Shelley Olds and Taylor Phinney at the Copenhagen World Cup

Shelley Olds, the 2008 US Scratch Champion, has been making quite the stir on the international scene. She took 7th in the Scratch race and 3rd in the Points Race at the World Cup in Copenhagen. Back in January she finished 6th in the Points Race and 8th in the Scratch Race at the Beijing World Cup. Shelley is just one of those people you can't help but to root for. Way to go Shelley! I can't wait to see what she does at the World Championships, March 25-29 in Poland.


As for Taylor Phinney ... what can I say? From USAC:
U.S. National Team member Taylor Phinney shattered the U.S. national record in the men’s 4,000-meter individual pursuit Friday at the UCI Track World Cup in Denmark. Phinney, clocked a time of 4 minutes, 15.223 seconds in the qualifying round, surpassing the previous mark of 4:19.800 set by Mariano Friedick in 1996. In Friday’s evening session, Phinney turned in a time of 4:19.119 in the finals to beat Ireland’s David O’Loughlin and register his first World Cup victory this season.