Toyota-United has high hopes for US Open

The Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team will put its top riders on the start line of Saturday's inaugural US Open Cycling Championships. Two of them - sprinter Ivan Dominguez and veteran European pro Henk Vogels - are being pegged as favorites to win the UCI 1.1-rated, 112-mile (179 km) race.

The event is the second stop on the USA Cycling Professional Tour after the Tour of California in February. It begins in colonial Williamsburg at 8:10 a.m. and finishes with eight laps of a 5.5-mile circuit in the capital city of Richmond.