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December 14, 2024
Cyclo-Cross National Championships 2024 🇺🇸 – United States (CN) MJ – Louisville, KY, United States
The United States National Cyclocross Championships is a four-day competition held annually each winter and is sponsored by USA Cycling.
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December 14, 2024
Cyclo-Cross National Championships 2024 🇺🇸 – United States (CN) MJ – Louisville, KY, United States
The United States National Cyclocross Championships is a four-day competition held annually each winter and is sponsored by USA Cycling. The winners at various levels, including elite, U-23, masters, juniors, and collegiate for men and women, wear the coveted stars and stripes jersey and are crowned United States national cyclo-cross champions.
Wearing the white and multi-coloured markings as the men’s junior Pan-American Cyclocross champion, Beshore pushed the pace straight away. In the early tight corners, a traffic jam caused several crashes as the field settled in.
Aidan Vollmuth (FinKraft Junior Cycling) took over at the front before the initial pass of the stairs at ‘mansion hill’ in the technical section of the course, followed closely by Braveman, Haynes and Ethan Brown (Midwest Devo). Vollmuth lost his position when he crashed over the barriers, and with a mechanical issue he had to run part of the course and try to re-engage his chain. Bravman then surged to the lead.
Each lap was marked with chaos as many slip-outs left a front group of five setting the pace – Bravman, Beshore, Haynes, Brown and Desmond Mohr (Boulder Junior Cycling).
After the race, Beshore said the corners were very slippery, as the dirt and grass from freezing temperatures overnight began to melt with the high speeds and traffic on each lap. The multiple lead changes finally saw the the Boulder Cycling duo of Beshore and Haynes at the front, with Beshore charging away on mansion hill.
“It’s really slick out there. I had a few crashes because I was pushing it too hard,” Beshore told FloBikes announcers Brad Sohner and Ellen Noble after his win.
“My teammate Dylan Haynes got a gap off the front and I bridged him and looked back at the start-finish straight, and I realised we had a little bit of a gap. I told him we should just ‘hem it’. From there I got a little bit of a gap and just held it from there.”
Bravman never let the duo out of his sight and he would surge past Haynes for the silver on the final technical section. Vollmuth recovered for seventh place.
Results :
1 Garrett Beshore (Boulder Junior Cycling) 42:13
2 Benjamin Bravman (Bear National Team) +03
3 Dylan Haynes (Boulder Junior Cycling) +09
4 Ethan Brown (Midwest Devo) +29
5 Desmond Mohr (Boulder Junior Cycling) +1:03
6 Porter Melvin (Team Stampede) +1:38
7 Aidan Vollmuth (Finkraft Junior Cycling Team) +1:45
8 Aran Connolly (Team Booger) +1:51
9 Luke Ozment (Donovan Racing) +2:10
10 Jack Bernhard (Finkraft Junior Cycling Team) +2:18
11 Thayer Ask (Boulder Junior Cycling) +2:38
12 Thomas Agnew (Englewood Racing Team) +3:03
13 Isaiah Culbreath (Oklahoma Flyers) +3:17
14 Jack Billowitz
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The United States National Cyclocross Championships is a four-day competition held annually each winter and is sponsored by USA Cycling. The winners at various levels, including elite, U-23, masters, juniors, and collegiate for men and women, wear the coveted stars and stripes jersey and are crowned United States national cyclo-cross champions.
Wearing the white and multi-coloured markings as the men's junior Pan-American Cyclocross champion, Beshore pushed the pace straight away. In the early tight corners, a traffic jam caused several crashes as the field settled in.
Aidan Vollmuth (FinKraft Junior Cycling) took over at the front before the initial pass of the stairs at 'mansion hill' in the technical section of the course, followed closely by Braveman, Haynes and Ethan Brown (Midwest Devo). Vollmuth lost his position when he crashed over the barriers, and with a mechanical issue he had to run part of the course and try to re-engage his chain. Bravman then surged to the lead.
Each lap was marked with chaos as many slip-outs left a front group of five setting the pace - Bravman, Beshore, Haynes, Brown and Desmond Mohr (Boulder Junior Cycling).
After the race, Beshore said the corners were very slippery, as the dirt and grass from freezing temperatures overnight began to melt with the high speeds and traffic on each lap. The multiple lead changes finally saw the the Boulder Cycling duo of Beshore and Haynes at the front, with Beshore charging away on mansion hill.
"It's really slick out there. I had a few crashes because I was pushing it too hard," Beshore told FloBikes announcers Brad Sohner and Ellen Noble after his win.
"My teammate Dylan Haynes got a gap off the front and I bridged him and looked back at the start-finish straight, and I realised we had a little bit of a gap. I told him we should just 'hem it'. From there I got a little bit of a gap and just held it from there."
Bravman never let the duo out of his sight and he would surge past Haynes for the silver on the final technical section. Vollmuth recovered for seventh place.
<strong>Results : </strong>
1 Garrett Beshore (Boulder Junior Cycling) 42:13
2 Benjamin Bravman (Bear National Team) +03
3 Dylan Haynes (Boulder Junior Cycling) +09
4 Ethan Brown (Midwest Devo) +29
5 Desmond Mohr (Boulder Junior Cycling) +1:03
6 Porter Melvin (Team Stampede) +1:38
7 Aidan Vollmuth (Finkraft Junior Cycling Team) +1:45
8 Aran Connolly (Team Booger) +1:51
9 Luke Ozment (Donovan Racing) +2:10
10 Jack Bernhard (Finkraft Junior Cycling Team) +2:18
11 Thayer Ask (Boulder Junior Cycling) +2:38
12 Thomas Agnew (Englewood Racing Team) +3:03
13 Isaiah Culbreath (Oklahoma Flyers) +3:17
14 Jack Billowitz)
