USA Cycling names eight athletes to squad for Pan American Road Championships

  
  


Colorado Springs, Colo. (May 7, 2014) – USA Cycling announced today the eight athletes that will represent the United States at the 2014 Pan American Continental Road Championships, May 8-12, in Puebla, Mexico.
 
Four women will represent the United States in Mexico. Leading the squad will be 2012 world championship silver medalist in the time trial, Evelyn Stevens (San Francisco, Calif./Team Specialized lululemon). Stevens will compete in the race against the clock and will be joined in the competition by Megan Guarnier (Mountain View, Calif./Boels-Dolmans Cycling Team) who has been racing a full European calendar with her trade team.
 
Guarnier will then team up in the road race with Maura Kinsella (Boulder, Colo./Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) and Lauren Komanski (Winston-Salem, N.C./TWENTY16 Pro Cycling), both of whom have demonstrated superior teamwork skills during a recent European race trip with the USA Cycling. National Development Program.

Ty Magner (Griffin, Ga./Hincapie Sportswear Development Team) and Joey Rosskopf (Athens, Ga./Hincapie Sportswear Development Team) will represent the U.S. in the elite men's competition, while Justin Mauch (San Francisco, Calif./Airgas Cycling), Chris Putt (Park City, Utah/Bissell Development Cycling), will race in the men’s U23 ranks. The developing athletes will gain extremely valuable experience racing in both the road race and time trial in Mexico.
 
Stay tuned to www.usacycling.org May 8-12 to find out how the U.S. National Team fares in Mexico. 
 
 
2014 UCI Pan American Continental Road Championships
May 8-12, 2014 --- Puebla, Mexico
U.S. National Team
 
Elite Women
 
Megan Guarnier (Mountain View, Calif./Boels-Dolmans Cycling Team) – road race and time trial
Maura Kinsella (Boulder, Colo./Team Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) – road race
Lauren Komanski (Winston-Salem, N.C./TWENTY16 Pro Cycling) – road race
Evelyn Stevens (San Francisco, Calif./Team Specialized lululemon) – road race and time trial
 
Elite Men

Ty Magner (Griffin, Ga./Hincapie Sportswear Development Team) - road race and time trial
Joey Rosskopf (Athens, Ga./Hincapie Sportswear Development Team) - road race and time trial

U23 Men
 
Justin Mauch (San Francisco, Calif./Airgas Cycling)  - road race and time trial
Chris Putt (Park City, Utah/Bissell Development Cycling) – road race and time trial
 
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