USA’s Andrew Strohmeyer (CXD Trek Bikes) gained the lads’s elite US Cyclocross Collection (USCX) title with a convincing victoryat the Trek CX Cup C2 males’s race in Waterloo, Wisconsin on Sunday.
He crossed the road seven seconds forward of runner-up Kerry Werner (Groove Auto Off Highway Racing), and 30 seconds forward of third-placed Scott Funston (Cervelo Orange Residing).
Underneath sunny skies and cooler temps than Saturday’s C1 race, Caleb Swartz (ENVE/ Ahead Endurance Teaching) led the cost off the road however by pit one, Ben Frederick (The Small Monsters Mission) took the reins and led the majority of the primary lap. By the beginning of the subsequent lap, 10 riders have been off the entrance with Strohmeyer, Funston, Werner, Swartz, Frederick, Tyler Clark (Hockley Valley Resort Armada), Jules Van Kempen (Cervélo – OrangeLiving), Dylan Zakrajsek (Aggressive Edge Racing), Cody Scott (Aggressive edge Racing) and Owen Brenneman (CXD Trek Bikes).
Funston threw down a large assault to separate the group, and rapidly drew out Strohmeyer and Clark, with Swartz and Van Kempen trailing. Underneath strain from robust winds, gaps began to kind and shortly Clark was dropped, leaving Funston and Strohmeyer on the entrance. Werner was main the chase within the third spot after having to pit early with a puncture, with Clark and Swartz now trailing.
Whereas constant shuffles ensued within the chase, a sample was rising within the entrance group with Funston seeming to be doing the majority of the pacemaking. Whereas Funston was targeted on retaining his slender lead over Werner for second within the collection, Strohmeyer was enjoying his playing cards shut to his chest in his bid to finish the collection together with his sixth win.
With 4 laps to go within the nine-lap race, Werner lastly related with Funston and Strohmeyer. Simply as he made contact on the line, the tempo eased and so they have been three abreast, with Strohmeyer wanting over with a smile and tongue out. The collection was going to complete simply the way it began again in Roanoke, with these three riders battling it out.
Werner was the primary to make a transfer simply earlier than three to go, however each his rivals have been fast to reply. Into the ultimate lap, Strohmeyer launched one other devastating assault, once more on the headwind rise out of pit one. With a tiring Funston, sandwiched between Strohmeyer and Werner, unable to reply rapidly sufficient, Strohmeyer was capable of journey the hole to the road for a really emphatic victory.
Behind, Werner obtained forward of Funston for second place and thus moved as much as second general within the collection.
Strohmeyer completed on the rostrum of all eight races, with six victories and two second-place finishes, amassing a complete of 344 factors. Werner secured second place general with one victory and three runner-up placings for a complete of 266 factors. Funston collected 5 podium finishes and claimed third general, six factors behind Werner.
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