May 17, 2004 –  The 2004 UCI Track World Cup Series concluded on Sunday, May 16, 2004 with the fourth and final round at the Dunc Gray Veloldrome in suburban Sydney. American athletes claimed  four medals over the weekend but more importantly posted strong performances  less than two weeks away from the upcoming UCI World Track Championships May  26-30 in Melbourne.

Colby Pearce (Boulder, Colo.) led the way with a gold medal  performance in the men's points race, while Tanya Lindenmuth (Trexlertown, Pa.)  and Jennie Reed (Kirkland, Wash.) each claimed a silver medal in the women's sprint and keirin respectively. Becky Quinn (Quakertown, Pa.) rode to a bronze  medal in the women's scratch race. Andy Lakatosh (Trexlertown, Pa.) placed  fourth in the men's keirin and Lindenmuth followed up her silver medal ride in  the sprint with a fifth place finish in the 500m time trial.

Other  American finishes included a sixth place ride for Erin Mirabella (Racine, Wis.)  in the women's individual pursuit, a seventh place finish for Jame Carney  (Boulder, Colo.) in the men's scratch race and a seventh place in the team  sprint from the trio of Adam Duvendeck (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Christian Stahl  (Bethany, Conn.) and Giddeon Massie (Colorado Springs, Colo.). Stahl also placed  ninth individually in the men's kilometer time trial while Michael Tillman  (Santa Monica, Calif.) placed tenth in the individual pursuit. The madison team  of Carney and Pearce placed eleventh and Quinn also placed eighth in the women's  points race. Reed's consistent performance and her silver medal in Sydney  solidified the overall World Cup title which was based on results from the four  2004 World Cups and the 2003 World Championships.

Pearce earned second  place in the overall World Cup series in the men's scratch race and third  overall in the points race while Lindenmuth, thanks to two silver medals over  the course of the world cup series, placed fourth overall in the women's  sprint.

Erin Mirabella finished up the World Cup season fourth overall in  the women's individual pursuit. In the team sprint overall classification, the women's team finished fourth overall and the men ninth.

As a nation, the  United States ranked seventh overall in the final nations ranking.