This weekend marks the first double domestic UCI weekend of the 2019 season. The East Coast race is in Baltimore at Charm City Cross, and the western race is the 2019 Shimano / Floyd’s of Leadville US Open p/b Trek Boulder / Panaracer.
The race takes place at Valmont Bike Park in Boulder and from the looks of it, it might be … a messy one.
All of VBP remains CLOSED. We will post if any trails can open as temps warm and trails dry. The US Open of Cyclo-Cross is this weekend but the course is Not open for pre-riding. Please respect closures. Thanks pic.twitter.com/A8Z42fpdqp
— Valmont Bike Park (@bikevalmont) October 11, 2019
The Elite Women’s race marks a return to action for Katie Compton (KFC Racing p/b Trek Knight) before she heads to Europe. Two of the stars of the first month of the season in Clara Honsinger (Team S&M CX) and Caroline Mani (Pactimo / Colorado Proud) also help head up the start list.
Teammates Gage Hecht (Donnelly / Aevolo) and Lance Haidet (Donnelly / Aevolo) head to Boulder after strong results at FayetteCross last weekend.
Full start lists are below. C2 racing takes place Saturday and Sunday. Check back here for results from both days.
Featured image: Col Elmore
Elite Women's Start List: 2019 US Open
| First | Last | City | State / Province | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danielle | Arman | Boulder | CO | Tenspeed Hero p/b Bitchstix |
| Melanie | Beale | Fort Collins | CO | |
| Caitlin | Bernstein | Reno | NV | Easton/ Velocio/ MCGOVERN Cycles |
| Alexandra | Burton | Portland | OR | Point S Auto p/b Nokia Tyres |
| Abigael | Carron | Boulder | CO | Boulder Junior Cycling |
| Katherine | Compton | Colorado Springs | CO | KFC Racing p/b Trek/Knight |
| Allison | Crow | Boulder | CO | Orion Racing |
| Anna | Dorovskikh | Boulder | CO | |
| Natalie | Dyksterhouse | LAFAYETTE | CO | |
| Leslie | Ethridge | Boulder | CO | ORNOT |
| Heidi | Franz | Bainbridge Island | WA | Tete de la Course Cycling |
| Sunny | Gilbert | Niwot | CO | Pactimo/ Colorado Proud |
| Rebecca | Gross | golden | CO | Zero D Racing |
| Heidi | Gurov | Cheyenne | WY | Square1 Cycling |
| Allison | Halpin | Bend | OR | PDX TI |
| Cassidy | Hickey | Parker | CO | |
| Clara | Honsinger | Corvallis | OR | Team S&M CX |
| Lisa | Hudson | Golden | CO | Feedback Sports |
| Taylor | Johnson | Broomfield | CO | Boulder Junior Cycling |
| Anna | Katnik | Boulder | CO | Boulder Junior Cycling |
| TERRA | KIER | Littleton | CO | Team Bonk Breaker |
| Kristen | Legan | Longmont | CO | Tenspeed Hero p/b Bitchstix |
| Monica | Lloyd | Olympia | WA | CBC Racing Olympia Orthopaedic Associates |
| Caroline | Mani | Colorado Springs | CO | Point S Auto p/b Nokian Tyres |
| Anna | Megale | BOISE | ID | Trek Cyclocross Collective |
| Barb | Millott | Denver | CO | CRCA/To Be Determined f/b Metropolitan Dental Care |
| Madigan | Munro | Boulder | CO | Boulder Junior Cycling |
| Meghan | Newlin | Boulder | CO | Topo designs cycling club |
| Raylyn | Nuss | Lake Saint Louis | MO | MAAP | MINI U.S. Cyclocross Program |
| Beth Ann | Orton | Bend | OR | Team S&M CX |
| Ivy | Pedersen | Bozeman | MT | Rockford Owenhouse |
| Marilyn | Rayner | Columbus | OH | Red Kite Coaching |
| Stacey | Richardson | Lakewood | CO | pedal Racing |
| Samantha | Runnels | austin | TX | Squid X Eliel |
| Sophie | Russenberger | Bend | OR | Team S&M CX |
| Emily | Schaldach | Durango | CO | BitchNGrit p/b Ten Speed Hero and Bitchstix |
| Sarah | Sturm | DURANGO | CO | Specialized + Ten Speed Hero |
| LYDIA | TANNER | Boulder | CO | |
| Michaela | Thompson | Niwot | CO | Boulder Junior Cycling |
| Geraldine | Vander Haegen | Olympia | WA | Olympia Orthopaedic Associates |
| Chelsea | Weidinger | San Francisco | CA | |
| Tea | Wright | Boulder | CO | Boulder Junior Cycling |
| Lauren | Zoerner | HighlandsRanch | CO | Alpha Bicycle Company Groove Subaru |
| ashley | zoerner | highlands ranch | CO | Blue Stages Racing |
Elite Men's Start List: 2019 US Open
| First | Last | City | State / Province | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan | Anderson | Topsfield | MA | J moneys factory elite professional u65 development |
| Sean | Babcock | Corvallis | OR | Team S&M Sellwood Cycle Repair |
| Jonathan | Baker | Nevada City | CA | Touchstone Racing |
| Kevin | Bradford-Parish | Mead | WA | SETcoaching p/b KBPracing |
| Sam | Brown | Eagle | CO | Fort Lewis College |
| Eric | Brunner | Boulder | CO | Blue-Stages Racing |
| Maxx | Chance | Boulder | CO | Blue Stages racing |
| Stephen | Cochran | Northglenn | CO | Breakaway Cycles |
| Christian | Culpepper | Denver | CO | Ornot x Santa Cruz |
| Cody | Cupp | Durango | CO | SET Coaching |
| Josh | Direen | Denver | CO | ORNOT |
| Grant | Ellwood | Boulder | CO | Pivot Maxxis pb Stan's NoTubes |
| Ross | Ellwood | Boulder | CO | Alpha Bicycle Co. - Groove Subaru |
| Brannan | Fix | Fort Collins | CO | Alpha Bicycle Co.-Groove Subaru |
| Andrew | Frank | Helena | MT | Montana Velo |
| Randall | Fransen | Portland | OR | Mettle Cycling |
| Ben | Gomez Villafane | Sacramento | CA | Squid X eliel |
| Kobi | Gyetvan | Napa | CA | Inglis Factory p/b Enve Composites |
| lance | haidet | san luis obispo | CA | Donnelly Aevolo |
| gage | hecht | BOULDER | CO | donnelly aevolo |
| John | Hughes | Spring Creek | NV | High Desert Hustle |
| Kyle | Johnson | DENVER | CO | ORNOT x Santa Cruz |
| Cody | Kaiser | El Dorado Hills | CA | LangeTwins / Specialized |
| andrew | loaiza | Portland | OR | 1987 |
| Ian | McPherson | Durango | CO | Sadboys |
| Tobin | Ortenblad | Santa Cruz | CA | Santa Cruz / Donkey Label Racing |
| Brennon | Peterson | sandy | UT | Bear Professional Team |
| Jacob | Peterson | Littleton | CO | Reynolds Roofing Racing |
| Allan | Schroeder | Boise | ID | High Desert Hustle |
| Mark | Severy | McKinleyville | CA | Adventure's Edge |
| Steven | Stefko | Fort Collins | CO | First City Cycling Team p/b Noosa |
| NICHOLAS F | TABARES | Denver | CO | Natural Grocers Cycling Team |
| Jack | Tanner | Boulder | CO | |
| bryan | torian | olympia | WA | Olympia Orthopaedic Associates |
| Nathaniel | Vacura | Castle Rock | CO | Go4Graham |
| Aaron | Vaughn | Boulder | CO | RallySport |
| Campbell | Watson | Louisville | CO | |
| Christopher | Winn | Lakewood | CO | Full Cycle Cyclocross Team |
