Eric Brunner dominates Saturday elite men's C2 contest at Nash Dash CX

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Dillman takes second, Hildebrandt third

Elite men's C2 Saturday podium at Nash Dash CX
Elite men's C2 Saturday podium at Nash Dash CX, Eric Brunner in centre with victory (Image credit: Wayne Whitesides/Nash Dash CX)
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Eric Brunner (WTB Pivot) won the opening round of elite men’s C2 racing on Saturday for Nash Dash CX in Hampton, Georgia. He was 3:34 faster than second-placed Andrew Dillman (Ignition p/b Rigd-Leitner) and another 1:11 better than Casey Hildebrandt (Broken Spoke / TNR Tape) in third, an all-US podium.

“I went out hard, took the hole shot, and kind of buried myself to get a gap,” Brunner said at the finish. 

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“I just time trialled it for the full hour. It was mentally pretty tough because there’s a ton of pedalling on this course, it’s quite bumpy and just staying on it and remembering what each of the corners were like, remembering where the little mud patches were. Then, every time getting to the long straightaways before the finish line, I knew that would be a couple of hard minutes.”

Brunner, who is from Colorado, said it felt ‘weird’ to come closer to sea level at the Georgia race, but wanted to get in a final weekend before the US Cyclocross National Championships, the elite races on December 10 in Kentucky.

“It was a nice mix of straightaways and corners, tight twisty stuff in the woods as well as faster straightaways," Brunner said. “I like to race the week before an important race or championship.”

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Jackie Tyson
Jackie Tyson
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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.

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