| USA Cycling to Send Nine to Represent U.S. at Junior World Championships |
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| Written by USA Cycling | |
| Monday, 30 June 2008 | |
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Phinney set to Defend World Time Trial Title Colorado Springs, Colo. - USA Cycling announced today the nine junior athletes that will represent the United States at the upcoming 2008 UCI Junior Road and Track World Championships in Cape Town, South Africa, July 12-20. Four boys and two girls will contest the road events scheduled for July 18-20, including defending junior world time trial champion Taylor Phinney (Boulder, Colo.), who will also compete in three events on the track. The junior world championships will be Phinney's last major race before competing in the 4,000-meter individual pursuit at the 2008 Olympic Games. For the boys, three cyclists will contest the time trial and road race. Time trial participants include Phinney, who automatically qualified as the defending world champion, Nathan Brown (Covington, Tenn.), who earned an automatic nomination with his win in the race against the clock at the Junior Driedaagse van Axel, and Adam Leibovitz (Indianapolis, Ind.), winner of the time trial at the Tour of the Red River Gorge, USA Cycling's domestic selection race. Jacob Rathe (Portland, Ore.) will join Brown and Leibovitz in the road race. Brown was an automatic qualifier as the overall winner of the Trophee Centre Morbihan earlier this year, while Rathe automatically qualified as the road race winner at the Tour of the Red River Gorge. Leibovitz was given a discretionary nomination. In the girls' road events, 2007 bronze medalist Jerika Hutchinson (Mount Shasta, Calif.) will return to contest the race against the clock as an automatic qualifier, while Sinead Miller (Pittsburgh, Pa.) received a discretionary selection for the time trial. Both girls will also compete in the road race - Miller as an automatic selection as the winner of the road race at the Tour of the Red River Gorge and Hutchinson as a discretionary selection. Phinney is the only cross-over athlete named to the world championship squad and will also compete in the 3000-meter individual pursuit - an event in which he currently holds the junior world record - as well the points race and the multi-event omnium on the track. Joining Phinney on the track are two boys and one girl. Kit Karzen (Beverly Hills, Calif.) will contest the scratch race and the Madison for the U.S., while Iggy Silva (San Diego, Calif.) will join him for the Madison. Colleen Hayduk (Kutztown, Pa.) will tackle four different events in the girls' ranks, including the 500-meter time trial, match sprint, keirin and scratch race. The 2008 UCI Junior Road and Track World Championships will take place in Cape Town, South Africa from July 12-20. Complete schedule of events and more information. 2008 UCI Junior Road and Track World Championships Cape Town, South Africa July 12-20: Boys Taylor Phinney (Boulder, Colo.) Time Trial, Individual Pursuit, Points Race, Omnium Nathan Brown (Covington, Tenn.) Road Race, Time Trial Adam Leibovitz (Indianapolis, Ind.) Road Race, Time Trial Jacob Rathe (Portland, Ore.) Road Race Iggy Silva (San Diego, Calif.) Madison Kit Karzen (Beverly Hills, Calif.) Scratch Race, Madison Girls Jerika Hutchinson (Mount Shasta, Calif.) Time Trial, Road Race Sinead Miller (Pittsburgh, Pa.) Time Trial, Road Race Colleen Hayduk (Kutztown, Pa.) 500-Meter Time Trial, Match Sprint, Keirin, Scratch Race
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