Matt Beers (Specialised Off-Highway) and Sofia Gomez Villafañe (Specialised Off-Highway) each surged away on lengthy solo breaks to assert victory at Belgian Waffle Journey California, the ultimate spherical of the Tripel Crown Sequence.
Villafañe was additionally the clear reduce winner of the Tripel Crown sequence – which has a $25,500 prize purse break up evenly between the highest 5 males and prime 5 ladies –
taking a sweep of the waffle distance races at Arizona, Utah and in addition the weighted factors spherical of California. Peter Stetina (Canyon Waffeleurs & Ale drinkeurs) claimed the boys’s Tripel Crown, ending fourth within the 119.7 miles (192km) Californian race however he was the primary of these competing throughout the three race sequence over the road.
Within the Californian occasion, with its 10,000 toes (3,048m) of climbing and the signature unpaved Double Peak just some miles from the end, it was Alexey Vermeulen (ENVE/Q+M) who crossed the road second within the males’s race. He was lower than a minute behind South Africa’s Beers whereas Petr Vakoč (Canyon Integray L27) completed nearly two minutes additional again in third.
“This course is savage,” stated Villafañe. “It was so enjoyable on the market. I had a very good day, I had a flat early on, however I used to be capable of trip my insert all the best way to a feed zone and get a brand new wheel and after that it was sort of recreation on – attempt to enhance my lead by means of the single-track and defend my tyres slightly bit extra.”
Outcomes
| Place | Rider | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sofia Gomez Villafañe (Specialised Off-Highway) | 6:15:29 |
| 2 | Courtney Sherwell (Prova Cycles/QOM/Ekoi/Schwalbe/SRAM) | 6:30:45 |
| 3 | Caroline Wreszin (CINCH Biking) | 6:30:48 |
| 4 | Heather Jackson (Canyon CLLCTV GRVL) | 6:32:23 |
| 5 | Isabel King (Scott/Shimano) | 6:44:18 |
| Place | Rider | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Beers (Specialised Off-Highway) | 5:28:38 |
| 2 | Alexey Vermeulen (ENVE/Q+M) | 5:29:15 |
| 3 | Petr Vakoč (Canyon Integray L27) | 5:31:08 |
| 4 | Peter Stetina (Canyon Waffeleurs & Ale drinkeurs) | 5:32:48 |
| 5 | Brendan Johnston (Big Off Highway) | 5:34:08 |
