Armstrong looks to Richmond Worlds time trial
Kristin Armstrong came out of retirement to take her fourth national time trial title at the USA Cycling Professional Road Championships held on Saturday in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Twenty16 p/b Sho-Air rider stormed to the victory over the 30.9km course in 42:08, beating teammate Carmen Small by 13 seconds and Amber Neben (Visit Dallas Cycling p/b Noise4Good) by an additional five seconds. She now turns her attention to the World Championships in Richmond in September and then the 2016 Rio Olympics.
In an interview during the live streaming of the women's road race, where Armstrong placed eighth, Twenty16 p/b Sho-Air manager Nicola Cranmer noted that Armstrong was extremely pleased with her performance in the time trial having previewed the course and worked specifically toward the event.
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"She was ecstatic with her win and that was the pathway that we wanted to try and take to get to the World Championships in Richmond this year," Cranmer said.
Her national time trial victory has automatically qualified her for the event at Worlds, where she will join Evelyn Stevens and Carmen Small. "I'm in and I'm back. I'm on the Richmond (World Championships) team, and then I have Rio; that's all I'm focused on," Armstrong said in a USA Cycling press release.
"It's been hard. Nothing's been handed to me, and I earned it today. I'm on the top step, and I can't help but thank my team, Twenty16 p/b Sho-Air, my husband and my coach because without their support, I might not be here today.
"I look at this as the next step to Richmond, and my next focus is the podium in Richmond."
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