Are Pro CX riders ruining road racing? #questionsnooneisasking
— Geoff Kabush (@GeoffKabush) June 12, 2019
Noted jokester Geoff Kabush had some fun during Wout van Aert’s big week at the Criterium du Dauphine two weeks ago after the three-time cyclocross world champion joined his rival Mathieu van der Poel in winning WorldTour stages.
It turns out that some of that cyclocross to road crossover success extends to the U.S. as well.
After racing at the Dirty Kanza, Lance Haidet, Gage Hecht and Cade Bickmore and their Aevolo Cycling team headed to Hagerstown, Maryland for U23 Road Nationals. Hecht kicked off his weekend with a silver in Thursday’s Individual Time Trial.
Three weekends ago, Lance Haidet was at the Dirty Kanza 200. 2019 Dirty Kanza 200 Gravel Race. © Z. Schuster / Cyclocross Magazine
On Friday, it was Lancy Pants’ turn to shine.
Early on in the U23 Road Race, Hecht and Spencer Petrov (CCB Racing) were involved in a crash, setting them back as they had to chase up to the peloton. Bickmore responded by attacking and went off the front solo.
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— USA Cycling LIVE (@usacyclinglive) June 21, 2019
Later, Bickmore was seen calling for the team car and dropped back, allowing a new selection of Haidet, Cameron Beard (Team Defferdange-Geba), Cooper Willsey (CCB Racing), Cole Davis (Hagens Berman Axeon), Riley Sheehan (Aevolo Cycling) and Hugo Scala Jr. (Gateway Devo Cycling / Gateway Harley Davidson) to form with one lap of the 32km course to go.
Haidet then attacked on a climb with 4km to the line and rode solo in solo to take the U23 National Championship.
“Being the U23 Cyclocross National Champion a few years ago was amazing so to do it again today on the road was awesome,” Haidet said to USAC after his win. “I am so happy with how today turned out and how my teammates rode for me. I knew on the climb with 4k to go was where I was going to make my move and I hit it as hard as I could. Heading into the last kilometer, I turned around and saw daylight and felt like I had the win.”
Lance Haidet is the U23 Men’s Road National Champion. © Bruce Buckley / USA Cycling
Willsey finished second and Beard third to make it an all-cyclocross podium at U23 Road Nats.
Haidet’s previous U23 national championship came in 2017 when he won the snowy, icy, crazy race at Hartford Nationals. Willsey finished second in the Collegiate Club race at Louisville Nationals.
Full results are below.
U23 Men Results: 2019 Road Nationals
| Rank | Bib | Name | Affiliation | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 619 | Lance HAIDET | UCI CT: Aevolo Cycling Inc./UCI | 4:38:51 |
| 2 | 605 | Cooper WILLSEY | CCB Racing/CCB | 4:39:11 |
| 3 | 590 | Cameron BEARD | UCI CT: Team Defferdange-Geba/U | 4:39:11 |
| 4 | 561 | Hugo SCALA JR | Gateway Devo Cycling /Gateway H | 4:39:12 |
| 5 | 633 | Alex HOEHN | UCI CT: Aevolo Cycling Inc./UCI | 4:39:44 |
| 6 | 556 | Tate KOKUBO | CCB | 4:40:04 |
| 7 | 589 | Fischer MARIS | Kelly Benefit Strategies Elite/ | 4:40:04 |
| 8 | 596 | Cole DAVIS | UCI PCT: Hagens Berman Axeon/UC | 4:40:09 |
| 9 | 584 | Jack BARDI | Union Bay Cycling | 4:40:19 |
| 10 | 608 | Scott MCGILL | Gateway Devo Cycling Team / | 4:40:19 |
| 11 | 635 | Michael HERNANDEZ | UCI CT: Aevolo Cycling Inc./UCI | 4:40:20 |
| 12 | 632 | Spencer PETROV | CCB | 4:40:20 |
| 13 | 570 | Andrew VOLLMER | UCI CT: Aevolo Cycling Inc./UCI | 4:40:20 |
| 14 | 577 | Chaz HOGENAUER | Team Rio Grande | 4:40:20 |
| 15 | 641 | Keelan ONTIVEROS | Union Bay Cycling | 4:40:20 |
| 16 | 576 | Ryan JASTRAB | UCI CT: Wildlife Generation p/b | 4:40:20 |
| 17 | 551 | Ian GARRISON | UCI PCT: Hagens Berman Axeon/UC | 4:40:20 |
| 18 | 616 | Sean MCELROY | 4:40:20 | |
| 19 | 603 | Kyle SWANSON | UCI CT: Elevate-KHS Pro Cycling | 4:40:20 |
| 20 | 583 | Patton SIMS | Velovit/Palmer Safety/601 Racin | 4:40:20 |
| 21 | 564 | Davis ADAMS | Velovit/Palmer Safety/601 Racin | 4:40:21 |
| 22 | 591 | Finn GULLICKSON | UCI CT: Wildlife Generation p/b | 4:40:21 |
| 23 | 595 | Ruben BACON | Bissell/ABG Cycling Club | 4:40:21 |
| 24 | 562 | Camden VODICKA | UCI CT: Wildlife Generation p/b | 4:40:21 |
| 25 | 648 | Simon JONES | UCI CT: Interpro Cycling Academ | 4:40:21 |
| 26 | 555 | Henry LUTZ | Project Echelon Racing/Project | 4:40:21 |
| 27 | 610 | Gabriel MENDEZ | Foundation/Century Road Club As | 4:40:21 |
| 28 | 601 | Eli HOUSE | Dash Racing/DASH RACING | 4:40:21 |
| 29 | 642 | Erik HAMMERQUIST | Velobody p/b Slocum/ | 4:40:21 |
| 30 | 609 | Ethan FRANKEL | Subaru Santa Monica Racing | 4:40:21 |
| 31 | 623 | Liam FLANAGAN | Lees-McRae College | 4:40:21 |
| 32 | 588 | Tim MCBIRNEY | Team California/Team California | 4:40:21 |
| 33 | 574 | Gage HECHT | UCI CT: Aevolo Cycling Inc./UCI | 4:40:21 |
| 34 | 593 | Edward ANDERSON | UCI PCT: Hagens Berman Axeon/UC | 4:40:22 |
| 35 | 575 | Conor SCHUNK | Gateway Devo Cycling /Gateway H | 4:40:22 |
| 36 | 599 | Elvys MARTINEZ | 4:40:22 | |
| 37 | 600 | Aaron BLACK | New England Devo p/b Cadence We | 4:40:22 |
| 38 | 585 | Eric BRUNNER | UCI CT: 303 Project/UCI CT: 303 | 4:40:22 |
| 39 | 557 | Benjamin WRIGHT | Foundation/Century Road Club As | 4:40:22 |
| 40 | 622 | Timothy COFFEY | Team Athletic Mentors / GREENWA | 4:40:22 |
| 41 | 627 | Cooper ROMBOLD | Este Racing | 4:40:22 |
| 42 | 553 | Ethan OVERSON | Gateway Devo Cycling /Gateway H | 4:40:23 |
| 43 | 578 | Isaac BRYANT | Gateway Devo Cycling /Gateway H | 4:40:23 |
| 44 | 615 | Samuel LEAR | Support Clean Sport/BSCG/Gutten | 4:40:23 |
| 45 | 592 | Tyrel FUCHS | Rio Grande Elite Cycling Team/T | 4:40:23 |
| 46 | 586 | Paul HARTNER | FAVE | 4:40:29 |
| 47 | 634 | Samuel BLACKMON | Super Squadra | 4:40:47 |
| 48 | 614 | Tayne ANDRADE | Rio Grande Elite Cycling Team/T | 4:44:05 |
| 49 | 647 | Sam NOEL | Jamison Capital - Cannondale/Ce | 4:46:03 |
| 50 | 558 | Logan JONES-WILKINS | Kelly Benefit Strategies Elite/ | 4:48:34 |
| 51 | 640 | Wyatt GAULKE | 4:49:06 | |
| 52 | 554 | Riley SHEEHAN | UCI CT: Aevolo Cycling Inc./UCI | 4:49:06 |
| 53 | 611 | William HARDIN | Velocious Sport/Mountain Events | 4:49:07 |
| 54 | 568 | Alexander MARR | 4:49:07 | |
| 55 | 613 | Alec RATZELL | KEYSTONE RACING P/B LUPINE LIGH | 4:49:07 |
| 56 | 607 | Justin BIRD | Quantum Racing Development pres | 4:49:08 |
| DNF | 559 | Lance ABSHIRE | Strike Cycling Elite Team/Strik | |
| DNF | 579 | Evan BAUSBACHER | Gateway Devo Cycling /Gateway H | |
| DNF | 636 | Cade BICKMORE | UCI CT: Aevolo Cycling Inc./UCI | |
| DNF | 597 | Max BIEN | ||
| DNF | 618 | Dalton COLLINS | NorthStar Development Cycling/N | |
| DNF | 604 | Hunter CONNELL | Nashville Local Cycling | |
| DNF | 606 | Maxlimilian FREEMAN | Team Rio Grande | |
| DNF | 620 | Kevin GOGUEN | Foundation/Century Road Club As | |
| DNF | 630 | Austin GOMES | Gateway Devo Cycling /Gateway H | |
| DNF | 629 | Benjamin GORODETSKY | Blue Ribbon/Century Road Club A | |
| DNF | 646 | Marcel GUTIERREZ | Velocious Sport/Mountain Events | |
| DNF | 594 | Sean GUYDISH | KEYSTONE RACING P/B LUPINE LIGH | |
| DNF | 643 | Arvin JANSEN | Evolution Development/ | |
| DNF | 624 | Keegan KORIENEK | Bissell-ABG-Giant/Michigan Indi | |
| DNF | 587 | Colby LANGE | UCI CT: Wildlife Generation p/b | |
| DNF | 552 | Elias LAWSON | ||
| DNF | 581 | Simon LYNN | US Military Endurance Sports | |
| DNF | 612 | Lane MAHER | Foundation/Century Road Club As | |
| DNF | 565 | Nathaniel MOSER | Kelly Benefit Strategies Elite/ | |
| DNF | 617 | Keith MULLALY | New England Devo p/b Cadence We | |
| DNF | 637 | Joseph PARDUE | ||
| DNF | 598 | Eamonn SCHNELL | ||
| DNF | 631 | Brian SCIBA | VeloBrew Cycling Club | |
| DNF | 582 | Grant SIMONDS | DEAN Factory Racing | |
| DNF | 626 | Jacob SLOSAR | SBR Quantum Racing/Quantum Raci | |
| DNF | 566 | Caleb SMITH | Kelly Benefit Strategies Elite/ | |
| DNF | 628 | Jonathan SPANGLE | Strike Cycling | |
| DNF | 644 | Xavier SZIGETHY | J Mac Cycling LLC | |
| DNF | 602 | Kyle TIESLER | Midtown Cycling | |
| DNF | 621 | Daniel TOKARCZYK | ||
| DNF | 639 | Nolan VANDERZWAAG | Bissell/ABG Cycling Club | |
| DNF | 638 | Dalton WALTERS | Strike Cycling | |
| DNF | 645 | Nathaniel WORCESTER | Mr. Greens p/b Top Step Develop | |
| DNF | 625 | William ZOUGHAIB | Quantum Racing Development pres | |
| DNS | 572 | Seth JONES | UCI CT: Arapahoe | Hincapie p/b | |
| DNS | 567 | Matteo JORGENSON | Chambery Cyclisme Formation/ | |
| DNS | 573 | Reece LINDER | Ames Velo/Ames Velo | |
| DNS | 560 | Tyler STITES | UCI CT: Aevolo Cycling Inc./UCI | |
| DNS | 571 | Christopher WELCH | Jamison Capital - Cannondale/Ce |
