Curtis White flies solo to claim elite men's C1 victory at King's CX
US elite men's cyclocross champion scores first win of 2023-2024 season
Curtis White (Steve Tilford Foundation Racing) won the C1 elite men's race at Kings CX on Saturday for his first cyclocross victory this season in the stars-and-stripes jersey of the national champion.
Canadian Ian Ackert,18, finished second, fighting off a sprint challenge from Marcis Shelton, 19.
Four riders gave chase, but could not get the three leaders in their sights on the final lap. Scott Funston (WT-Pivot Off-road) finished the best of the bunch in fourth, 32 seconds back. Caleb Swartz (ENVE) was fifth ahead of Canadian U23 national champion Luke Valenti (Ecoflo Chronos) and Casey Hildebrandt (Broken Spoke Bicycles), who were sixth and seventh.
In nine UCI race starts so far this season, White has seven top 10s, including the victory on Saturday. He is currently ranked fourth in the US Cyclocross Series.
It was the first of two days of racing at Kingswood Park in Mason, Ohio for the 14th annual Cincinnati Cyclocross Festival, known for its twisting, technical course with grassy off-cambers across short, punch climbs. The C2 races take place Sunday for elite and junior categories.
Results
Results powered by FirstCycling
Thank you for reading 5 articles in the past 30 days*
Join now for unlimited access
Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1
*Read any 5 articles for free in each 30-day period, this automatically resets
After your trial you will be billed £4.99 $7.99 €5.99 per month, cancel anytime. Or sign up for one year for just £49 $79 €59
Join now for unlimited access
Try your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1
Get The Leadout Newsletter
The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!
Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).
Most Popular
Latest on Cyclingnews
-
UCI Gravel World Series – Toon Aerts and Tessa Neefjes take victory at Gravel Fondo Limburg
Aerts wins tight sprint with Piotr Havik while Neefjes carves out two minute gap to Irina Lützelschwab -
Mark Cavendish continues Tour de France build-up in Hungary as Lutsenko leads Astana at Giro d'Italia
Manxman to ride Tour de Hongrie alongside Peter Sagan as three-time World Champion returns to road racing -
Lidl-Trek create Giro d’Italia lead out train for Jonathan Milan as Juanpe Lopez targets mountain stages
Jasper Stuyven in eight-rider selection despite recent collarbone fracture -
Demi Vollering announces personal partnership deal with Nike
‘I am aware of my role within women’s cycling and women’s sports in general’ says Tour de France Femmes winner