Although not officially a UCI race yet, the Junior Women's Helen100 Trophy race Friday morning at the Trek CX Cup had that feel. Twenty-five women ages 15-18 took the start line to race for a prize purse equal to the one given to the Junior Men UCI category.
The Helen100 Trophy race at Trek was the first of 4 Wyman and her partners expect to sponsor this year after launching the program in December at Loenhout.
Lauren Zoerner leads out the holeshot. 2019 Helen100 Junior Women's Race, Trek CX Cup. © Z. Schuster / Cyclocross Magazine
Friday's race started with Bridget Tooley (Easton - Giant p/b Transitions LifeCare) and Kaia Schmid (New England Devo p/b Cadence Wear) quickly breaking off the front.
Bridget Tooley leads Kaia Schmid into the barn flyover. 2019 Helen100 Junior Women's Race, Trek CX Cup. © Z. Schuster / Cyclocross Magazine
Tooley, who has turned heads on social media with her bike handling skills, brought her air show to Wisconsin on Friday, hopping over the planks each of the laps.
Bridget Tooley brought her air show to Trek on Friday. 2019 Helen100 Junior Women's Race, Trek CX Cup. © Z. Schuster / Cyclocross Magazine
Tooley eventually went solo and rode in the rest of the way for a clean win in front of Helen Wyman and fans and riders out at Trek Headquarters early Friday.
Bridget Tooley celebrates her win. 2019 Helen100 Junior Women's Race, Trek CX Cup. © Z. Schuster / Cyclocross Magazine
Eleanor Dyas (JA King p/b Blue Ridge Cross) joined Schmid and the two battled for third, before Schmid got the best of the duel in the last lap.
Kaia Schmid leads Eleanor Dyas through the off-camber at the top of Trek Factory Hill. 2019 Helen100 Junior Women's Race, Trek CX Cup. © Z. Schuster / Cyclocross Magazine
For a look at the Helen100 racing see the photo gallery below.
Dhalia Kissel and Skyler Bovine jockey for position off the flyover. 2019 Helen100 Junior Women's Race, Trek CX Cup. © Z. Schuster / Cyclocross Magazine
Photo Gallery: Helen100 Junior Women's Race, Trek CX Cup
Bridget Tooley and Kaia Schmid went off the front together early in Friday’s race. 2019 Helen100 Junior Women’s Race, Trek CX Cup. © Z. Schuster / Cyclocross Magazine
