Carmen Small didn’t compete in the Amgen Tour of California last week unlike most of her rivals for the top spot in the pro time trial national championship on Friday. It didn’t seem to matter though as Small performed at her best on the 33km course posting a time of 42:31.91 in the second to last run that took the top spot and wouldn’t be passed. Small finished 23 seconds ahead of Amber Neben, 24th in California, while Kristin Armstrong went last but was only able to place third with a time of 43:40.47. Rounding out the top five were Brianna Walle, 13th in California, and Lauren Stephens, tenth in California.

On the men’s side Taylor Phinney was the last to go and ended up winning by a minute and 10 seconds over fellow Boulder, Colorado native Thomas Zirbel. Alexey Vermeulen rounded out the medal winners 2.78 seconds behind Zirbel. Brent Bookwalter and Evan Huffman finished fourth and fifth.

Saturday will be the road races to wrap up the national championships.

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