Travis McCabe (UnitedHealthcare) is ready to defend his 2017 criterium title at the USA Cycling Pro Road Championships Friday night in Knoxville on a brand-new course, and in the first year that the federation has combined the discipline with the road race and time trial championships. McCabe won his title last year in Louisville, Kentucky, when the criterium was a separate event with the now-defunct team time trial championship. `I think it`s cool that all three races are together,` McCabe told Cyclingnews Friday in Knoxville. `It probably gives a little more validity to the crit than it has in the past. So that`s really nice, and it increases the size of the field.`ADVERTISEMENT The 29-year-old from Arizona sprinted to last year`s title ahead of former champion Eric Young (Rally Cycling), Ty Magner - who rides for Rally now but was with Holowesko-Citadel last year - and Rally`s Brad Huff, also a former criterium champion. Now all three riders who finished directly behind McCabe are on the same team, which is bringing a total of six riders to the race, according to the start list on the USA Cyclng website. `I think this year Rally is going to come in with a vengeance,` McCabe said. `I think they have 50 guys racing today, so the responsibility is on them. They have multiple guys who can win: Colin Joyce, Eric Young and Ty Magner. So those guys are where the pressure is.
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