Dec. 5 , 2009 - Lisa Strong won the women’s elite cyclocross Championship held at the North Area Athletic complex in Arvada, CO. On a challenging technical course that featured many slippery off-camber sections, Strong led the race pretty much from start to finish as no one else could come up with the right combination of technical skills and horsepower to mount a challenge. Strong’s state championship victory caps a stellar cyclocross season with her results summarized as follows:
|
DATE |
RACE |
PL |
CAT |
|
2009 |
Best All-Around Cyclocross Rider (BCR) |
2nd |
SW Open |
|
12/05/2009 |
Colorado Veldrijden Crusade Colorado CX Championships |
1st |
SW Open |
|
11/29/2009 |
RRV Cross Series |
2nd |
SW Open |
|
11/28/2009 |
Alpha Cross #2 |
3rd |
SW Open |
|
11/22/2009 |
Green Mountain Sports Cross |
1st |
SW Open |
|
11/01/2009 |
NACT – UCI Boulder Cup |
8th |
SW Open |
|
10/31/2009 |
NACT – UCI Blue Sky Velo Cup |
10th |
SW Open |
|
10/25/2009 |
USGP – UCI Kentucky day 2 |
16th |
SW Open |
|
10/18/2009 |
RRV Cross Series |
2nd |
SW Open |
|
10/17/2009 |
Valmont Bike Park Ground Breaking Cross |
3rd |
SW Open |
|
10/11/2009 |
Boulder CX Series #2 |
1st |
SW Open |
|
10/04/2009 |
Frisco Cyclocross |
1st |
SW Open |
|
09/26/2009 |
Boulder CX Series #1 |
1st |
SW Open |
|
09/13/2009 |
VeloCross |
3rd |
SW Open |
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Other State Cyclocross Championship news: Kirsten Williams took second in the junior Women’s 13-14 category and Bill Kellagher won the Senior Men 55+ state championship. Great job to Kirsten, Bill and Lisa.