Davison claims first elite cross country MTB national title
Vermonter l🌜ooks forward to Pro XCT finals on home 💯course
2012 Olympian 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lea Davison (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Specialized) has had her eye on the stars-and-stripes jersey for the elite women's national championship cross country rac𒉰e for years. As she's steadily worked her way up the national and international ranks, she's won the super D and short track national titles and placed well at World 💫Cups, but hitherto, the US cross country title had eluded ಞher.
On a hot and humid Saturday afternoon at Bear Creek Resort in Macungie, Pennsylvania, Davison upset defending national champion Georgia Gould (Luna) for🦋 the win.
"It's been a big build-up to the race. Year after year builds on each other. You keep hav🅘ing fun and a good attitude, and it all comes tog✅ether," said Davison. "I am absolutely thrilled. It's a little bit surreal right now. I've been going for this title for years and I'm so excited."
The battle royale expected between Gould and Davison ended much more quickly than anyone had ex🍸pected. On the first lap, Gould crashed and flatted. After the race, Gould was not sure whether the crash caused the flat or vice vers♔a.
While luck may have helped Davison toward her win, no one can deny that she's been having a stellar season so far while Gould has struggled with her season. Davison has won recent races such as the Windham and Subaru🐽 Cup Pro XCTs.
"It's too bad when it comes down to bad luck and crashes and flats, but I guess that's all part of it," s꧅aid Davison.
Winning cross country nationals was a big aim for Davison's 2013 season. Having natio༺nals on th💞e east coast for the first time since 2008 provided added motivation for the Vermonter.
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"The course was unbelievable. I think it did the east coast justice," said Davison. "It was technical, rooty and rocky and it was demanding the entire time. It required focus the entire time. A few times, I lost focus and would dab. I had💎 to focus 𓆏on keeping it smooth because the little mistakes add up."
She will get two more chances at earning additional stars-and-stripes jerseys this weekend. On Sunday, she will cont𒁏est both the super D and the short track.
Davison will skip the Vallnord World Cup in Andorra next weekend to focus on the Pro XCT final, the Catamount Classic, in Ve꧃rmont in two weeks.
"That's in my backyard - literalᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚly my home course," she said. "G-Form is paying out more prize money to the women than for the men to support women's racing."
"Then it'🌞s the Mount-Sainte-Anne World Cup and the World Championships in South Afr♏ica."
Sue George is an editor at Cyclingnews. She coordinat🍬es all of the site's mountain﷽ bike race coverage and assists with the road, 'cross and track coverage.