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Sarah Hammer 2014 World Omnium Champion

Sarah Hammer

Image: Casey B Gibson

Number seven for Sarah Hammer at 2014 UCI Track World Championships

and Jennifer Valente scores a 4th place.

Colorado Springs, Colo. (March 11, 2014) - Sarah Hammer (Colorado Springs, CO / TWENTY16 Pro Cycling) wins her seventh World Championship title. Sarah Hammer won in dominating style. After a loss in the team pursuit gold medal round the day before, Hammer was determined to defend her 2013 Omnium title.

"It's amazing to be able to replicate last year," said Hammer. "Anytime you're a world champion you have a huge target on your back. Everybody's lifted their game, especially Laura Trott (GBR). She kept pressure on me the whole time. I had to bring my 'A game' in everything. I knew I was physically prepared, but the omnium is a battle of the mind and the body, so you have to have great execution on every single event, and I feel like I had success at that the last two days."

Women's Omnium
1. Sarah Hammer (USA) (Colorado Springs, Colo./TWENTY16 Pro Cycling) 14 points
2. Laura Trott (GBR) 20 points
3. Annette Edmondson (AUS) 24 points

Hammer will take a break from the bike and then return to race the road with her TWENTY16 teammates, a reunion of sorts with former T-Mobile athletes, Dotsie Bausch, Kristin Armstrong and Mari Holden.

Sarah Hammer 2 x Olympic Silver Medalist and 7 x World Champion after her dominating win.

Image: ESPN Photo of the week

Valente 4th in World Championship Scratch Race

19 year old Jennifer Valente

(Colorado Springs, CO / TWENTY16 Pro Cycling) in her first Elite World Championships earned a 4th place in the scratch race. Jennifer was a junior World Champion in this event and is coached by Sarah Hammer's husband and coach Andy Sparks.

Valente made a definitive commitment to her sport last year. She moved both home and school to Colorado Springs where she attends University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. She trains daily with her teammates Sarah Hammer, Sofia Navarro and Greta Neimanas. Kaitie Antonneau will also be joinging the training group along with Allie Dragoo and Abby Mickey and 2 of the TWENTY16 juniors. "Since my move to Colorado Springs my school and cycling have improved" commented Valente, "My coach Andy Sparks provides a very focused training environment and my teammates Sarah Hammer and Sofia Arreola have very high standards and work ethic, back in July of 2013 my team manager Nicola Cranmer and Andy suggested i move there and i have never looked back. I know what it takes to be the best and training in this focused environment will bring the best out of me."

Jennifer Valente racing to a 4th place in her first elite World Championships

TWENTY16 track program to move to Colorado Springs

While eyes firmly fixed on Rio 2016, the team has 2020 vision for Tokyo and the development of future champions, the logical location for the track headquarters is Colorado Springs. The TWENTY16 UCI track trade team will be moving its headquarters to provide a focused environment and a committed year round team pursuit and omnium training group.

The team will continue to work closely with USA Cycling in developing both track and road athletes. TWENTY16 looks back to its roots in track, six years ago PROMAN Racing UCI track trade team was the first team managed under the United By Sport LLC umbrella fast forward to 2014 and the organization will be a UCI track trade team once again with top USA athletes and management.

With Rio 2016 closing in fast and high medal expectations, both road and track athletes of TWENTY16 Pro Cycling will be spending a considerable amount of time in Colorado Springs with 6 elite team members and 2 juniors already residents and more to follow. Colorado Springs will provide a unique high altitude training center and is also the home of US Olympic Committee, US Olympic Training Center and USA Cycling all with valuable resources.

Katie Donovan, Kaitie Antonneau, Amber Gaffney, Allie Dragoo, Summer Moak, Lex Albrecht, Mari Holden, Mary Maroon, Maddy Boutet

Image: Dan Munson, Cycling Illustrated

Albrecht and TWENTY16 Pro Cycling win at Tour de Murrieta

The team spent 3 weeks together which included 2 races as a part of team camp. This was an opportunity for the new riders on the squad to familiarize themselves with their new equipment and each other. "We had a very productive few weeks. I'm proud of the progression from their first ride together at Valley of the Sun to a huge team effort at Tour de Murrieta." commented Sports Director, Mari Holden. "The girls (including our juniors) really came together as a team and worked well together. It was exciting to see them come away with the win."

A good shot of espresso and fine caviar by Lex Albrecht

Team camp and racing. They're kind of like a good shot of espresso and fine caviar. They're so great alone, but they don't typically go together. My first block as a new member of TWENTY16 Pro Cycling included both team camp and racing.

I'm going to reconsider pairing exquisite seafood with top notch espresso, because racing during training camp was a fine idea. It allowed TWENTY16 riders to get to know each other, and to learn how to cohesively capitalize on each racer's strengths in a fast paced, dynamic race environment.

Valley of the Sun Stage Race in Arizona kicked off the block, followed by 2 solid weeks of training and sponsor activities. TWENTY16 finished it off with nothing short of a double BANG! At Murrieta Stage Race in California. (See Allie Dragoo's overview of Valley of the Sun HERE)

Allie Dragoo on her Felt F Series with SRAM Red and ZIPP Service Course bars, stem and Firecrest wheels

Image: Brian Hodes

Murietta Stage Race began with an all-out 4 mile time trial, with a spicy finish. The spice : 1-mile-to-go the road transformed into a sandy path littered with rocks. During camp we worked on dialing in our positions on Felt DA time trial bikes. My position was getting close to perfection, and I was eager to try it out in a race situation. Allie Dragoo finished in 2nd place, and I used my Quarq power meter gauge my effort, scoring my first podium finish of the season for TWENTY16 in 3rd position. TWENTY16 would go into the next two stages with great cards to play. 4 of us were in the top 10.

Stage two was a speedy criterium. Our goal was to take over the GC (general classification) and score a stage win with our superstar sprinter, Mary Maroon. Some riders were given the task of covering attacks, others to protect the riders who saving their matches for the final sprint. Mary overcame unforeseen trouble in the final corner coming into the sprint-finish. Like a champ, Mary kept cool, adapted, and sprinted to a podium finish. Thanks to the help from my teammates during the race, my legs were fresh enough to punch into 4th position, scoring enough points to take over the GC for TWENTY16.

Lex Albrecht takes the final stage and Omnium overall at Tour de Murrieta

Image: Brian Hodes

The final day of Murietta Stage Race was where the � double BANG � came in; the circuit race. (A circuit race is a cross between a criterium and a road race. Laps are longer than a criterium, in this case 3 miles each. We went around 13 times). By this time I was representing TWENTY16 in the leader's jersey. TWENTY16 set the pace controlling the front of the peloton. My job was to keep the overall general classification, and TWENTY16 wanted to win a stage.

Mari Holden directed the young team to their first win.

Image: Brian Hodes

Some riders were given the task of pulling back riders who had broken away from the pack. Katie Donovan, TWENTY16's climber showed just how well she can lay down power on the flats, pulling dangerous riders back in. Others had to jump on moves that we didn't mind allowing leave the peloton.

Coming into the final lap, I called out to my teammates to help pick up the pace. I wanted them to bring me to the line at top-speed, and launch me to score enough points to comfortably win the overall classification. I sprinted hard and threw my hands up with a WHOOOP to celebrate TWENTY16's first stage race victory of 2014. BANG #1. The peloton flew by me. There was one lap left. I pedaled my FELT hard back into the peloton, and slowly worked my way back up to the front. I only had 3 miles left to recharge my batteries and do the same thing over again. I apologized to my teammates. No time for polite chit-chat in the pack though. Team leader Amber was confident that I had it in me to repeat the sprint, and win for real. We did repeat what I had � practiced � on the penultimate lap, winning not only the stage, but the overall at Murreita Stage Race. BANG #2. (Phewf!)

Amber Gaffney & Allie Dragoo keeping the pace high at the Murrieta criterium

Image: Brian Hodes

It feels great to be a part of TWENTY16's first stage race victory of 2014. I am so excited about the chemistry of our team and the exceptional mix of talent on the roster. This is going to be a special year, I just know it.

- Lex Albrecht

Kristin Armstrong attended the Tour de Murrieta stage race and helped some of the riders with fine tuning time trial bikes and collecting power data for review.
Image: Brian Hodes

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Development team at Tour de Murrieta post race meeting after taking the win!

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Gratitude to our 2014 Sponsors

FELT Bicycles; SRAM; Zipp; Barry Bonds, Violich Farms; Oakley; THULE; Speedplay, Pactimo; Catlike; K-Edge; fi'zi:k; Modify Watches; Arundel; DZ Nuts; Clif Bar; Brian Hodes, Krietler; Rowan Interactive Media; Arctic Heat; Dumonde Tech; Park Tool; City Cycles and Georges Cycles, Pain Pathways Magazine; Bubbled Wall, Quarq, MRI Endurance, KIKU Apples, ec3d and The Sock Guy.

Lex Albrecht wins Tour de Murrieta with her TWENTY16 team

Image: Brian Hodes

TWENTY16 Team mechanic Vincent Gee

Image: Brian Hodes

Mary Maroon sprinting it out with Evie Stevens for 2nd place at Valley of The Sun Stage Race

(Carmen Small took the win, Evie 3rd)

Alison Tetrick wins Madera Stage Race

Image: Alex Chiu

Tetrick wins Madera Stage Race

I spent an incredible 3 weeks with my team from Valley of the Sun in Arizona into team camp in Santa Paula, CA. I have never felt more inspired and honored to be a part of such a motivated group of women, from our juniors to our management. Most of the team went to the Tour of Murrieta, but I traveled up to Northern California to race the Madera County Stage Race.

I think it is important to support our local cycling communities, and Velo Promo provides the Northern California Nevada Cycling Association with a numerous amount of classic and important races I won the time trial and the overall general classification of the Madera County Stage Race, and once again was impressed with the race and its challenges. There was a fish and a chair involved in the podium, and I volunteered to help the officials enter results, which just shows you that bike racing never ceases to amaze, but you can always race year heart out, and give back.

This will truly be an incredible year, and thank you to all the sponsors that support us, believe in us, and help make this impact possible.

~ Alison Tetrick

The Velo Promo Catfish

Image: Craig Roemer

2014 Junior roundup

1st Hannah Arensman

15 year old Hannah Arensman wins Tom Dula's Revenge open women's road race in fine style with a solo win!

1st Summer Moak

14 yr old Summer wins Iris Stagner Memorial Stage Race, Mineral Wells, TX 1st in GC 1st in Road Race Women 3/4. Summer joined the Pro team for team camp and Tour de Murrieta where she helped the team win the overall.

3rd Zoe Mullins

Zoe sprinted to 3rd place in the women's Cat 1/2/3 Winter Garden Criterium

1st Isabella Brookshire

Bella won the junior race and was 1st in Cat 4 race and 6th in cat 1/2 all in the same day!

3rd Kirsten Williams

17 year old Kirsten sprinted to 3rd place at Carter Lake Road Race, CO. Kirsten then went on to TWENTY16 pro Cycling camp and hung tough with the ladies on some solid training days! Kirsten is committed to road, team pursuit and omnium this season.

Maddy Boutet (16) attended team camp and rode some solid training days, straight from Alaska snow to California sunshine, she was in great form and contributed to the team win. Thanks to Jacques for the help!