Sofia Arreola (Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY28) and Luke Fetzer (Crew Cadence Cyclery p/b Encore Wire) rode away from their respective elite fields within the closing corners and held on for solo victories on the Bailey & Glasser LLP Boise Twilight Criterium.
The high-speed circuits had been held round Idaho’s state capital within the Pacific northwest because the fourth spherical of the American Criterium Cup race sequence, with simply two rounds to go.
Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY28 dominated the 70-minute ladies’s race with sprinter Marlies Mejías securing second place behind the late assault of her teammate, with Makayla MacPherson (CCB p/b Levine Legislation Group) taking third. Andrea Cyr (Fount Biking Guild) edged the third VBR rider Rylee McMullen into fourth place.
Crew Cadence Cyclery’s successful transfer started with Lucas Bourgoyne main Fetzer to a decisive break from the peloton to chase down a multi-lap solo transfer by Andrew Frank (Empyr). US U23 criterium champion Fetzer sailed previous Frank with three laps to go for the win. Ama Nsek (Pinarello Maap) and Maurice Ballerstedt (Rose Bikes) blasted previous Frank with 25 metres remaining to remove podium spots, and left the Montana rider in fourth.
Aline Seitz (Butcherbox Biking), who gained the Wisconsin cease of ACC at Downer Traditional on the finish of June, completed sixth in Boise and retained her lead within the standings over second-placed Andrea Cyr (Fount Biking Guild). Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY28 moved two riders into the highest 10, Arreola slotting into ninth in her first ACC race of the season and her teammate Mejías shifting from fifteenth to seventh, and their teammate McMullen within the dash classification lead.
With third place within the males’s nightcap, Ballerstedt gained sufficient factors to take the pink chief’s jersey from Brody McDonald (Golden State Blazers), who was seventh in Boise. Whereas Danny Summerhill (L39ION of Los Angeles) maintained his third place general, he’s now tied with Owen Gillott ((Chaney Home windows and Doorways Pasteria).
The following spherical of the American Criterium Cup will probably be July 27 at Chicago Grit Fulton Market Grand Prix in Chicago, Illinois.
Ladies’s podium at 2025 Boise Twilight Criterium (L to R): Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY28 riders Marlies Mejías in second and winner Sofia Arreola stand subsequent to third-placed Makayla MacPherson (CCB p/b Levine Legislation Group) (Picture credit score: American Criterium Cup)
Successful strikes
The primary large transfer of the ladies’s race got here from VBR’s New Zealander McMullen, who attacked halfway within the race and grabbed all of the intermediate factors, and prize cash, along with her 20-second hole.
When the race got here again collectively late within the race, Arreola and Mejias labored collectively on the entrance, with eyes on high sprinter Mejías. With simply over three laps to go, Arreola pounced.
“We knew we had been a powerful staff and we knew we might win from completely different situations so when I discovered myself off the entrance I knew I might simply preserve going,” the Mexican rider informed organisers after the end.
“It is actually enjoyable racing with Marlies. Now we have been racing towards one another, and collectively, since we had been juniors. It is simply actually enjoyable to be teammates as a result of she will win out of a dash or a breakaway and I can too.”
Within the males’s race, Frank regarded to have made a successful transfer 50 minutes into the 70-minute contest. Fetzer jumped from the peloton when prompted by his staff chief Bourgonye, and rapidly closed the hole then handed Frank with three laps to go.
“At 9 to go Lucas was like, ‘there’s a man off the entrance, you bought to go,’” Fetzer informed organisers about his successful transfer.
“He set me up coming into the primary flip and I made it throughout in three laps, and it was wrapped from there. It is the primary time I’ve gained a race like that solo, so on a regular basis main out Lucas has paid off.”
Outcomes
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Boise Twilight Criterium – elite ladies’s high 10
Pos.
Rider (Crew)
1
Sofia Arreola (Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY28)
2
Marlies Mejias (Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY28)
3
Makayla MacPherson (CCB p/b Levine Legislation)
4
Andrea Cyr (Fount Biking Guild)
5
Rylee McMullen (Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY28)
6
Aline Seitz (UTC Butcherbox Biking)
7
Isla Carr (UTC Butcherbox Biking)
8
Tessa Beebe (Byrds)
9
Sara Vladimirova (Experience or Die Racing)
10
Zoe Saccio (PDX Dream Crew)
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Boise Twilight Criterium – elite males’s high 10
Pos.
Rider (Crew)
1
Luke Fetzer (Cadence Cyclery p/b Encore Wire)
2
Ama Nsek (Pinarello Maap)
3
Maurice Ballerstedt (Rose Bikes)
4
Andrew Frank (Empyr Biking)
5
Danny Summerhill (L39ION of Los Angeles)
6
Lucas Bourgoyne (Cadence Cyclery p/b Encore Wire)
7
Brody McDonald (Golden State Blazers)
8
Dusan Kalaba (UTC Butcherbox)
9
Dante Younger (Unattached)
10
Owen Gillott (Chaney Home windows and Doorways Pastarias)
