Hélène Clauzel (Van Rysel Racing) outsprinted Maghalie Rochette (Canyon) to win the C1 elite girls’s contest at Rochester Cyclocross. It was the second weekend of racing for the US Cyclocross Series, and a 3rd consecutive USCX victory for Clauzel, who gained each days at GO Cross in Virginia.
Sidney McGill (Cervelo-Orange Living) then held off Manon Bakker (Crelan-Corendon) for the ultimate podium spot, because the duo completed 9 seconds off the successful tempo. Caroline Mani (Groove Off Road Racing) completed fifth, 18 seconds again, within the seven-lap race.
Rochette, who swept all races within the USCX final 12 months to dominate the elite girls’s total title, made her first look of this 12 months’s sequence in Rochester, the place she has gained eight instances throughout earlier years. She was a part of a cluster of race favourites on the entrance on the opening lap, joined by McGill, Clauzel and Bakker.
A trio of riders – Mani, Katie Clouse (Stve Tilford Foundation) and Lauren Zoerner (Competitive Edge Racing) – saved the lead quartet in test by only a handful of seconds, and by the second lap Mani had bridged to the entrance group to make it 5 setting the tempo.
By the beginning of the fourth circuit, Bakker, Rochette and Clauzel constructed a 6-second lead over McGill and Mani, whereas Clouse chased solo one other 34 seconds again.
Rochette and Clauzel accelerated away from Bakker on the sixth lap and put in 10 seconds, then McGill was in a position to be a part of the Dutch rider within the chase whereas Mani needed to journey solo in fifth. The strikes led to a pair of sprints to substantiate the rostrum.
A complete of 37 starters charged throughout the numerous terrain at Genesee Valley Park on an overcast, heat day in Rochester, New York, with mild rain making the grassy sections slippery. The 3km course included 42 metres (139 ft) of vertical acquire on every cross, ridden on Saturday in a clockwise route to hit a lot of the punchy climbs early, from the Wall run-up to Double Trouble within the woods. The again half of the course featured broad passing lanes and the Belgian staircase.
A brand new cobbled part earlier than the Wall was faraway from Saturday’s C1 elite races as a consequence of rider suggestions on pre-rides due to a couple broken rims and punctures. That part is about for use within the C2 races Sunday because the riders will cross on a slower uphill route.
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