Maghalie Rochette (SRAM/Seeker) and Eric Brunner (Aggressive Edge Racing) soloed on ultimate laps at Genesee Valley Park in upstate New York and gained the UCI C2 elite races at Rochester Cyclocross.
Rochette reversed her fortunes on the second day of racing at Rochester Cyclocross to take the highest step forward of Manon Bakker (Crelan-Corendon), who gained the C1 contest on Saturday. Sydney McGill (Lastig Off-Highway Racing) took third place for a second day in a row.
Brunner dominated the elite males’s contest for a second day in a row, with Andrew Strohmeyer (CXD Trek Bikes) repeating in second place. Kerry Werner (VeloMafia) secured the ultimate spot on Sunday’s podium in a three-rider dash towards Jules Van Kempen, who took fourth, and Tyler Clark in fifth.
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Reaching the mid-point of the US Cyclocross Collection (USCX) after Rochester races, Rochette extends her lead within the elite ladies’s division on Bakker by 20 factors. McGill is third within the standings, 48 factors again, whereas Caroline Mani holds fourth place, 58 factors again.
Brunner and Strohmeyer are tied on the high of the elite males’s leaderboard at 164 factors every. Clark holds third, 42 factors again, whereas Werner is in fourth, simply two factors behind the Canadian.
The way it unfolded
Sunday’s UCI C2 races reversed the identical course used for C1 contests the day earlier than, sending riders straight to the steps earlier than diving right into a twisting, technical again half.
Via the primary half of the elite ladies’s race, Rochette held a 10-second hole on Bakker, then added time each lap with clear dealing with and highly effective accelerations on the flat grass straights. By the second half, she had greater than 30 seconds to her benefit.
On the bell lap, Rochette sealed the solo victory, ending 43 seconds forward of Bakker and incomes her third win within the USCX throughout 4 races. McGill held off a late cost by Raylyn Nuss (Steve Tilford Basis Racing) for third, the 2 separated by 15 seconds. Ellen Noble (JAM Fund), a former two-time U23 US cyclocross champion who’s making a return to racing after a number of years, completed tenth within the C1 race, went two spots higher on Sunday.
The elite males adopted on the dry observe for eight laps of their 60-minute race. By the second lap, Strohmeyer and Brunner had damaged away from the sector by 15 seconds, and one lap later Brunner attacked simply earlier than the steps for separation from the reigning US elite champion.
Throughout the midway level of the race, Brunner continued so as to add time to his solo lead over Strohmeyer whereas Werner and Clark tried to separate from Van Kempen and Tofik Bashir however remained a robust quartet going into lap 5.
On the ultimate lap, the chasers battled for the ultimate podium spot. Werner surged earlier than the end space stairs, leaping away from Van Kempen and Clark whereas Bashir, 18-year-old in his first elite season, misplaced contact.
Brunner prolonged his lead on the bell lap and would report back-to-back wins, 43 seconds to Strohmeyer. Werner’s late transfer secured third place.
Outcomes
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