Xan Crees (Spectra Racing) secured the elite ladies’s title on the British Cyclocross Championships held at Gravesend on Sunday.
Crees opened a spot on lone chaser Cat Ferguson (Movistar) extending her lead on the ultimate lap and crossed the road first, donning the primary elite cyclocross nationwide champion’s jersey of her profession.
Imogen Wolff (Visma-Lease a Bike) rounded out the rostrum in third place.
Though Ferguson secured the silver medal within the elite ladies’s race, she additionally gained the under-23 nationwide title as the primary rider of that class to cross the road. Wolff completed second within the under-23 class and Hope Inglis (Spectra Racing) was third.
The way it unfolded
The elite ladies’s subject lined up underneath chilly temperatures however crisp blue skies within the race for the nationwide title.
On the second lap, Crees and Ferguson had already emerged because the strongest riders, as they raced neck-to-neck, opening a sizeable hole on chasers Imogen Wolff and former nationwide champion Anna Kay.
It was on the third lap that Crees took the solo lead of the race forcing Ferguson and Wolff to combat on for the remaining two podium locations.
Crees prolonged her lead on the final lap to twenty seconds over Ferguson, as Wolff slipped additional off tempo into third place.
Ferguson put forth a powerful chase, however Crees held her off by simply 5 seconds as she crossed the road with the victory.
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SHE’S DONE IT!! 👑Xan Crees holds off the problem from a chasing Cat Ferguson to win the elite ladies’s nationwide title! pic.twitter.com/ehaXniUH05January 12, 2025
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