List of Olympic Medalists of Team USA in Cycling Road

The Olympic program of cycling being an umbrealla sport includes road, track, mountain, BMX racing, and freestyle as disciplines, though there are several others that are non-Olympic cycling disciplines. All of the cycling events are overseen by the 124-year-old Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), of which the USA is a founding member.

Modern bicycles increased the craze for bike races among the masses. Road cycling made its Olympic debut in 1896, but the sport gained traction at the Olympics in 1912. Prior to 1932, the road events were basically individual time trials, which later on turned in to a team trial events.

Further, a four-person team time trial was added in 1960, and it remained on the schedule until 1992. Further, four years later, an individual time trial was added for both men and women; women's participation began in 1984.

The List of Olympic Medalists of Team USA in Cycling Road

Road cycling competitions made their Olympic debut in 1896, which was the iteration of the modern Olympic Games, but it has become a continuous sport at each Olympic event since the 1912 Olympics.

However, the Olympics played a part in the revival of the cycling craze in the USA, with the Olympic team's 1984 victory in Los Angeles, led by Alexi Grewal and Connie Carpenter-Phinney, along with a few more victories by Lance Armstrong and Greg LeMond in other events.

The United States is ranked fourth in the all-time medal table among countries (30 NOCs) that have won at least one medal; the USA has a total of 13 medals, including five golds. The road cycling events at the Olympics has been dominated by the Dutch, Italians, and French.

Henry Hansen of Denmark and Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland each took home two golds and one silver. Three gold medals have been won by American cyclist Kristin Armstrong and Dutch cyclist Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel and with four medals, French rider Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli is the only athlete to have the most medals at the road cycling Olympic events.

The list of Olympic medalists for Team USA in cycling is as follows: