Automatic nominations to cyclo-cross worlds
Colorado Springs, Colo. (December 13, 2004)—With the 2004 USCF National Cyclo-cross Championships complete, USA Cycling announced today the automatic selections for the 2005 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in St. Wendel, Germany January 29-30.
Jonathan Page (Tilton, N.H.), Katie Compton (Wilmington, Del.), Jesse Anthony (Beverly, Mass.), and Bjorn Selander (Hudson, Wis.) have received automatic nominations as a result of their national titles over the weekend.
Page, currently the top-ranked American in the UCI standings, captured his third consecutive elite men’s national title in Portland on Sunday.
Compton was a surprise winner in the elite women’s race and is better known for her three medals at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens. As a pilot for visually impaired teammate Karissa Whitsel, the duo earned gold, silver, and bronze earlier this summer in Athens. Compton however has declined her nomination to the team.
Anthony won his sixth consecutive national cyclo-cross title over the weekend as he successfully defended his U-23 crown from 2003.
Selander took the men’s junior title in only his second year of competitive cyclo-cross racing.
Also earning automatic nominations based on their overall Crank Brothers U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclo-cross series victories are Ryan Trebon (Ventura, Calif.), Ann Knapp (Des Moines, Wash.), and Charles Marzot (Newton, Mass.). Trebon captured the overall title in the elite men’s category of the inaugural six-race series while Knapp won the elite women’s category and Marzot took the junior title. In addition to his national title, Anthony also won the U23 division in the gran prix.
Discretionary nominations to the U.S. National Team for the 2005 UCI Cylco-cross World Championships will be announced on December 16.
2005 UCI World Cyclo-cross Championships
January 29-30
St. Wendel, Germany
Automatic Nominations
Jonathan Page, Ryan Trebon (Elite Men)
Jesse Anthony (U-23)
Bjorn Selander, Charles Marzot (Junior Men)
Katie Compton*, Ann Knapp (Women)
*declined nomination
Jonathan Page (Tilton, N.H.), Katie Compton (Wilmington, Del.), Jesse Anthony (Beverly, Mass.), and Bjorn Selander (Hudson, Wis.) have received automatic nominations as a result of their national titles over the weekend.
Page, currently the top-ranked American in the UCI standings, captured his third consecutive elite men’s national title in Portland on Sunday.
Compton was a surprise winner in the elite women’s race and is better known for her three medals at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens. As a pilot for visually impaired teammate Karissa Whitsel, the duo earned gold, silver, and bronze earlier this summer in Athens. Compton however has declined her nomination to the team.
Anthony won his sixth consecutive national cyclo-cross title over the weekend as he successfully defended his U-23 crown from 2003.
Selander took the men’s junior title in only his second year of competitive cyclo-cross racing.
Also earning automatic nominations based on their overall Crank Brothers U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclo-cross series victories are Ryan Trebon (Ventura, Calif.), Ann Knapp (Des Moines, Wash.), and Charles Marzot (Newton, Mass.). Trebon captured the overall title in the elite men’s category of the inaugural six-race series while Knapp won the elite women’s category and Marzot took the junior title. In addition to his national title, Anthony also won the U23 division in the gran prix.
Discretionary nominations to the U.S. National Team for the 2005 UCI Cylco-cross World Championships will be announced on December 16.
2005 UCI World Cyclo-cross Championships
January 29-30
St. Wendel, Germany
Automatic Nominations
Jonathan Page, Ryan Trebon (Elite Men)
Jesse Anthony (U-23)
Bjorn Selander, Charles Marzot (Junior Men)
Katie Compton*, Ann Knapp (Women)
*declined nomination
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