Three big winners from this past weekend are among those 22 cyclists chosen to represent the US in the UCI Road World Championships on Sept. 29 through Oct. 3 in Geelong, Australia.
USA Cycling on Monday named Tyler Farrar, 26, final stage winner at Vuelta a Espana on Sunday; Taylor Phinney, 20, USA Cycling national time trial champion; and Ben King, 21, USA Cycling road race champion.
The 22 squad members include cyclists in the elite and under-23 divisions, as well as the elite women's divisions. Among the nine elite men, five are members of Garmin-Transitions cycling team.
[I'm proud to boast that two of them list their hometowns in Washington state — Farrar of Wenatchee and Tom Peterson of Mercer Island.]
USA Cycling's Jim Miller said:
“We are sending three talented teams to Melbourne. We are confident in each and every one of these athletes and believe each of the teams will be a factor in the outcome at these World Championships.”
The roster as published by USA Cycling is:
Elite Men
Tyler Farrar (Wenatchee, Wash./Garmin-Transitions) – road race
David Zabriskie (Salt Lake City, Utah/Garmin-Transitions) – road race and time trial
Jason McCartney (Coralville, Iowa/RadioShack) – road race
Christian Vande Velde (Lemont, Ill./Garmin-Transitions) – road race
Danny Pate (Colorado Springs, Colo./Garmin-Transitions) – road race
Tejay Van Garderen (Fort Collins, Colo./Columbia-HTC) – road race and time trial
Craig Lewis (Greenville, S.C./Columbia-HTC) – road race
Ted King (Brentwood, N.H./Cervelo Test Team) – road race
Tom Peterson (Mercer Island, Wash./Garmin-Transitions) – road race
Elite Women
Shelley Olds (Los Gatos, Calif./Peanut Butter & CO TWENTY 12) – road race
Evelyn Stevens (New York, N.Y./Columbia-HTC) – road race and time trial
Amber Neben (Irvine, Calif./unattached) – road race and time trial
Amanda Miller (Fort Collins, Colo./Team TIBCO) – road race
Theresa Cliff-Ryan (Cedar Springs, Mich./Colavita-Baci p/b Cooking Light) – road race
Carmen Small (Durango, Colo./Colavita-Baci p/b Cooking Light) – road race
Katheryn Mattis (Mountain View, Calif./Webcor) – road race
U23 Men
Benjamin King (North Garden, Va./Trek-Livestrong) – road race and time trial
Taylor Phinney (Boulder, Colo./Trek-Livestrong) – road race and time trial
Andrew Talansky (Napa, Calif./California Giant Berry Farms) – road race and time trial
Alex Howes (Boulder, Colo./Felt-Holowesko) – road race
Chris Butler (Hilton Head, S.C./BMC) – road race
Carter Jones (Boulder, Colo./Jelly Belly) – road race
The schedule for the 2010 UCI Road World Championship races:
Sept. 29: Under 23 men's time trial (31.8 km) and elite women's time trial (22.9 km)
Sept. 30: Elite men's time trial (45.8 km)
Oct. 1: Under 23 men's road race (159 km)
Oct. 2: Elite women's road race (127.2 km)
Oct. 3: Elite men's road race (262.7 km)
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