Andrew Strohmeyer (CXD Trek Bikes) rode solo throughout the road and celebrated the boys’s C2 contest at Appeal Metropolis Cross on Sunday in his house state of Maryland. Vincent Baestaens (Spits CX Workforce) out-sprinted US elite males’s champion Curtis White (Steve Tilford Basis Racing) to finish the rostrum.
The reigning U23 US cyclocross champion scored his first win of the season on Sunday, after 4 high 5 finishes from the sooner US Cyclocross Collection occasions. He moved as much as third general within the elite males’s collection standings, 32 factors behind general chief Baestaens, and simply 4 factors in arrears of second-placed Loris Rouiller (Heizomat-Kloster Kitchen). White is fourth general, 8 factors behind Strohmeyer.
A neighborhood favorite, Strohmeyer attacked on the second lap, however his aggressive solo effort was reeled again after two laps. White and Baestaens caught and handed the 21-year-old, then labored collectively to create separation by the mid-point of the race.
However Strohmeyer was motivated and didn’t appear to lose steam with the sunny, sizzling situations and excessive humidity. He clawed his approach again from a deficit of 12-15 seconds and reconnected with the lead duo with two laps to go. He used an enormous acceleration on the Mansion Hill climb to get away for the win.
After a pair of C2 races at Main Taylor Cross Cup in Indianapolis, Indiana subsequent weekend, the large engines restart for World Cup Waterloo in Wisconsin on October 15. Trek CX Cup will supply C2 races on October 13.