Sam Bennett leads the Irish elite men's road race team at the World Road Championships in Doha in a couple of weeks, but some riders will be paying their own way (Photo: Sean Rowe)
World Champs travel costs
In the USA, while some of the riders picked for the World Road Championships in Doha next month are having their way paid by the national federation, others on the team are paying their own way.
With its budget having been cut and a lot of money having been spent on the Olympics, the US is paying for those riders who have met the qualification criteria for the Worlds.
But those selected as discretionary picks are self funded, though some of their trade teams are picking up the tab.
There are 15 riders selected, with five having met the selection criteria.
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They are Taylor Phinney and U23 rider Alexey Vermeulen who have both qualified for the elite TT, Carmen Small who will ride the elite women’s TT and elite women’s road race pair Megan Guarnier and Coryn Rivera.
And while it was unclear who would be paying out of their own pockets or whose trade teams would intervene and foot the bill, the male riders in the group not being paid for by USA Cycling are: Chad Haga (Giant-Alpecin), Kiel Reijnen (Trek-Segafredo) and Joey Rosskopf (BMC Racing).
Robin Carpenter (Holowesko-Citadel) has also been selected for the men's team but is having his way paid by his trade team.
The women affected are: Allie Dragoo (Twenty16-RideBiker), Amber Neben (Bepink), Alexis Ryan (Canyon-SRAM) and Lauren Stephens (Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank).
The riders footing their own bills will be covered by USA Cycling once they get to Doha but the cost of their travel, including excess baggage, is not being covered. If they win a medal they can claim the money back.
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