France’s Hélène Clauzel (Van Rysel Racing Workforce) dominated the elite ladies’s US Cyclocross Sequence (USCX) by sweeping all eight races to assert the general title.
On Sunday, Clauzel soloed to victory on Sunday on the C2 ladies’s race on the Trek CX Cup in Waterloo, Wisconsin. She crossed the road 20 seconds forward of runner-up Manon Bakker (Crelan-Corendon). Final 12 months’s general champion Maghalie Rochette (Canyon), took third, crossing the road one minute behind the winner.
Beneath sunny skies, cooler temps, and the identical gusty winds from Saturday, Sunday’s C2 got here off the road spirited with riders shoulder to shoulder vying for the holeshot. Sidney McGill (Cervelo-Orange Residing), Rochette, Kaya Musgrave (Cervèlo/Orange Residing), and Katie Clouse (Steve Tilford Basis Racing) led the cost, with McGill in the end taking the lead by means of pit one.
Quickly a lead group was shaped with Clauzel, Bakker, McGill, Musgrave, Rochette, Lauren Zoerner (Aggressive Edge Racing), and Caroline Mani (Groove Off Street racing) trailing by 6 seconds.
By the beginning of lap two of six, Bakker had gone on the offensive forcing a variety with Clauzel masking the assault and opening a 10-second hole. Behind, the three chasers, McGill, Rochette, Clouse, united with hopes to comprise the Europeans and claw their method again to upset the highest finish of the rostrum whereas Zoerner dangled a bit additional again.
The positions remained the identical till Clauzel took benefit of Bakker’s wrestle on the Manufacturing facility Hill to open a spot that she would keep to the end line.
Within the battle for the ultimate podium spot, Clouse made a powerful transfer late within the last lap however crashed on Manufacturing facility Hill, leaving the door open for Rochette to come back to the road third, and put the frustration of the prior day’s abandonment behind her.
Clauzel tops USCX with 360 factors, the utmost variety of factors accessible over the 4 weekends of racing. Bakker had a gentle string of 4 runner-up finishes and a 3rd place at Rochester Cross to safe second place general with 268 factors. Fifth in Waterloo, McGill collected 5 podium finishes and claimed third general for the second 12 months in a row, eight factors behind Bakker.
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