American Road Race Champion Matthew Busche was supposed to have a solid block of racing at home, going for the GC in the Tour of Utah and USA Pro Challenge before supporting and co-leading with Bauke Mollema at the Tour of Alberta and the Canadian WorldTour races and then riding as the US Champion at a home Worlds in Richmond. But a crash in the Tour of Utah has meant the 30 year old doesn’t have the shape he hoped to have at this point in the year.

"I would love to ride Worlds," said Busche, following Trek Factory Racing’s victory in the team time trial at the Tour of Alberta on Wednesday. "It would be a huge honour to race for the US, in the US. It doesn’t happen very often. I haven’t had too many chances to perform after my crash. It’s been a hard year for me mentally and physically but I would love to go to Worlds."

There is only one spot left on the US Road race team for the race in Richmond, Virginia. He hopes his Utah crash hasn’t ruined his dream of riding the Worlds.

"Crashing at Utah and then not performing in Colorado as I had hoped - it doesn’t look as good on paper, but on the other hand, maybe I have a little bit of freshness in my body, if I can recover enough.”

"The progression of racing coming up could lead me into Quebec and Montreal and then into Worlds. That would be a perfect preparation. It’s all up to them [USA Cycling] and what they see, and how they feel about who is prepared enough."