Eight Initial Teams Announced for Inaugural 2025 Maryland Cycling Classic Women’s Race

May 14, 2025

CANYON-SRAM zondacrypto and EF Education-Oatly Highlight Eight Initial Teams

BALTIMORE, May14, 2025 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The Maryland Cycling Classic, America’s biggest and highest-ranked professional women’s road race, announced the participation of eight teams including top-ranked women’s World Tour team CANYON-SRAM zondacrypto (GER) and UCI Women Pro Team EF Education-Oatly (USA) as well as six other initial teams for the inaugural women’s race. The 2025 Maryland Cycling Classic will be held in Baltimore, Md. on Sept. 6, and for the first time will feature both men’s and women’s races.

“We’re happy to announce we’ll be back racing in the United States for the first time since 2019,” said Ronny Lauke, CEO and Team Manager of CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto. “With many of our team partners having either headquarters or a strong presence in the U.S., it’s exciting for us to finally bring our team back for the UCI 1.1 Maryland Cycling Classic. We look forward to showcasing our racing style and connecting with the fans.”

Also announced as competing in the race were the American continental teams Cynisca, Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY28, Team USA, which will be a composite of top young Americans, The Cyclery Racing Team (CAN) and top USA club teams CCB and L39ion of Los Angeles.

“The inaugural women’s Maryland Cycling Classic will feature some top world teams, and we couldn’t be happier,” said Terry Hasseltine, the President & CEO of the Sport & Entertainment Corporation of Maryland, the event’s owner and producer. “The women’s race has been several years in the making and it’s wonderful to see it finally materializing with elite-level teams.”

A total of 15 teams of six riders are expected to comprise the women’s field. The nine initial women’s teams represent a unique composition of elite teams and riders. The World Tour team CANYON-SRAM is the squad of Chloé Dygert, winner of four Olympic medals including a bronze medal in the 2024 Paris Olympics Individual Time Trial on the road. EF Education-Oatly is the squad of Kristen Faulkner, who won two Olympic gold medals including one in the Road Race at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

“I am thrilled to finally feature a women’s race at the Maryland Cycling Classic. We have worked from the beginning to make this a reality, and this year’s quality field of riders will produce incredible racing,” said John Kelly, the Chairman of the Maryland Cycling Classic. “Many American women are being featured in races around the world, and it will be great to see these world-class athletes and their teams compete in the United States.”

The women’s race will be contested on Sept. 6, the same day as the men’s race and will utilize the same route. The exact course, distance, start and estimated finish times will be announced along with the full calendar of race week events in June.

Sport and Entertainment Corporation of Maryland
The Maryland Cycling Classic is America’s biggest and highest-ranked men’s and women’s road race. The event is produced by the Sport and Entertainment Corporation of Maryland, a 501(c)(3) tax exempt corporation and affiliated foundation of the Maryland Sports Commission, a division of the Maryland Stadium Authority, and was established in 2019 to further, promote, and move the State of Maryland forward through sports.

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