Kirsten Faulkner earned her first win within the pink colors of EF Schooling-Cannondale in Belgium on Sunday with a solo victory at Craywinckelhof-Omloop van het Hageland. She accelerated from a entrance group of riders and rode away in time trial mode for the ultimate 50km to win by almost a three-minute margin.
“I didn’t need to go solo. I attacked, and nobody got here with me. I took a threat, and it labored,” she mentioned afterwards.
On the identical day as compatriot Faulkner, Lauren Stephens raised her arms for the victory on the Clasica de Almeria in Spain. The reigning Pan American highway race champion out-sprinted Yuliia Biriukova (Human Powered Well being) for her first highway win of the 12 months with Cynisca Biking. She known as it a “heck of a day on the workplace”.
For Will Barta, it was not simply his first win of the season however his first win as an expert. The 28-year-old, now in his third 12 months at Movistar, received the fifth and remaining stage of Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana on February 4. On the 93km route, he broke away after simply 8km and held off chasers, which included Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) and Matej Mohorič (Bahrain-Victorious), for the solo victory into Valencia.
“It might have taken some time, however I’m so joyful to lastly have taken one. Hopefully, the primary of many, however for now, I’ll take pleasure in this one,” he mentioned on Instagram.
US time trial champion Brandon McNulty (UAE Workforce Emirates) received the general title of the two.Professional Spanish stage race. Fellow US rider Tyler Stites, the staff chief for Mission Echelon Racing, completed seventh on stage 5.
Border Wars gravel wins for De Crescenzo and Garrison
Lauren De Crescenzo and Michael Garrison (MGR p/b NICH Velocity Membership) received the 100-mile Border Wars gravel race in Franklin, Georgia, on February 24.
Each Atlanta-based winners took solo victories and debuted setups with unbiased race programmes for the 2024 season. Garrison, driving on his personal as MGR introduced by NICH Velocity Membership after 4 seasons with the US Continental Hagens Berman Axeon staff, accomplished the hilly route that crossed into Alabama in 4:52:29.
Garrison, now 22 years previous, acquired a model new fork for his BMC simply 12 hours earlier than the race and powered away from 5 different riders to win his first race of the 12 months. His time was 12 minutes forward of second-placed James Noori and one other 19 seconds higher than third-placed Andy Scarano.
De Crescenzo, who launched her privateer effort as LDC in her fourth full-time gravel season, completed in 5:04:49, which was good for fourth place total alongside males’s open division podium finisher Scarano. She completed with a stable 32 minutes forward of Olivia Patano, who was greater than an hour forward of third-placed Helen Rhymer.
Rhim and Arreola take GC titles in Tucson
Brendan Rhim (Mission Echelon Racing) and Sofia Arreola (Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY24) received the overall classification titles for professional males and professional ladies on the 36 years of the Tucson Bicycle Traditional in southern Arizona, held February 23-25.
Rhim took the primary chief’s jersey for males on Friday with a vicious 8:56 time on the 8km Maran Time Trial. He misplaced the GC lead by one second to Kellen Caldwell (Workforce California p/b Verge) on Saturday, who acquired into the breakaway in the course of the Sahuarita Street Race and received a two-up dash towards Patrick Welch (Above+Past Most cancers Workforce p/b BikeWorld).
It took bonus instances at intermediate sprints and a 44-second solo win by Rhim on the 64-mile Oro Valley Circuit Race on Sunday to lock up the GC title. His Mission Echelon teammates, Cade Bickmore and Caleb Classen, labored collectively to maintain management of the chasing peloton, and the duo completed within the high 20 total. Caldwell held on for second total and Welch third after the three days.
On the ultimate day of racing, Virginia’s Blue Ridge needed to defend the chief’s jersey held by Arreola. The 32-year-old Mexican rider received the 132-mile stage 2 Sahuarita Street Race. She completed fifth within the bunch dash on Sunday, received by her teammate Marlies Mejías, to seal the general by 39 seconds over Cecile Lejeune (CCB-Alpine Carbon p/b Levine Regulation Group) and one other eight seconds forward of Julie Lacourciere of Canada.
Mejías wore the primary chief’s jersey for professional ladies with a victory Friday within the time trial, the place she rode the 8km course in 9:57, tied with Alia Shafi. Mejías completed eighth total, whereas Shafi settled for ninth.
Ehrlich and Lebo win professional titles at Valley of the Solar
Emily Ehrlich (Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY24) and Joshua Lebo (CS Velo Racing) received the professional titles for men and women at Valley of the Solar (VOS) stage race, held February 16-18 in Arizona. The three-day Valley of the Solar included a time trial, highway race and criterium, with 800 novice and professional riders collaborating in 25 classes.
For Ehrlich, it was her third consecutive GC title on the early-season occasion, together with her teammate Marlies Mejias Garcia sealing second place. DNA Professional Biking’s Sarah Van Dam, who earned her first victory for DNA on the stage 2 highway race, completed third total by a slim nine-second whole over her teammate Diana Peñuela. Virginia’s Blue Ridge landed two different riders within the high 10, Jennifer Valente fifth total and Maeghan Easler seventh.
Lebo narrowly eclipsed Garin Kelley (Workforce California p/b Verge), who completed as the lads’s runner-up by simply six seconds, and Luke Arens (Kelly Advantages Biking), who took third total one other 4 seconds again. Workforce California accomplished the highest 5, with Troy Fields and Kellen Caldwell fourth and fifth, respectively.
VOS was additionally the second cease for USA Biking’s Junior Biking Nationwide Collection. EF Schooling-ONTO swept the GC podium for 17-18 males, winner Ashlin Barry’s whole time simply 5 seconds forward of Peyton Burckel and third place taken by Noah Streif. Haylee Johnson (Aggressive Edge Racing) received the ladies’s 17-18 total, with Helena Jones (TWENTY24 Aevolo) in second and Brooklyn Raddin (Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY24 Junior Devo) in third.
California to host 2024 Pan-American Observe Championships
The 2024 Pan-American Observe Biking Championships will happen April 3-7 in Carson, California on the VELO Sports activities Heart. The occasion is a chance for riders to say qualifying factors for the Paris Olympic Video games.
The schedule opens with the Workforce Dash and Scratch race on Wednesday. Workforce Pursuit, ladies’s Elimination and males’s Keirin will likely be held Thursday. Friday options Omnium and Dash for ladies whereas males compete within the Factors Race and Particular person Pursuit.
The weekend will hand out 30 Pan-Am medals throughout 10 occasions. On Saturday, the ladies compete within the Time Trial, Factors Race and Particular person Pursuit, and the lads race within the Omnium and Match Dash. On Sunday, the ladies tackle the Madison and Keirin, whereas males’s winners are decided within the Elimination race, Time Trial and Madison, the ultimate occasion of the championships.
Tickets can be found on-line and on the venue, with particular person tickets beginning at $25.50 and a five-day pack at $61.20.
