Isabella Holmgren (Stimulus Orbea) rides solo to C2 victory at the Kings CX in Mason, Ohio
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Elite women's podium at Kings CX UCI C2 (L to R): Clara Honsinger second, winner Isabella Holmgren and Lizzy Gunsalus third Cyclocross competition in Mason, Ohio, USA on October 21, 2023. (Photo By Bill Schieken/CXHAIRS Media)
(Image credit: Bill Schieken/CXHAIRS Media)
The Kings CX course at Kingswood Park in Mason, Ohio
(Image credit: Bill Schieken/CXHAIRS Media)
Isabella Holmgren (Stimulus Orbea) flipped the script on the second day of racing at Cincinnati Cyclocross Festival in Mason, Ohio and won the UCI C2 Kings CX contest. She powered away from runner-up Clara Honsinger (Team S&M CX) to win by 1:30.
Lizzy Gunsalus (Marian University) scored third place, a repeat performance after her podium on Saturday at Kingswood Park, this time riding 15 seconds faster than Jenaya Francis of Canada. Ava Holmgren, the reigning junior Pan-Am champion, finished sixth.
The C2 victory marked the first win of the 2023-2024 season for Holmgren, reigning junior World Champion. She finished eighth last weekend at Waterloo World Cup. It was also the second C2 win in an elite race for the 18-year-old Canadian rider, having won last year's Bear Crossing Grand Prix.
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. On the bike, she has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast), and spends time on gravel around horse farms in north Georgia.
