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Russel Finsterwald and Heather Jackson win at Belgian Waffle Ride California

Russel Finsterwald and Heather Jackson win at Belgian Waffle Ride California


Heather Jackson (Canyon CLLCTV GRVL) and Russell Finsterwald (Specialized Off-Road) won elite titles Sunday on the long ‘Waffle’ route for the Belgian Waffle Ride California, the second of seven stops on the ‘un-road’, multi-surface endurance series. In the 79-mile Wafer division, Amy Charity won the women’s title and Brian McCulloch won for the men.

A new route for 2023, the Waffle covered 128.7 miles in San Marcos, California, located in the mountains by the same name north of San Diego. While the long route was shorter in distance than last year, it matched the last edition with close to 11,000 feet of elevation gain. A little more than 40% of the course consisted of non-pavement, called “bone grinding roads” by organisers, that provided sandy and rocky paths, arduous climbs and single-track strewn with water crossings and cacti. 

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