World champion Chloé Dygert Owen has renewed with Twenty20 Pro Cycling for 2018, her fifth season with the US women's program. The 20-year-old will compete in a full track program through the UCI Track World Championships and then move to the spring road calendar, according to a team press release.
Dygert Owen, who won both the junior road and time trial world championships in 2015, and then followed those rainbow jerseys in the elite division with team pursuit titles in 2016 and 2017 and an individual pursuit title this year. She was second in the team pursuit at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
"I am excited for the season ahead with the track world championships, then I get to head to the road with Twenty20 Cycling," Dygert Owen said. "I believe I can take my track power and fitness and transition well to a strong road season."
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The team emphasised Dygert Owen's "robust" road schedule for 2018, but her road endeavours will have to wait until she attacks several goals on the track, including earning another medal in the team pursuit and a world record in the individual pursuit. Sarah Hammer, the recently retired US rider who has been Dygert Owen's mentor on the track, is the current record holder at 3:22.269. Dygert Owen powered to a 3:22.920 earlier this year at the UCI Track World Championships in Hong Kong.
"Balance is critical for this young athlete as she continues to develop on both the road and track," said team General Manager Nicola Cranmer. "She sets a goal and accomplishes it. Ever since I've know her she had a clear vision of what she wanted; rainbow jerseys, a husband and a house, at age 20 she already has accomplished so much.
"I appreciate that she trusts our program to provide her with the platform to continue to hit her markers," Cranmer continued. "One of my goals for her is to see her win two medals in Tokyo [at the 2020 Olympic Games, ed.] We will do everything we can to support this effort. With the recent announcement of the US National Team Program with extended services and benefits for its athletes along with the well mapped out road season from her Twenty20 trade team, I have no doubt that she can accomplish this."
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