{"id":120791,"date":"2026-05-17T11:46:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/dygert-to-step-away-from-euro-road-and-focus-on-olympic-gold\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T11:46:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:46:46","slug":"dygert-to-step-away-from-euro-road-and-focus-on-olympic-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/dygert-to-step-away-from-euro-road-and-focus-on-olympic-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Dygert To Step Away from Euro Road and Focus on Olympic Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"justify-start\">\n<nav class=\"align-left col-span-full mb-base\" data-pom-e2e-test-id=\"breadcrumbs\"\/>\n<p>Journalist Daniel Benson reports US track and road star Dygert to join Virginia\u2019s Blue Ridge-TWENTY28 conti team in stunning career pivot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"border-border-light border-t py-base-tight\">\n<div 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sm:inline\">Listen<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/p>\n<p class=\"fp-leadCaption py-tight text-left font-utility text-utility3-size leading-utility3-line-height text-secondary\"> (Photo: ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>Updated May 17, 2026 06:14AM<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/tag\/chloe-dygert\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Chlo\u00e9 Dygert<\/a> is set to pivot her career away from road racing in Europe and point it directly at the LA Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>According to reporting by Daniel Benson, the Indianan star is close to signing a two-year deal with U.S. conti team Virginia\u2019s Blue Ridge-TWENTY28.<\/p>\n<p>The move would effectively pause her time in the Women\u2019s WorldTour and give her extra bandwidth to go all-in on preparing for her home Games in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Benson wrote recently <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/dnlbenson.substack.com\/p\/cycling-transfers-chloe-dygert-linked\" rel=\"noopener\">on his Substack page<\/a> that a deal between Dygert and Team TWENTY28 has not yet been signed but is \u201con course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dygert\u2019s long-running contract with Women\u2019s WorldTour squad Canyon-SRAM-Zondacrypto is due to expire in the winter.<\/p>\n<p><em>Velo<\/em> has contacted both Canyon-SRAM and Blue Ridge-TWENTY28 for comment but has yet to hear back.<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Ridge-TWENTY28 team is one of the oldest in U.S. cycling.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the nation\u2019s top female athletes have moved through its ranks. Dygert spent four seasons there before she joined Canyon-SRAM in 2021, and is still linked with the squad through mutual coach Kristen Armstrong.<\/p>\n<h2>Highs and lows in Europe<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_986052\" class=\"pom-image-wrap photo-alignnone\"><img alt=\"Dygert has raced with Canyon-SRAM only six times this season.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-986052\" style=\"color:transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2269896394.jpg?width=1080&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=75&amp;fit=cover 1x, https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2269896394.jpg?width=2048&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=75&amp;fit=cover 2x\" src=\"https:\/\/velo-cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2269896394.jpg?width=2048&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=75&amp;fit=cover\"\/><figcaption class=\"pom-caption\"><span class=\"article__caption\">Dygert has raced with Canyon-SRAM only six times this season. (Photo: Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dygert\u2019s career has been marred by <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/chloe-dygert-crashes-over-barrier-during-world-championship-time-trial-defense\/\" rel=\"noopener\">serious injuries<\/a> and health setbacks since she stepped up with Canyon-SRAM.<\/p>\n<p>She won a second world time trial title, placed <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/road\/road-racing\/the-pain-is-11-out-of-10-chloe-dygert-stuns-with-defiant-silver-medal-at-world-championships\/\" rel=\"noopener\">second in the world championship road race<\/a>, and won multiple WorldTour victories while with the team, but was held back by several long lay-offs, most notably after her terrible crash in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old has raced only six times this season. She recently revealed a diagnosis of \u201chormonal deficiencies and elevated cortisol levels\u201d in a <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DX-6O2CDSQx\/?img_index=2\" rel=\"noopener\">post on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dygert has represented the USA at three Olympic cycles and won medals in all three.<\/p>\n<p>She <a target=\"_self\" class=\"text-brand-primary underline hover:text-brand-primary\/85 break-words overflow-wrap-anywhere underline-offset-[3px]\" data-afl-p=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/olympics\/team-usa-wins-gold-in-womens-team-pursuit-after-decade-long-journey\/\" rel=\"noopener\">most recently won gold<\/a> with Jennifer Valente, Kristen Faulkner, and Lily Williams at the Team Pursuit in Paris.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/velo.outsideonline.com\/news\/dygert-step-away-euro-road-focus-olympic-gold\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journalist Daniel Benson reports US track and road star Dygert to join Virginia\u2019s Blue Ridge-TWENTY28 conti team in stunning career pivot. 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