Tour de France, Hesjedal won his first and only Grand Tour at the 2012 Giro d'Italia, the first Grand Tour win by a Canadian. Other major wins include two stages at the Vuelta a España, the first such stage wins by a Canadian.
Valentina Scandolara is an Italian road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Aromitalia–Basso Bikes–Vaiano.
Fabio Aru is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2012 and 2021 for the Astana, UAE Team Emirates and Team Qhubeka NextHash squads. He hails from San Gavino Monreale in Sardinia, and is known for his climbing ability, which made him a favorite for the Grand Tours. He is known as "The Knight of the four Moors", a reference to his native island of Sardinia.
Hannah Mary Barnes is a British racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Uno-X Pro Cycling Team. She is the sister of fellow racing cyclist Alice Barnes, who rides for Canyon–SRAM.
Leah Kirchmann is a Canadian racing cyclist, who rides for National Cycling League team Denver Disruptors. She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence. At the 2014 Global Relay Canadian Road Championships, held in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, she won the road race, time trial and the criterium, becoming the first woman to win all three titles in the same year.
Peta Mullens is an Australian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Roxsolt Liv SRAM in road cycling, and Focus Attaquer in the mountain biking and cyclo-cross disciplines of the sport. She is a former Australian road cycling, MTB and cyclo-cross champion.
Diego Rosa is an Italian former racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2013 to 2022. He rode in nine Grand Tours and was victorious in the 2015 Milano–Torino.
Alexis Ryan is an American racing cyclist, who rides for American amateur team L39ION of Los Angeles. She is the sister of fellow racing cyclist Kendall Ryan.
Team SmartStop was an American UCI Continental cycling team that was formed in 2008 when the team Time was disbanded. SmartStop was originally named Mountain Khakis. Team SmartStop was directed by former professional cyclist Mike Creed, who in his own right had a very successful international cycling career. After coming on board with Team SmartStop and changing the program to a stage racing team, Creed led the team to many victories in 2014 including the USA Pro Road Race National Championships and the UCI America's Tour. It disbanded after the 2015 season. In January of 2016 riders came forward saying their wages for 2015 had not been fully paid yet.
Louis Meintjes is a South African cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Intermarché–Wanty. He won the South African National Road Race Championships in 2014, and has finished 8th overall in the Tour de France, on 3 occasions in 2016, 2017 and 2022. He has also finished 10th overall at the 2015 Vuelta a España, and won a stage at the 2022 Vuelta a España.
Daniel Felipe Martínez Poveda is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe.
Mark Pavlovych Padun is a Ukrainian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost.
Jai Hindley is an Australian professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe. He has been successful in the Giro d'Italia, finishing first overall in 2022 and second in 2020.
Thomas Pidcock is a British cyclist who currently competes in the cyclo-cross, mountain bike and road bicycle racing disciplines of the sport for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.
Sean Bennett is an American former cyclist, who competed as a professional between 2015 and 2022.
Benjamin Elliott Turner is a British cyclist, who currently ride for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.
Ben Healy is an Irish professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost. A two time national champion, he was selected to compete in the road race at the 2020 UCI Road World Championships.
Luke Lamperti is an American road cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step.
Tobias Halland Johannessen is a Norwegian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Uno-X Mobility. Along with his twin brother Anders, Tobias raced in mountain biking, cyclo-cross and road cycling, before deciding to focus primarily on road racing. Knee injuries had kept him from competing in much of the truncated 2020 season. In July 2021 he named to the Norwegian team to compete in the road race event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
