Project Echelon Racing has announced that it will have a roster of 18 riders in 2022, its sixth year as an elite American national team. The new additions are three up-and-coming riders, Canada's Jordan Schein, who has competed for Elevate Webiplex Pro Cycling for the past four seasons, New Zealand's Ethan Kleyne, and Americans Tyler Stites and Hugo Scala Jr.

2022 Among the top riders returning in 2022 are three Americans, George Simpson, Zach Gregg, and John Heinlein III. Simpson won the fourth stage of this year's Joe Martin Stage Race and is second in the points standings. Greg finished 10th at the U.S. Pro Time Trial Championships, while Heinlein finished fourth at the U.S. Pro Criterium Championships and won the Men's Senior ITT Amateur Championships. Both Greg and Heinlein were part of the team that raced in France this summer.

"Our goal is to be the top program in all road disciplines in North America, and we want to take advantage of every opportunity available to do that," said team owner Eric Hill, who said the team will focus on a full U.S. calendar and return to Europe in the summer to race He said the team will focus on the full U.S. calendar and return in the summer for races in Europe.

States, who turns 24 in March, is a versatile rider who has raced five seasons in Eboro, winning a stage win and a mountain prize at this year's Joe Martin stage race. He was part of the US National Team that competed in the 2019 Amgen Tour of California. Scala, now 24, also raced for Gateway Devo Cycling and placed fourth at the 2019 U23 US Road Championships. He had two top-10 finishes in the Joe Martin Stage Race stages that year.

Crane moved on after a combination with Automatic Racing and New England Devo, winning two stages of the Green Mountain Stage Race in Vermont at age 19. 30-year-old Shain is a time trial specialist and has finished in the top 10 in the Canadian championships in six of the last seven years.

The team expects many of the major U.S. stage races to return in 2022, and plans to mix in criterium races with events such as the Redlands Cycling Classic, Tour of the Gila, Joe Martin Stage Race, and Green Mountain Stage Race. Criterium races will be mixed in. The calendar of major criterium races includes the Ahmed Force Classic, Gateway Cup, Tulsa Tough and the Tour of the Americas Dairyland NS Intelligencia Cup week-long series.

Project Echelon will also return to Europe in 2022 for a select block of races on the UCI European Tour, including the Grand Prix de la Ville de Perenchieu and the Kreuz-Bleitze Elite. The team is also considering adding an off-road event to its 2022 calendar, where it is equally eager to promote the growth of the veteran community that the organization supports.

"It is unfortunate that we have to travel so far to provide world-class opportunities for our athletes, but all we can do is respond to the hand we are dealt and work with other teams and race promoters to ensure that opportunities like those in Europe are again abundant on American soil. All we can do is offer our voices in the hopes Several things are happening as we speak that give us hope that we are moving in that direction.

The team will hold a training camp with a team presentation in Winston-Salem, NC from March 14-20, 2022. They will also host a team presentation and Gran Fondo event at the end of that week at the same location, details of which were announced on social media.