Jolanda Neff wins women's Trek CX Cup
Clauzel second and Nash third in Waterloo C2 event
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Jolanda Neff (Trek Factory Racing) won the elite women's race at the C2-level Trek CX Cup held in Waterloo, Wisconsin on Friday. The Olympic Champion in the mountain bike discipline held off second-place finisher Helene Clauzel (AS Bike Cross Team) by 21 seconds. Katerina Nash (Clif Pro Team) was another 22 seconds back for third.
"I haven’t ridden a 'cross bike in two years. Today is my first day back on a 'cross bike since 2019, two years ago at this race," Neff said at the finish line. "I am here for a good time, and today was a really good time.”
Clauzel was together with Caroline Mani (Pactimo fierce team) as the duo rode up the opening climb from the hoteshot. Starting from the back row was Neff, and inside of the first two laps had worked her way to the front. As she completed that lap, Neff caught on the back wheel of Clauzel and Mani and charged to the front, for good.
"I attacked, I passed [Clauzel] and I kept going," she said about working her way through the field in the first two laps of the seven-lap race.
| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jolanda Neff (Trek Factory Racing) | 48:33:00 |
| 2 | Helene Clauzel (AS Bike Cross Team) | 0:21:00 |
| 3 | Katerina Nash (Clif Pro Team) | 0:43:00 |
| 4 | Caroline Mani (Pactimo fierce team) | 0:52:00 |
| 5 | Ellen Van Loy (Vondelmolen-De Ceuster cycling) | 1:18:00 |
| 6 | Perrine Clauzel (AS BIKE CROSS TEAM) | 1:42:00 |
| 7 | Raylyn Nuss (Steve Tilford Foundation Racing) | 2:04:00 |
| 8 | Madigan Munro (Trek Factory Racing) | 2:07:00 |
| 9 | Kaitlin Keough (Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com) | 2:18:00 |
| 10 | Sidney McGill (Pedalhead Race Room) | 2:33:00 |
| 11 | Caitlin Bernstein (Easton Overland / MCGOVERN CYCL) | 2:55:00 |
| 12 | Anna Megale (Trek Cyclocross Collective) | 3:22:00 |
| 13 | Austin Killips (Pratt Racing) | 3:33:00 |
| 14 | Marion Norbert Riberolle (Starcasino CX Team) | 3:36:00 |
| 15 | Sunny Gilbert (Blue Competition Cycles p/b Bui) | 3:37:00 |
| 16 | Harriet Harnden (Trek Factory Racing) | 4:02:00 |
| 17 | Emily Werner (Ken's Bike Shop) | 4:20:00 |
| 18 | Lauren Zoerner (Alpha Bicycle Company-Groove Si) | 4:27:00 |
| 19 | Lizzy Gunsalus (Cannondale p/b Cyclocrossworld.) | 4:52:00 |
| 20 | Erica Zaveta (The Pony Shop p/b KPMG) | 5:01:00 |
| 21 | Anna Dorovskikh (Orion Racing) | 5:25:00 |
| 22 | Regina Legge (Trek Cyclocross Collective) | 5:43:00 |
| 23 | Maria Larkin (Donkey Label Racing p/b FK Law) | 6:06:00 |
| 24 | Nicole Bradbury (Team Hamilton) | 6:12:00 |
| 25 | Erin Feldhausen (Trek Cyclocross Collective) | 6:20:00 |
| 26 | Elizabeth Sheldon (CXHAIRS DEVO : TREK BIKES) | 6:43:00 |
| 27 | Stephanie Taplin (Cascadia Wheel Co. Factory Team) | 6:52:00 |
| 28 | Siobhan Kelly (Black Dog Racing) | 7:14:00 |
| 29 | Rebecca Gross (Zero D Racing) | |
| 30 | Kelly Lawson (Hardwood Next Wave) | |
| 31 | Julie Brouwers (Vondelmolen-De Ceuster cycling) | |
| 32 | Molly Clark-Oien (Parallel 44 Racing p/b Sanford) | |
| 33 | Emily Payonk (Bissell-ABG-Giant) | |
| 34 | Katelyn Walcroft (Hardwood Next Wave) | |
| 35 | Leslie Ethridge (ORNOT Elite Off-Road Team) | |
| 36 | Corey Coogan Cisek (VeloRevolution=WP Cycles) | |
| 37 | Caitlin Neuman | |
| 38 | Aubrey Drummond (Lindenwood University) | |
| 39 | Risa Hustad (TacoCat Racing) | |
| 40 | Ryley Mosher (Competitive Edge Racing) | |
| 41 | Jordan Gwyen Austin (xXx Racing - Athletico) | |
| 42 | Abigail Yates (Lindenwood University) | |
| DNS | Crystal Anthony (Liv Racing Collective) | |
| DNS | Michaela Thompson (Alpha Bicycle Co. - Groove Silv) |
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