Colorado Springs, Colo.- USA Cycling announced today its four-person squad for the upcoming 2009 UCI Track World Championships in Pruszkow, Poland, March 25-29.

Taylor Phinney (Boulder, Colo.) earned an automatic nomination to contest both the men’s 4,000-meter individual pursuit and kilometer time trial. Last month, Phinney broke the U.S. national record in both events, clocking a 4:15.223 in the pursuit and a 1:01.641 in the kilo. Both marks earned him an automatic start at the world championships.
Phinney will also compete in the omnium competition, a five-race event which consists of a 200-meter time trial, a 7.5-kilometer scratch race, a 15-kilometer points race, a 3,000-meter individual pursuit and a kilometer time trial.

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