Team USA Recap: Americans hit Belgian CX circuit with Multiple Top-10 Finishes and Three Podium Spots

(December 23) – In a race that kicked off a busy holiday week, national champion Clara Honsinger(EF Education-TIBCO-SVB) placed 8^th in the elite women’s race, while David Thompson (Finkraft Junior Cycling) took 10^th in men’s juniors in Mol, Belgium.

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(December 26) – Clara Honsinger (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB) placed 6^th and U23 National Champion Madigan Munro (Trek Factory Racing) placed 12^th in the women’s elite race in Gavere.

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(December 27) – American cyclists packed the top-10 in a tight men’s junior race at Heusden-Zolder, with Daniel English (Bear CX) placing 4^th, Andrew (AJ) August (Finkraft Junior Cycling) coming in 5^th, and Magnus White (Boulder Junior Cycling) and David Thompson (Finkraft Junior Cycling) placing 7^th and 8^th.

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(December 28) – Clara Honsinger (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB) placed 16^th in the elite women’s race and Eric Brunner (Blue Competition Cycles p/b Build) was 21^st among elite men in the 6^th race of the 8-race Superprestige series, held at night under the lights in Diegem, Belgium.

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(December 30) – Magnus White (Boulder Junior Cycling) placed 6^th and David Thompson (Finkraft Junior Cycling) was 7^th at the last pro CX race of 2022. In the women’s elite race, Madigan Munro(Trek Factory Racing) placed 11^th, missing out on a top-10 placing by a second.

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(January 1) – Clara Honsinger (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB) took her third top-10 spot in a week, placing 6^th in the elite women’s race on New Year’s Day in Belgium, followed by Madigan Munro(Trek Factory Racing) who placed 10^th.

On the junior side, Americans had six top-10 placings, with Vida Lopez de San Roman (Bear National Team) earning a spot on the podium (3^rd), followed by junior national champion Kaya Musgrave (Bear CX), in 4^th.

Daniel English (Bear CX) led the way on the junior men’s side, placing 4^th, followed by Miles Mattern (CX Hairs Devo/Trek), David Thompson (Finkraft Junior Cycling), and Magnus White, (Boulder Junior Cycling), who placed 5^th, 6^th and 7^th.

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(January 3) – Vida Lopez de San Roman (Bear National Team) and Kaya Musgrave (Bear CX) captured top-10 spots on the women’s junior side for the second time in three days, placing 5^th and 9^thin round 4 of the X20 Trofee series. Ian Brown (Bear CX) placed 5^th in the junior men’s race.

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(January 5) – In round 4 of the X20 Trofee series, Americans packed the top-10 in men’s juniors, led by David Thompson’s (Finkraft Junior Cycling) podium spot (3^rd). He was followed by Andrew (AJ) August (Finkraft Junior Cycling) 5^th, Daniel English (Bear CX) 7^th, and Miles Mattern (CX Hairs Devo/Trek) rounding things out in 10^th.

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(January 7) – Haylee Johnson (Finkraft Junior Cycling Team) captured a podium spot in the junior women’s race, placing 3^rd at round 7 of the Superprestige CX series. She was followed by Elsa Westenfelder (Team Stampede) in 8^th.

National Champion Curtis White (Steve Tilford Foundation), placed 10^th in the elite men’s race.

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(January 8) – At the UCI’s first World Cup CX race of the new year, Vida Lopez de San Roman(Bear National Team) placed 9^th and Samantha Scott (CompEdge Racing) took 10^th in the junior women’s race. On the men’s junior side, Daniel English (Bear CX) placed 9^th. For Lopez de San Roman and English, it was their third top-10 placing in a week.

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