Phinney and Hammer lead USAC team to track worlds in Denmark

March 5th, 2010 admin

USA Cycling has named its team for the upcoming UCI Track World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, March 24-28. Defending individual pursuit world champion Taylor Phinney is an automatic nomination.  In addition to defending his pursuit title, he will also contest the Omnium event in Copenhagen. Rounding out the men’s squad will be discretionary nominees Daniel Holloway  (scratch race and Madison), Colby Pearce (Madison), and Giddeon Massie sprint and 1k time trial). Sarah Hammer  received the only automatic nomination to the women’s squad by clocking a 3:27 to win the individual pursuit at the World Cup in Cali, Colombia earlier this season. The two-time world champion will compete for a third rainbow jersey in the individual pursuit and will also contest the Omnium and team pursuit. …


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