Cyclesport Victoria has announced its team selection for the Australian Track Championships taking place at Sydney's Dunc Gray Velodrome from February 5 - 11.
A strong lineup will contest the men's endurance events including Commonwealth Games gold medallist Sean Finning (Castlemaine CC) and U23 time trial champion Zak Dempster (Bendigo CC) while Mark French (St Kilda CC), Shane Perkins (Carnegie Caulfield CC) and Jason Niblett (Horsham CC) are expected to lead the team in Sprint events.
The women's squad will be headlined by 2005 world pursuit champion Katie Mactier (Carnegie Caulfield CC) alongside Tess Downing (Carnegie Caulfield CC) and Jessica Berry (Bendigo CC).
Complete lineup
Elite Men
Mark French (St Kilda CC)
Shane Perkins (Carnegie Caulfield CC)
Jason Niblett (Horsham CC)
Joel Leonard (Footscray CC)
Michael Ford (Carnegie Caulfield CC)
Richard England (Blackburn CC)
Zak Dempster (Bendigo CC)
Sean Finning (Castlemaine CC)
Kyle Marwood (Bendigo CC)
Elite Women
Katie Mactier (Carnegie Caulfield CC)
Jessica Berry (Bendigo CC)
Tess Downing (Carnegie Caulfield CC)
Apryl Eppinger (Carnegie Caulfield CC)
Monique Hanley (Blackburn CC)
Under 19 Men
Leigh Howard (Geelong CC)
James Langedyk (Geelong CC)
Glenn O'shea (Bendigo CC)
Jamie Crass (Bendigo CC)
Trevor Griffiths (Shepparton CC)
Ben Sanders (Carnegie Caulfield CC)
Scott Sittampalam (Blackburn CC)
Anthony Rix (Bendigo CC)
Toby Dite (Hawthorn CC)
Under 19 Women
Lisa Friend (Carnegie Caulfield CC)
Lauren Hooper (Bendigo CC)
Esther Pugh-Uren (Bendigo CC)
Laine Hammond (Northcote CC)
Athletes with disabilities (AWD)
Michael Gallagher (Carnegie Caulfield CC) LC1
Martin Vcelka (Blackburn CC) LC2
Glenn Jarvis (Albury-Wodonga CC) LC3
Michael Eaddy (Carnegie Caulfield CC) LC4
