With 40 days to go until the Elite Mens Road Race at the 2010 UCI World Championships in Melbourne/Geelong, Cycling Australia has announcedthe Elite Mens team. With a long list featuring Australia’s best riders there was sure to be some surprises and disappointments.

Notable ommissions include: Robbie McEwen, Mark Renshaw, Adam Hansen, Chris Sutton and Heinrich Haussler. Still a very strong team, we move forward to counting down the days.

Former triple world time trial champion Michael Rogers and rising star Richie Porte will ride for Australia in the Elite Mens Time Trial.

The 2010 UCI World Road Championships will be held in Melbourne and Geelong from 29 September to 3 October

Road Race – Elite Men

1. Baden COOKE (Benalla, VIC 10.12.1978 / Saxo Bank)
2. Allan DAVIS (Bundaberg, QLD 27.07.1980 / Astana)
3. Cadel EVANS (Barwon Heads, VIC 14.02.1977 / Team BMC)
4. Simon GERRANS (Jamieson, VIC 16.05.1980 / Team Sky)
5. Matthew GOSS (Cressy, TAS 05.11.1986 / HTC-Columbia)
6. Mathew HAYMAN (Araluen, NSW/ rep ACT 20.04.1978 / Team Sky)
7. Stuart O’GRADY OAM (Unley Park, SA 06.08.1973 / Saxo Bank)
8. Michael ROGERS (Garren, ACT 20.12.1979 / HTC-Columbia)
9. Wesley SULZBERGER (Flowery Gully, TAS 20.10.1986 / Francaise des Jeux)

Time Trial – Elite Men

1. Richie PORTE (Hadspen, TAS 30.01.1985 / Saxo Bank)
2. Michael ROGERS (Garren, ACT 20.12.1979 / HTC-Columbia)

07-Jul-2010 – Freiburg: Cervélo TestTeam’s Heinrich Haussler, who has thus far held dual citizenship—German and Australian—has decided to give up his German passport and will compete in the future with an Australian license. The administrative process is under way and will soon be concluded.

Haussler grew up in Australia as the son of an Australian mother and a German father. He moved to his father’s home country at the age of 14 to have better possibilities to pursue his sport while attending school, and has since been riding with a German license.

“It was not an easy decision to give up my German citizenship, but I came to a point in my life where I decided to follow my feelings. I had the lucky situation that I was the owner of two passports, but I feel more Australian and therefore I made the final decision to ride in the future for the country where I grew up,” said Haussler. “It was definitely a hard choice. Germany is still really important to me and I have many friends here. I would also like to take the opportunity to say thank you to all the people who have supported me along the way so far, especially the German national cycling federation.”

After changing his license, Haussler plans to stay on in Freiburg (GER), where he has an excellent environment for a professional cyclist.

Source: Cervélo TestTeam PR

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