Katie Compton (KFC Racing-Trek) shook off a disappointing injury she suffered a week ago at the Jingle Cross World Cup to dominate the first day of racing at the Trek CXC Cup on Friday. Compton split the race wide open in the early laps of the race and returned to the top step of the podium at the Trek Factory Headquarters in Waterloo, Wisconsin.
Compton felt it was a good warm-up for Sunday's World Cup, but that the extreme heat currently hitting Wisconsin made Friday's C2 event an uncertain benchmark.
"I feel good but hot days make everything different because people who are fast can struggle," Compton said. "We'll see, I was happy to win today, and it's been awhile since I won but I'll take it. I want to have a good day on Sunday too."
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Sanne Cant (Beobank-Corendon) jumped out of the grid first to take the holeshot, but Helen Wyman (Kona Factory Team) quickly took over at the front followed by Kaitlin Keough (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com), and Compton. It wasn't long before Compton moved to the front of the race and used her momentum to build a substantial lead.
"The start felt a little slow, but also a hot day and you gotta keep yourself in check," Compton said. "I could see Helen backing off some which made sense after pulling the entire first lap, so I just tried to keep the pace rolling. I looked back, and I saw I had a bit of gap. It was just Sanne and me, and I figured I would keep it going."
Wisconsin native Kaitlin Keough looked to be well positioned in the lead group but dropped her chain and fell off the back and spent the remainder of the race picking riders off and dialing in the course for Sunday. Wyman also fell off the pace, and a new chase group, including Christel Ferrier Bruneau (SAS-MACOGEP), Nikki Brammeier (Boels-Dolmans), and Loes Sels (Crelan-Charles), formed up behind Compton and Cant.
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