Kristin Armstrong (Twenty16-RideBiker) began her campaign for a 2016 Olympics berth Friday in Southern California by winning the stage 3 individual time trial at the Redlands Bicycle Classic.
Although Armstrong won the short 6.6km uphill time trial last weekend at the San Dimas Stage Race, she said considered Friday's race on the USA Cycling Pro Road Tour as her first real race against the clock this season, and she was happy with the result.
"Yeah, definitely," she said when asked if she was pleased with the performance that saw her cover the 11.4km out-and-back course in 16:54.
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"This is the first time trial of the year for me, and this is a big year," she said. "It's important with my team protecting me here at Redlands to try to gain that time back that I lost yesterday because I feel that my team is 100 percent behind me, but also not just looking at Redlands but looking forward and looking towards Rio."
Armstrong, who won Olympic gold in 2008 and 2012, was named to USA Cycling's long list for one of four sports on the Olympic road team. Two riders will compete in both the time trial and road race, and Armstrong clearly wants to be one of them.
"We're in a year where every time trial counts," she said after Friday's race. "Every race against the clock, short or long, I have to show up. And so this was a little bit of everything for me today. It was for the team, it was for the selection criteria in June, and I really want to make a strong campaign this spring to show that I'm the right person to go to Rio."
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