Day 2 of Supercross Cup brought blustery conditions and a rain-soaked course at Rockland Community College. The slick mud from Saturday turned into a tacky substance, but the wind caused more challenges for the elite fields. New York-native Curtis White (Cannondale p/b Cyclocrossworld.com) and Canadian National Champion Christel Ferrier Bruneau (SAS-Macogep) mastered the soggy soil and the gusty air to ride away with solo victories in the men’s and women’s elite races, respectively. Both gained points in the third of four race weekends for the Vittoria Northeast Cyclocross Series presented by Clif Bar and Cycle-Smart, and USA Cycling’s Professional Cyclocross Calendar (ProCX).
The early laps of the elite women’s race, the high winds dried out some sections of the slick course. It didn’t seem to matter the ground conditions, as Ferrier Bruneau took off on lap two and would win her second Category 2 race in as many days.
“I'm very happy with this weekend, to win the two races,” said Ferrier Bruneau on her second ProCX win, and fourth time on the podium this season.“It was really a slippery course, very hard physically. It was really hard to climb, not easy. There were nice hills and I had fun. It was good training for next weekend, the World Cup in Germany.”
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Cassandra Maximenko (VanDessel/Atom Composite Wheels) faced mechanical issues early on, but would keep things under control to earn another second-place finish this weekend in New York.
“My goal today was kind of the same as yesterday, get a good start,” Maximenko said. “I got a good start, and after about five pedal strokes my left foot pulled out of the pedal. So I saved it, and slotted third or fourth wheel. I was just yo-yoing for a little bit because my bike wasn’t shifting. So I went through that (first) lap deciding, is it not shifting enough to pit or is it rideable? I was trying to maintain the gap with it mis-shifting. It was hard. The wind made it really challenging.
U23 Canadian National Champion and Vittoria Series leader Ruby West (Cannondale p/b Cyclocrossworld.com) finished third, holding off a charging Kathryn Cumming (Jalapeno Cycling), from nearby Bloomfield, N.J.
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