Carson, Calif. (January 21, 2007)
Americans won three more medals on the final day of the Los Angeles Track World Cup as Sarah Hammer (Temecula, Calif./Ouch Pro Cycling) and Becky Quinn (Carlsbad, Calif.) took gold and silver in the women's 10-kilometer scratch race and Jennie Reed (Kirkland, Wash.) sprinted to a bronze in the women's keirin. 

The victory was Hammer's third of the weekend after winning the points race on Friday and the individual pursuit on Saturday, giving her a clean sweep of the women's endurance events.

Americans concluded the event with five medals - three gold, one silver and one bronze.

In the 2006 edition, also at the ADT Event Center, Hammer won gold in both the individual pursuit and the scratch race, but this year an entry in the points race offered her a chance at a trifecta.

\"Coming in, I wanted to win all three, but in reality, whether or not that would happen, you never know,\" said Hammer.  \"This morning I woke up and didn't even want to do the scratch race because I was getting tired both physically and mentally.  But once I get on the start line, I'm ready to go.\"

In a carbon copy of last year's race in which Hammer and Quinn swept the top two spots, Hammer again took control in the race's closing laps as she led out the sprint with Quinn on her wheel.  After riding conservatively for the majority of the 40-lap contest, Hammer moved to the front of the 24-rider field with three laps remaining.  One lap later, Quinn managed to position herself on Hammer's wheel and stayed there until the finish.

\"My game plan was to just ride the race and see what happens, then if Sarah came to the front it was my job to fight for her wheel,\" explained Quinn of her tactics.  \"The point of the race was obviously to win, and she went to the front with three to go and I had about a lap and a half to get on her wheel, and if I want the wheel, I'm going to get it one way or the other.\"

Given last year's success, the win was even more impressive since Hammer and Quinn were both marked women and their tactics were exposed.

\"People most likely knew what was going to happen, said Quinn. \"I think we were a little incognito last year, but people know how strong Sarah is and that she likes to lead it out and that it was going to be a fight for her wheel.\"

\"The best thing about Becky is you don't mess with her when she's fighting for a wheel,\" said Hammer of her teammate.  \"When it's crunch time, Becky can get anything she wants. We had no plan going into it, but it's kind of that unspoken thing where she knows what I'm going to do and I know what she's going to do, and so we're a pretty dangerous duo, I think.\"

Following the scratch race, Reed gave the U.S. its fifth and final medal of the three-day competition when she sprinted to a third-place finish in the keirin final. 

As the only American medalist in world cup competition this season after the first two events in Sydney and Moscow, Reed lined up against Shuang Guo (CHN), Svetlana Grankowskaja (RUS) and Kaarle McCulloch (AUS) in her first-round heat where a second-place effort advanced her to the second round. 

In the second round, Reed placed second behind Clara Sanchez (FRA) to advance to the final from a heat that also included Anna Meares (AUS), Yvonne Hijgennar (NED), Jinjie Gong (CHN) and Grankowskaja. 

In the six-woman final, Reed was matched against Guo, Hijgennar, Sanchez, Sandy Claire (FRA) and Daniela Larreal (VEN) and finished behind Larreal and Guo to add a bronze to the silver she won in Sydney in November.

In other competition for Americans, the team sprint trio of Adam Duvendeck (Santa Barbara, Calif./Echelon Santa Barbara), Giddeon Massie (Colorado Springs, Colo.), and Kevin Selker (Boulder, Colo.) clocked a time of 46.647 seconds to finish ninth.

Despite having two madison teams entered - Michael Creed (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Brad Huff (Fair Grove, Mo.), representing Slipstream Sports/Chipotle, and Bobby Lea (Mertztown, Pa./Toyota-United) and Austin Carroll (Orange, Calif./CA Pools), the United States had no representation in the finals after both teams failed to advance from their respective qualifying heats.

Two other U.S. competitors were in action - Neva Day (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Anna Lang (La Jolla, Calif./San Diego Bicycle Club).

Day competed in the qualifying rounds of the women's scratch race, but did not advance.  Lang rode in the women's keirin, but was eliminated after fourth-place finishes in the first round and the ensuing repechage.

2007 UCI Track World Cup Classics
Los Angeles, Calif., January 19-21

Day Three Results
Women's Scratch Race
1. Sarah Hammer (Temecula, Calif.)
2. Becky Quinn (Carlsbad, Calif.)
3. Adrie Visser (NED)
Did Not Qualify for Finals: Neva Day (Manhattan Beach, Calif.)

Women's Keirin
1. Daniela Larreal (VEN)
2. Shuang Guo (CHN)
3. Jennie Reed (Kirkland, Wash.)
Did Not Qualify For Finals: Anna Lang (La Jolla, Calif.)

Men's Team Sprint
1. Great Britain 44.606
2. France 44.913
3. Sport in Science (GBR) 44.725
9. United States (Duvendeck, Massie, Selker) 46.647

Men's Madison
1. Austria
2. Belgium
3. Russia
Did Not Qualify for Finals: USA - Bobby Lea (Mertztown, Pa.)/Austin Carroll (Orange, Calif.); Brad Huff (Fair Grove, Mo.)/Michael Creed (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

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