Kerry Werner (Groove Auto Off Road Racing) overtook Andrew Strohmeyer (CXD Trek Bikes) within the closing lap to assert a solo victory within the C1 males’s race Trek CX Cup in Waterloo, Wisconsin on Saturday. It was the primary victory for Werner on the 2024 US Cyclocross Series (USCX), after ending high 5 within the six earlier occasion
He crossed the road 32 seconds forward of runner-up Strohmeyer and 1:03 forward of third-placed Scott Funston (Cervelo Orange Living).
The closing USCX weekend unfolded underneath dry situations, with the solar relentlessly beating down alongside the three.2km course. Unlike earlier venues, this observe featured much less elevation, ensuing within the quickest lap occasions of the season, clocking in at underneath seven minutes.
After taking the holeshot, Funston led for the entire first lap, driving the tempo and inflicting the primary preliminary splits within the discipline. A lead group shaped with Werner, Strohmeyer, Funston, Ben Frederick (Small Monsters Project) and Caleb Swartz (Forward Endurance/Enve) in his first look at USCX. By the third lap, Frederick and Swartz had been gapped off.
The subsequent vital cut up occurred on the boundaries, halfway by way of the nine-lap race. Strohmeyer and Werner broke away on the entrance, sustaining a tempo quick sufficient to carry off lone chaser Funston. Further again, Fredrick and Clark trailed behind, whereas Swartz had dropped out of the race.
With two laps to go, Strohmeyer attacked and constructed a 20-second lead over Werner as they approached the flyover close to Factory Hill. However with half a lap to go, Strohmeyer faltered and Werner was in a position to overtake him by the point they raced by the second pit.
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