Bobby Lea Selected For Olympic Games

(June 24, 2008)

Report Filed by USA Cycling

As the United States Cycling Team makes its final preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games, several track athletes attended USA Cycling’s Team Selection Camp at the ADT Event Center in suburban Los Angeles where records fell and automatic time standards were eclipsed by five riders.

The endurance athletes contested a 3000-meter mass start test designed to select an automatic qualifier for the points race and madison events. Although three of the athletes surpassed the time standards, Lea met the automatic nomination criteria as the fastest. Lea clocked a time of 29.525 seconds over the race’s first 500 meters and finished with a 3000-meter time of 3:17.648. Both marks easily surpassed USA Cycling’s time standard of 30.670 seconds and 3:22.420 respectively.

Michael Friedman (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and Brad Huff (Fair Grove, Mo.) also met both time standards, but under USA Cycling’s Olympic Selection Procedures, only Lea met the criteria for an automatic nomination to compete in the points race and madison in Beijing as the fastest of the three over 3000 meters. Friedman rode a 30.359/3:24.229, while Huff rode a 30.466/3:21.740 to eclipse the time standards.

USA Cycling will announce the remaining discretionary selections to the track cycling squad on July 1.

2008 USA Cycling Team Selection Camp

Men’s 3km Mass Start Test Results:
Ride #1
Bobby Lea– 3:17.648 (500m – 29.525)
Brad Huff – 3:23.600 (500m – 29.609)
Colby Pearce – 3:23.657 (500m – 30.427)
Michael Friedman – 3:24.229 (500m – 30.359)

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