Canyon-SRAM today released the six-rider roster that will contest the UCI Road World Championships time trial on Sunday, with Trixi Worrack leading the charge for the German-registered team.
Worrak will be joined in Doha, Qatar, by Alena Amialiusik, Hannah Barnes, Lisa Brennauer, Elena Cecchini and Mieke Kröger. The roster includes four of the riders who won the rainbow jerseys last year with Velocio-SRAM, the team from which Canyon-SRAM arose. Barnes and Cecchini will replace Karol-Ann Canuel (Boels-Dolmans) and Barbara Guarischi.
Worrack, who underwent surgery to remove a kidney after crashing a Trofep Alfredo Binda in March, is the only rider in the peloton to have participated in all four winning team time trial squads since the discipline was reintroduced in 2012. Following her return to racing in June after the surgery, Worrack won the German time trial title. She also took the overall victory at the Tour of Qatar in February.
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"It's above everything," Worrack said of extending her season into October for the World Championships. "For me it's one of the nicest, yet one of the hardest disciplines in our sport. It is so much about technique, about focus, about pain and suffering. You are thinking about your teammates in every moment of the race."
Team director Ronny Lauke said Worrack's presence on the team time trial squad is crucial to Canyon-SRAM's success.
"There is no other rider in the women's peloton that can bring the experience, skills and knowledge to the team time trial like Trixi does," Lauke said. "She has a feeling for this discipline that is irreplaceable, and her presence lifts the level of all her teammates."
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