Willow Koerber, who officially joined the Trek World Racing family in March of 2011 at the team's training camp in Malaga, Spain, had a great reason for not making the start of the first World Cup of the year at  in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Willow announced that she is expecting her first child. While Americans who pinned their hopes on Willow for having the strongest 2011 World Cup results may be bummed, we are stoked for her.

What's that you're covering, Willow?

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