Keegan Swenson (Santa Cruz Bicycles-SRAM) won for a third time at Life Time Sea Otter Classic Fuego XL mountain bike race while Sofia Gomez Villafañe (Specialized Off-road) defended her pro women’s title in Monterey, California on Friday. The endurance MTB race, covering 70 miles (112km) served as the opening round of the seven-event Life Time Grand Prix.
While more than a dozen elite men rode at the front of the race on the final lap, Swenson delivered a winning blow with just a few miles to go and glided solo across the line in 4 minutes, 13 seconds, going 3:28 faster than his winning time last year.
How it unfolded
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