Ontario’s Ava Holmgren successfully defended her Pan Am cyclocross title on Friday in Falmouth, Mass.. Standing next to her on the podium was, just as in 2021, her sister Isabella Holmgren in third. Ian Ackert added a third Really Rad CX podium for Canada (and for the Stimulus Orbea team) in the junior men’s race.
Junior women: Homlgren’s repeat
Ava Holmgren landed her second consecutive Pam Am CX title in a close finish with Vida Lopez de San Roman of the Bear National CX Team. The U.S. rider finished two seconds behind Canada’s defending champ. Isabella Holmgren finished third, 1:14 back, after dropping off the leader’s pace in the second half of the race.
The Pan Am success continues a strong season for the Holmgren twins. This fall, the sisters have already landed top-20 results in the elite field at the U.S. World Cup stops, top-10 finishes in the elite women’s X2O Trofee at Koppenberg and, for Ava, a junior World Cup podium at Maasmechelen in Belgium.
Mia De Martin (Velo Pays-d’en-Haut/PG Racing) was the next Canadian across the line, in 14th. Sophie Bradbury finished 16th while Amanda Samuelson’s race ended after the first lap.
Junior Men: Ackert adds to Pan Am podium collection
The junior men’s race came down to a three-rider sprint on Friday. Ontario’s Ian Ackert (Stimulus Orbea) went up against two U.S. riders, David Thompson (Finkraft) and Magnus White (Boulder Junior Cycling). The trio separated themselves from the rest of the field in the early laps and kept their advantage all the way to the line. Thompson ended up winning the sprint, and the junior men’s Pan Am title. White finished second and Ackert third, reversing their finish order from 2021 Pan Am’s in Garland, Texas where it was the Canadian taking silver.
Filip Duarte (Ottawa Cycling Club) was next across the finish line for Canada, finishing seventh in another trio of riders. Mike Comaniuk (Velo Pays-d’en-Haut) followed in 11th, Benjamin Brosseau Noel 15th, Jayden McMullen 17th, Sasha Renauld-Tremblay 19th, Nathan Hauber 23rd, Henrique Martins 26th and Remi Brisebois 29th, all on the lead lap.
Results: 2022 Pan American cyclocross continental championships (Falmouth, Mass. – November 4)
Junior Women
| 1 | HOLMGREN | Ava | Stimulus Orbea | 49:13 | – | ||
| 2 | LOPEZ DE SAN ROMAN | Vida | Bear National CX Team | 49:15 | +02 | ||
| 3 | HOLMGREN | Isabella | Stimulus Orbea | 50:27 | +1:14 | ||
| 4 | SCOTT | Samantha | CompEdge Racing | 51:24 | +2:11 | ||
| 5 | MUSGRAVE | Kaya | Bear CX | 51:24 | +2:11 | Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at Canadian Cycling Magazine…
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