We recap the latest in American bike racing from the past week (September 30-October 7)
MOUNTAIN BIKE
UCI MTB World Cup, XCC, XCO, DH: Lake Placid, New York
(October 3-5) – It was an excellent MTB World Cup weekend overall for the Americans at Lake Placid, and a perfect weekend for Christopher Blevins (Specialized Factory Racing) who won both the elite men’s XCC and XCO races, and secured the World Cup overall title in both. He’s the first American man to win the Elite XCO Overall since 1991, when John Tomac last claimed the title.
Vida Lopez de San Roman (Trinity Racing) brought home gold, winning her second World Cup U23 XCO race.
American DH racers won four medals and had a number of top-10 placings: Luca Shaw (Canyon CLLCTV Factory Team) earned silver in the elite men’s race; Aletha Ostgaard (Canyon CLLCTV Factory Team) earned gold and Matilda Melton (Commencal Schwalbe by Les Orres) won silver in the junior women’s final; and Asa Vermette (Frameworks Racing/5DEV) won silver in junior men’s.
Ryan Pinkerton (Mondraker Factory Racing) placed 8th in elite men’s DH; Ryder Lawrenceand Bode Burke (Commencal Schwalbe by Les Orres) were 5th and 6th in junior men’s DH finals. Zanna Logar (Future Frameworks) and Alyana Van Horn were 8th and 9th in junior women’s DH.
Other top-10 placings: Savilia Blunk (Decathlon Ford Racing Team) placed 4th in elite women’s XCO and Kate Courtney was 7th in elite women’s XCC. Makena Kellermanplaced 8th in U23 women’s XCO and Vida Lopez de San Roman (Trinity Racing) placed 9thin U23 women’s XCC.
The final MTB World Cup of the season goes to Mont-Saint-Anne, Canada, October 9-12.
Results here