May 21, 2004 – USA Cycling announced today the roster for the 2004 UCI Track World Championships set for May 26-30 at the Vodafone arena in Melbourne, Australia. Earlier in the week, the announcement came that the U.S. had secured 15 start positions for the world championships, and now the world-class athletes that will fill those spots have been confirmed.

The men’s trio of Giddeon Massie (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Adam Duvendeck (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Christian Stahl (Bethany, Conn.) will contest the team sprint with Andy Lakatosh (Trexlertown, Pa.) on call as a reserve. Stahl will also ride in the kilometer time trial and Lakatosh will fill one of the two start positions in the keirin. The second start position in the keirin goes to 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist, Marty Nothstein (Orefield, Pa.). Colby Pearce (Boulder, Colo.) will focus his efforts on the points race and Jame Carney (Boulder, Colo.) will ride the scratch race.

In the women’s events, Tanya Lindenmuth (Trexlertown, Pa.) and Jennie Reed (Kirkland, Wash.) will both contest the sprint while Lindenmuth will double up in the 500m time trial and Reed will also compete in the keirin. Erin Mirabella (Racine, Wis.) will ride both the individual pursuit and the points race and Becky Quinn (Quakertown, Pa.) gets the nomination for the scratch race.

According to UCI guidelines, the world championships are the primary selection event in which a country can qualify start positions for the 2004 Olympic Games late this summer. Riders and teams who place accordingly at the world championships will qualify a start position for their country in Athens. For a detailed description on how the U.S. team’s performance at the world championships earn start positions for Athens, visit http://www.usacycling.org/events/olympic.pdf.

2004 UCI Track World Championships
U.S. Team Final Roster

Men

1. Giddeon Massie (team sprint)

2. Adam Duvendeck (team sprint,)

3. Christian Stahl (team sprint, kilo)

4. Colby Pearce (points race)

5. James Carney (scratch race)

6. Andy Lakatosh (team sprint (reserve), keirin)

7. Marty Nothstein (keirin)

Women

1. Tanya Lindenmuth (sprint, 500m)

2. Jennie Reed (sprint, keirin)

3. Erin Mirabella (individual pursuit, points race)

4. Rebecca Quinn (scratch race)

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