A 'thumbs up' from the stage winner, Evelyn Stevens (HTC - Columbia Women).(Image credit: CJ Farquharson/WomensCycling.net)
Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervelo) crosses the line in first.(Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)
Taylor Phinney (BMC) remains in the overall lead at the Eneco Tour.(Image credit: Sirotti)
On the last lap of the Snowmass Circuit Race, Kristin Armstrong (Peanut Butter & Co/Twenty12) had dropped Janel Holcomb (Colavita/Forno d'Asolo) and soloed in for the win.(Image credit: Wil Matthews)
With the UCI road world championships in Copenhagen expected to be contested as a field sprint, the USA is looking to Garmin-Cervélo's Tyler Farrar as its best bet for its first rainbow jersey in the men's road race since Lance Armstrong's title in 1993.
Former pursuit world champion Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) will compete in the road race and the time trial along with Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Cervélo).
Also riding the men's elite road race will be 2011 national champion Matthew Busche (RadioShack), former US champion Benjamin King (RadioShack), Brent Bookwalter and Jeff Louder (BMC Racing) and Timmy Duggan (Liquigas-Cannondale).
The women's team will be headed up by time trial national champion Evelyn Stevens (HTC-Highroad) and Olympic champion Kristin Armstrong (Peanut Butter & CO TWENTY 12) for the race against the clock.
Amber Neben (HTC-Highroad), a former world champion in the time trial, will not contest the event, but will be a part of the road race team along with US champion Robin Farina (NOW and Novartis), Theresa Cliff-Ryan (Colavita-Baci p/b Cooking Light) and Shelley Olds (Diadora Pasta Zara).
Joe Dombrowski (Trek-Livestrong), winner of a stage of the Giro Ciclistico della Valle d'Aosta, will head up the U23 men's team, along with Espoir Paris-Roubaix bronze medalist Jacob Rathe (Chipotle Development), Robert Bush (Kentucky Flyers-Texas Roadhouse), Gavin Mannion and Ian Boswell (Trek-Livestrong).
The team will pick two riders from Lawson Craddock, Carter Jones or Nathan Brown (all Trek-Livestrong) for the time trial.
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Team USA For 2011 UCI Road World Championships
Elite Men Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing) - road race Matthew Busche (Team Radio Shack) – road race Timmy Duggan (Garmin-Cervelo) – road race Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervelo) – road race Benjamin King (Team Radio Shack) - road race Jeff Louder (BMC Racing) - road race Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) – road race and time trial Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Cervelo) - road race and time trial
Elite Women Kristin Armstrong (Peanut Butter & CO TWENTY 12) – road race and time trial Theresa Cliff-Ryan (Colavita-Baci p/b Cooking Light) – road race Robin Farina (NOW and Novartis) – road race Amber Neben (HTC-Highroad) – road race Shelley Olds (Diadora Pasta Zara) – road race Evelyn Stevens (Columbia-HTC) – road race and time trial
U23 Men Ian Boswell (Trek-Livestrong) – road race Robert Bush (Kentucky Flyers-Texas Roadhouse) – road race Joe Dombrowski (Trek-Livestrong) – road race Gavin Mannion (Trek-Livestrong) – road race Jacob Rathe (Chipotle Development) – road race Two of: Nathan Brown (Trek-Livestrong) - time trial Lawson Craddock (Trek-Livestrong) – time trial Carter Jones (Trek-Livestrong) – time trial
Junior Men Alex Darville (Echelon Santa Barbara) – road race Kristo Jorgenson (BYRDS) – road race and time trial Matthew Lipscomb (Greenville Spinners Bicycle Club/Hincapie Development team) – road race Paul Lynch (Hot Tubes Development Cycling) – road race Alexey Vermeulen (Prochain) – road race Colby Wait-Molyneux (Hammer Nutrition-CMG Racing Team) – road race and time trial
Junior Women Addyson Albershardt (FLYING PIGS) – road race and time trial Grace Alexander (BYRDS) – road race and time trial Alexis Ryan (Team TIBCO II) – road race
