Taylor Knibb resigned her position on the U.S. cycling team for the road race at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday and will be replaced by Kristen Faulkner, who already had been picked to compete with the American pursuit squad in the velodrome. The decision by Knibb was not entirely surprising. The 26-year-old from Washington, D.C., was the surprising winner of the U.S. time trial championship earlier this year, earning an automatic spot alongside Chloe Dygert in the Olympic road race and time trial.
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