February 16, 2012 (London, England) – The CCA would like to announce the final Canadian selection for the Women’s Team Pursuit and the Men’s Team Sprint events, which will compete at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Cup in London, starting tonight. This is the fourth and final World Cup of the season and is the test event for the London 2012 Olympics.

The final selection were the results of trials held at the end of a two-week training camp held in Wales, England, to prepare for this fourth and last World Cup of the 2012 season.

2012 UCI World Cup – London, England

Women’s Team Pursuit
– Carleton, Gillian (Victoria, BC)
– Glaesser, Jasmin (Coquitlam, BC)
– Whitten, Tara (Edmonton, AB)

Men’s Team Sprint
– Barrette, Hugo (Cap-Aux-Meules, QC)
– Cossette, Stéphane (Chicoutimi, QC)
– MacKinnon, Cameron (Calgary, AB/Dieppe, NB)

The three-day World Cup event starts on February 17. Full schedule and additional details can be found at www.uci.ch.