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October 2, 2022
USCX 2022 WE – Charm City Cross C2
The USCX Cyclocross Series is helping to broaden the reach of the sport in the United States by gradually introducing more people to cyclocross,
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October 2, 2022
USCX 2022 WE – Charm City Cross C2
The USCX Cyclocross Series is helping to broaden the reach of the sport in the United States by gradually introducing more people to cyclocross, with four rounds lined up for the 2022/23 season on some of the most challenging courses on the North American circuit. The USCX series combines the UCI Class 1 and Class 2 cyclocross races to create a four round series in the north-east of the United States, with each round taking place over a weekend with a full two days of racing. Each round has events for both men and women in the elite, junior and amateur categories.
Annemarie Worst (777) took her second win of the weekend on day two at Charm City Cross in Baltimore on Sunday. The Dutchwoman soloed to the victory under rain and through slippery and muddy conditions ahead of runner-up Caroline Mani (Alpha Groove) and third-placed Austin Killips (Nice Bikes).
“Rain, rain, rain,” Worst said at the finish. “It was nice but the course was very muddy and slippery, more so than yesterday, but today’s race was nice. Next week’s World Cup will be full gas from the start, so I tried to do a fast first lap and see how my shape was, but it was hard.”
The first two rounds of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup are held in Waterloo on October 9 and Fayetteville on October 16.
Day two at the Charm City Cross, a C2 event, was part of the third round and sixth race of the USCX series. It was held under rainy conditions on a reverse-route to the previous day’s C1 event.
Worst pushed through to the lead during the opening lap and opened a gap by the start of the second. Closely followed by Sidney McGill (OneBike) and then a few seconds to Killips and Mani.
Worst’s solid technical skills, riding the muddy technical sections rather than running and powering through the sluggish straightaways, gave her a leg up on her rivals as she appeared relatively comfortable on the circuit.
The Dutchwoman opened a sizeable lead by the end the second lap with 16 seconds in hand. Mani raced through the finish line in the second spot, as Killips and McGill reconnected, and Raylyn Nuss (Steve Tilford Foundation) tried desperately to put herself back into podium contention.
Worst had pushed her lead out to 35 seconds ahead of Mani, but the race between Killips and McGill for third place heated up, each passing the other on sections of the circuit that suited each better.
As Worst raced through the finish to secure her second win of the weekend ahead of runner-up Mani. Killips gained the gap she needed on the last lap to take third place, with McGill in fourth.
Results :
 took her second win of the weekend on day two at Charm City Cross in Baltimore on Sunday. The Dutchwoman soloed to the victory under rain and through slippery and muddy conditions ahead of runner-up Caroline Mani (Alpha Groove) and third-placed Austin Killips (Nice Bikes).
"Rain, rain, rain," Worst said at the finish. "It was nice but the course was very muddy and slippery, more so than yesterday, but today's race was nice. Next week's World Cup will be full gas from the start, so I tried to do a fast first lap and see how my shape was, but it was hard."
The first two rounds of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup are held in Waterloo on October 9 and Fayetteville on October 16.
Day two at the Charm City Cross, a C2 event, was part of the third round and sixth race of the USCX series. It was held under rainy conditions on a reverse-route to the previous day's C1 event.
Worst pushed through to the lead during the opening lap and opened a gap by the start of the second. Closely followed by Sidney McGill (OneBike) and then a few seconds to Killips and Mani.
Worst's solid technical skills, riding the muddy technical sections rather than running and powering through the sluggish straightaways, gave her a leg up on her rivals as she appeared relatively comfortable on the circuit.
The Dutchwoman opened a sizeable lead by the end the second lap with 16 seconds in hand. Mani raced through the finish line in the second spot, as Killips and McGill reconnected, and Raylyn Nuss (Steve Tilford Foundation) tried desperately to put herself back into podium contention.
Worst had pushed her lead out to 35 seconds ahead of Mani, but the race between Killips and McGill for third place heated up, each passing the other on sections of the circuit that suited each better.
As Worst raced through the finish to secure her second win of the weekend ahead of runner-up Mani. Killips gained the gap she needed on the last lap to take third place, with McGill in fourth.
<strong>Results : </strong>
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