ISU Student Colin Joyce to Compete in World Championship Bike Race
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POCATELLO — Idaho State University student Colin Joyce will be competing in the Union Cycliste Internationale Road World Championship Sept. 19 to 27 for the Men’s Under 23 Road Circuit (U23).
The race is a nine-day event featuring 12 championship races. Joyce will be competing in the U23 on Sept. 25. There are less than 23 junior men and women who receive the opportunity to compete in the race, according to ISU spokesperson Andrew Taylor.
“At the end of the day, as a team, we all want to put someone on the podium for the USA and place within the top three,” Joyce said in a press release.
The event is held in an international city chosen by UCI through competitive bidding similar to that of the Olympics. This year it will be held in Richmond, Virginia.
Joyce qualified for the Road World Championship after coming in third place in the Volta a Costa Vicentina Race held in Brazil in March. Joyce has been at a two-week training camp in Charlottesville, Virginia, which will lead up to the race. He has been training since October of last year.
Joyce grew up in Pocatello and attended Pocatello High School. Joyce is working on achieving his degree in exercise science at ISU.
He has been cycling for six years.