Tayler Wiles 'heart broken' after missing out on Olympic Games selection

SARGENTES DE LA LORA SPAIN MAY 20 Tayler Wiles of United States and Team Trek Segafredo during the 6th Vuelta a Burgos Feminas 2021 Stage 1 a 100km stage from Villadiego to Sargentes de la Lora 1013m VueltaBurgos BurgosFem UCIWWT on May 20 2021 in Sargentes de la Lora Spain Photo by Luc ClaessenGetty Images
Tayler Wiles of Trek-Segafredo (Image credit: Getty Images)

Tayler Wiles has taken to social media to share her deep disappointment at missing out on selection for Team USA in the Tokyo Olympic Games. The Trek-Segafredo rider, who is viewed by many as one of the most respected domestiques in the peloton, also called into question the selection process that was used to determine the four-rider road race team for women.

“I am incredibly heartbroken and disappointed to not be selected for the Olympic team. Realizing that a childhood dream I’ve worked toward for over 10 years will not be coming true is not an easy thing to process. In all honesty, I don’t agree with the decision or the process by which athletes are selected,” Wiles wrote on her Instagram page after the women’s team was announced on Thursday.

The US women’s team were allocated four spots for the Olympic road race in Tokyo with Chloé Dygert, Leah Thomas, Coryn Rivera and US national champion Ruth Winder all getting the nod. Amber Neben will race the individual time trial alongside Dygert, but Wiles was hoping to selected for the women’s road team after a strong and consistent spring campaign. 

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Daniel Benson

Daniel Benson was the Editor in Chief at Cyclingnews.com between 2008 and 2022. Based in the UK, he joined the Cyclingnews team in 2008 as the site's first UK-based Managing Editor. In that time, he reported on over a dozen editions of the Tour de France, several World Championships, the Tour Down Under, Spring Classics, and the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the help of the excellent editorial team, he ran the coverage on Cyclingnews and has interviewed leading figures in the sport including UCI Presidents and Tour de France winners.