Kendall Ryan and Lucas Bourgoyne sprinted to US Nationwide Criterium Championship titles Friday night in Charleston, West Virginia.
Fount Biking Guild appeared comfy on the entrance for the primary a number of laps of the ladies’s race.
Tess Edwards of Cynisca Biking was the primary to throw down a transfer to string out the sector, however Fount and L39ion of Los Angeles’s Laurel Rathbun rapidly shut down the assault.
Assaults continued to fly early within the race, with Fount and Cynisca as essentially the most lively groups.
Of their inexperienced jerseys, the ladies of Fount have been relentless of their assaults and counterattacks, however 20 minutes into the race, nothing had but to stay.
Andrea Cyr opened a workable hole, and L39ion’s Holly Breck and Cynisca’s Allison Mrugal efficiently bridged over. CCB’s Katherine Rusch contributed to the chase and introduced the short-lived break of three again.
A decreased peloton was nonetheless all collectively because the 75-minute race closed in on its minutes.
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Cyr went on a late flyer with 1.5 laps to go to maintain the tempo excessive for Fount. Fount led out the dash however Kendall Ryan powered forward to win one more criterium nationwide championship for L39ion of Los Angeles. That is Ryan’s fourt nationwide criterium title. Her sister, Alexis Magner completed in second place and Cynisca’s Chloe Patrick got here away with the bronze medal.
Elite Girls’s Criterium Outcomes
- Kendall Ryan (L39ion of Los Angeles)
- Alexis Magner (Cynisca Biking)
- Chloe Patrick (Cynisca Biking)
- Cara O’Neill (Unattached)
- Alia Shafi (Fount Biking Guild)
- Katherine Rusch (CCB p/b Levine Regulation Group)
- Marjie Bemis (LA Sweat)
- Stephanie Halamek (United Biking p.b. Cadence Cyclery)
- Olivia Reeve (United Biking p.b. Cadence Cyclery)
- Heather Fischer (Smash Racing)
A brand new males’s criterium champion
Within the males’s race, Daniel Uhranowsky made an early transfer for Go to Pittsburgh, becoming a member of Robin Carpenter (L39ion of Los Angeles) and Fergus Arthur (Basis Biking) in a bunch of three. Brody McDonald of the Golden State Blazers additionally made a transfer off the entrance, however the Undertaking Echelon-controlled peloton introduced the strikes again.
Carpenter joined one other three-man transfer to open a spot, nevertheless it appeared that Echelon was maintaining them on a leash.
Winston Salem confirmed themself for the primary time within the race with Will Hardin looking for a breakaway and was rapidly introduced again. Then, Colby Simmons of EF Training Eastpost pushed the tempo on the entrance, which broke up Echelon’s management of the entrance for a second.
As darkness fell over Charleston, a transfer of 5 males rolled off the entrance which strung out the peloton and was a bunch of 9, however every part rapidly got here again collectively. A number of further strikes have been tried however have been once more stored in test.
With 4 laps to go, a contact of wheels break up the again half of the group, with a number of riders hitting the deck, together with L39ion’s Ty Magner.
Heading into the finale, the pink jersey of Simmons sat third wheel, making an attempt to spoil Undertaking Echelon’s dash practice. Twenty-four-year-old Lucas Bourgoyne (Staff Cadence Cyclery) floated into the proper place for the ultimate nook, jumped into his dash, and powered to victory.
Elite Males’s Criterium Outcomes
- Lucas Bourgoyne (Staff Cadence Cyclery)
- Scott McGill (Undertaking Echelon Racing)
- Colby Simmons (EF Training Easypost)
- Robin Carpenter (L39ion of Los Angeles)
- Wil Hardin (Staff Winston Salem)
- Michael Garrison (MGR p/b +Speedstudio)
- Tyler Williams (Golden State Blazers)
- Brendan Rhim (Undertaking Echelon Racing)
- Samuel Smith (Staff Cadence Cyclery)
- Andrew Frank (Empyr Biking)
