World Championships news for October 10, 2000
Zülle outAfter his fairly poor 33rd place of 37 finishers in the Sydney TT and lack of recovery from the flight home, Alex Zülle has withdrawn from the Swiss team for Plouay. His compatriot Sven Montgomery has also pulled out suffering from a cold. Their substitutes are Pierre Bourquenoud (Phonak) and Felice Puttini (Alessio), the latter having just won the Giro del Mendrisiotto. Zulle's place in the time trial will be taken by Swiss TT champion, Patrick Calcagni (Vini Caldirola). USAThe United States team for the World's has been finalised and it contains several Olympians, including the entire women's squad from Sydney. The elite men will have four competitors in the road race: Antonio Cruz, who will fly back from Australia where he is competing in the Sun Tour, Chann McRae (2nd in the International Hessen Rundfarht), Danny Pate and US Champion, Fred Rodriguez. For the time trial, Tyler Hamilton will be the sole rider. Joining Nicole Freedman, Karen Kurreck and Mari Holden in the women's squad are Dede Demet-Barry (Saturn), Lara Ruthven and Kim Smith (Timex). It will be tough for Holden to repeat her Olympic silver medal winning performance over the markedly different course in Plouay, but she will certainly make the best use of her form at the moment. In the road race, Karen Kurreck and Dede Demet, along with Holden, have the best chances on the hilly parcours. Elite Men Road Race Antonio Cruz (Saturn) Time Trial Tyler Hamilton (US Postal) Elite Women Road Race Dede Demet Barry
(Saturn) Time Trial Dede Demet Barry
(Saturn) U23 Men Road Race Brad Buccambuso
(Nutrafig) Time Trial David Zabriskie
(7UP Colorado Cyclist) Junior Men Road Race Rashaan Bahati (Mercury) Time Trial Patrick McCarthy Junior Women Road Race Megan Elliott (Team
Zerowait-SBBC) Time Trial Lauren Franges (Tri-State
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