This weekend's UCI Track World Cup final round at the Velo Sports Center in Los Angeles will provide a rare opportunity for US track athletes to compete against world-class competition in front of a home crowd, and team pursuit world champion Chloe Dygert is taking notice.
"It's really special," the 20-year-old told Cyclingnews this week. "My family didn't get to go down to Rio, so everyone is coming out here. I'm just really excited that they're all going to be here.
"I've only ridden on the track for like a year and we have this World Cup in LA, so I don't really see it as being such a big deal as it would be for someone who's been racing track their whole life and never had a World Cup race in the US," said the rider from Brownsburg, Indiana. "But it's still really awesome, and it worked out really well for me being able to bring my family out."
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The UCI World Cup Championships last took place in the US in 2008 when Dygert was 11 years old. Now the 2016 team pursuit world champion and Olympic silver medalist is in LA trying to get her track legs back after six months off the boards.
"It's taking longer than I was hoping to get the track legs back," she said. “I don't feel like they're there yet, but hopefully by Friday night they'll be there."
Although the bulk of the racing takes place Saturday and Sunday, Dygert will have to qualify for the team pursuit Friday night with teammates Kelly Catlin, Jenn Valente and Ruth Winder.
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