Shirin van Anrooij (Baloise Trek Lions) gained the UCI C2 Trek CX Cup on a wet day in Waterloo, Wisconsin on Friday afternoon. Zoe Backstedt (Canyon-SRAM) completed 39 seconds again in moment and Manon Bakker (Crelan-Fristads) used to be some other 20 seconds at the back of for 3rd. 3-time US cyclocross champion Clara Honsinger (Group S&M CX) completed 2:07 off the mark of the main Dutch rider for fourth.
The path, situated at the campus of Trek Bicycle global headquarters, used to be soaked with in a single day showers that was an all-day stable rain, making the usually-fast off-cambers and quick, steep hills treacherously slippery and unpredictable.
Through the second one lap of elite girls’s contest, Backstedt had simply an eight-second hole over Van Anrooij and some other 8 ticks over Bakker. Honsinger rode simply forward of Canadian Isabella Holmgreen (Stimulus Orbea) within the chase, down 1:13. The one different racers inside of two mins of the Briton had been america duo of Raylyn Nuss (Steve Tilford Basis Racing) and Lauren Zoerner (Groove Off-Highway Racing).
Two extra laps in, Van Androoij’s top tempo within the dust helped her move Backstedt and take the lead. Bakker trailed solo in 3rd and Honsinger had dispatched Isabella Holmgren for lone fourth, however trailing Manon via over a minute.
At the 5th of six laps, the reigning U23 global champion used to be 39 seconds slower than her first lap, however greater the lead over her closest chasers, Backstedt again via 40 seconds and Bakker some other 20 seconds. The one different rider with a constant tempo in the course of the wet prerequisites used to be america champion, who had dipped to two:07 again however used to be greater than two mins forward of another competitor.
Van Anrooij persisted her stable tempo and held the distance for the victory, her first win of the season, including to a podium from Precise Move Beringen every week in the past.
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