Alex Wild (Cyclesport.com) and Jen Tavé (SpeedBlock-Terun) won the Low Gap elite races on the long course Sunday on the opening round of the California based Grasshopper Adventure Series mixed-terrain series.
Wild positioned himself well on a seven-rider drag race to the line and edged 22-year-old Marcis Shelton by half a wheel for the victory. A group of three other U23 riders comprised the top five, Caden Kroettinger in third, Dan English (Trinity Racing) in fourth and Yoann Perrodin (Team Mike’s Bikes p/b Equator Coffees) in fifth. From among the lead group, two more Team Mikes’ Bikes riders, Eric Colindres and Jack Duncan, finished just one second behind Wild.
Tavé, who won the overall Grasshopper Adventure Series title starting with fourth place last year at Low Gap, had to catch Larissa Connors not once, but twice, and then gained a three-minute gap…
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