Ava Holmgren defends Pan Am CX title at Really Rad Festival

Ontario’s Ava Holmgren successfully defended her Pan Am cyclocross title on Friday in Falmouth, Mass.. Standing next to her on the podium was, just as in 2021, her sister Isabella Holmgren in third. Ian Ackert added a third Really Rad CX podium for Canada (and for the Stimulus Orbea team) in the junior men’s race.

Junior women: Homlgren’s repeat

Ava Holmgren landed her second consecutive Pam Am CX title in a close finish with Vida Lopez de San Roman of the Bear National CX Team. The U.S. rider finished two seconds behind Canada’s defending champ. Isabella Holmgren finished third, 1:14 back, after dropping off the leader’s pace in the second half of the race.

The Pan Am success continues a strong season for the Holmgren twins. This fall, the sisters have already landed top-20 results in the elite field at the U.S. World Cup stops, top-10 finishes in the elite women’s X2O Trofee at Koppenberg and, for Ava, a junior World Cup podium at Maasmechelen in Belgium.

Mia De Martin (Velo Pays-d’en-Haut/PG Racing) was the next Canadian across the line, in 14th. Sophie Bradbury finished 16th while Amanda Samuelson’s race ended after the first lap.

Junior Men: Ackert adds to Pan Am podium collection

The junior men’s race came down to a three-rider sprint on Friday. Ontario’s Ian Ackert (Stimulus Orbea) went up against two U.S. riders, David Thompson (Finkraft) and Magnus White (Boulder Junior Cycling). The trio separated themselves from the rest of the field in the early laps and kept their advantage all the way to the line. Thompson ended up winning the sprint, and the junior men’s Pan Am title. White finished second and Ackert third, reversing their finish order from 2021 Pan Am’s in Garland, Texas where it was the Canadian taking silver.

Filip Duarte (Ottawa Cycling Club) was next across the finish line for Canada, finishing seventh in another trio of riders. Mike Comaniuk (Velo Pays-d’en-Haut) followed in 11th, Benjamin Brosseau Noel 15th, Jayden McMullen 17th, Sasha Renauld-Tremblay 19th, Nathan Hauber 23rd, Henrique Martins 26th and Remi Brisebois 29th, all on the lead lap.

Under-23: Scott and Francis lead Canucks

Cody Scott (Giant) was the fastest of three Canadian men in the top-10 of the under-23 championships race. The B.C. racer finished 13 seconds behind winner Jack Spranger (Bear CX) and just missed the podium by 5 seconds. Luke Valenti (Toronto Hustle) added a seventh place in his first u23 year while Owen Clark (CHC Armada) finished eighth, both on the same minute as Spranger.

Eric Berg in 14th, Alexander Woodford in 18th, and Benjamin Sweet, Ryan MacDonald and Hugo Brisebois in 23rd, 24th and 25th round out the Canadian effort.

On the women’s side, it was Jenaya Francis claiming top Canuck with a sixth. Kiara Lylyk followed close behind in eighth. Vanessa Thomsen placed 11th and Sarah Hamel 12th, both on the lead lap for Canada.

Results: 2022 Pan American cyclocross continental championships (Falmouth, Mass. – November 4)

Junior Women

	1		HOLMGREN	Ava	Stimulus Orbea	49:13	–
	2		LOPEZ DE SAN ROMAN	Vida	Bear National CX Team	49:15	+02
	3		HOLMGREN	Isabella	Stimulus Orbea	50:27	+1:14
	4		SCOTT	Samantha	CompEdge Racing	51:24	+2:11
	5		MUSGRAVE	Kaya	Bear CX	51:24	+2:11
	6		BRENNEMAN	Ella	CXHAIRS Devo: Trek Bikes	52:15	+3:02
	7		KILBURN	Greta	Green Mountain Cyclocross	52:18	+3:05
	8		BOND	Jorja	Boulder Junior Cycling	52:25	+3:12
	9		HLUDZINSKI	Haydn	Boulder Junior Cycling	52:26	+3:13
	10		DAVIS	Ellen	Team Stampede	53:09	+3:56
	11		CAHILL	Rylie	Boulder Junior Cycling	54:11	+4:58
	12		HOSKINS	Alice	Miller School of Albemarle	54:14	+5:01
	13		WESTENFELDER	Elsa	NICA Montana – Missoula Composite Team	55:26	+6:13
	14		DE MARTIN	Mia	Velo Pays-d’en-Haut / PG racing team	56:45	+7:32
	15		KATZ	Chanah	Killington Mountain School	57:48	+8:35
	16		BRADBURY	Sophie	Independent	39:23	-2 LAPS
	DNF		SAMUELSON	Amanda	Hardwood Next Wave	0:00

Junior Men

	1		THOMPSON	David	Finkraft Junior Cycling Team	36:42	–
	2		WHITE	Magnus	Boulder Junior Cycling	36:44	+02
	3		ACKERT	Ian	Stimulus Orbea Racing Team	36:45	+03
	4		MATTERN	Miles	CXHairs Devo: Trek Bikes	37:41	+59
	5		ENGLISH	Daniel	BEAR CX	38:02	+1:20
	6		BRYAN	Leif	Boulder Junior Cycling	38:03	+1:21
	7		DUARTE	Filipe	Ottawa Bicycle Club	38:05	+1:23
	8		RAPINZ	Henry	Boulder Junior Cycling	38:08	+1:26
	9		COOTE	Henry	Riverside Racing	38:14	+1:32
	10		COLEMAN	Evan	Baltimore Youth Cycling	38:18	+1:36
	11		COMANIUK	Mika	Vélo Pays d’en Haut Plaisirs Gastronomiques	38:30	+1:48
	12		HALVERSON	James	Minnesota Junior Cycling	38:38	+1:56
	13		SAIGH	Elias	ProTerra Racing	38:38	+1:56
	14		DELGROSSO	Ethan		39:04	+2:22
	15		BROUSSEAU NOEL	Benjamin	CCB Ultime Velo	39:16	+2:34
	16		DEBOOM	Eli	Boulder Junior Cycling	39:20	+2:38
	17		MCMULLEN	Jayden	KW Cycling Academy	39:22	+2:40
	18		CUSACK	Nathan	CXHAIRS DEVO : TREK BIKES	39:22	+2:40
	19		RENAUD TREMBLAY	Sasha	Espoirs Quilicot	39:22	+2:40
	20		COSPER	Dillon	FinKraft Junior Cycling Team	39:29	+2:47
	21		SCOPINICH-BURGEL	Alexander	New England Devo p/b Cadence Wealth Management	39:29	+2:47
	22		LARSON	Griffin	Green Mountain Cyclocross	39:55	+3:13
	23		HAUBER	Nathan		39:58	+3:16
	24		BRANDT	Lukas	Baltimore Youth Cycling	40:00	+3:18
	25		MCDONOUGH	Patrick	Stedman’s / Specialized Racing	41:03	+4:21
	26		MARTINS	Henrique	Ottawa Bicycle Club	41:42	+5:00
	27		OBREGON	Sean Evaristo	Santa Cruz Free Agent	41:52	+5:10
	28		ST. ANDRE	Alexander	TT Endurance Junior Devo	41:54	+5:12
	29		BRISEBOIS	Remi	Ride with Rendall	42:12	+5:30
	30		FALCONEIRI	James	AP Junior Development p/b Corner Cycle	42:48	+6:06
	31		LUONGO	Brendan	Team VeloSport	42:53	+6:11
	32		WOBLE	Patrick	Stage 1/Airline Cycles	44:09	+7:27
	33		SULLIVAN	Jason	Killington Mountain School	35:36	-1 LAP
	34		ENGEL	Otis	Pro 13	36:00	-1 LAP
	DNF		BALLARD	Owen	Killington Mountain School	25:32
	DNS		ST ONGE	Maxime	Siboire

Under-23 Women

	1		GUNSALUS	Lizzy	Steve Tilford Foundation Racing	49:26
	2		ZOERNER	Lauren	Alpha Bicycle Co. – Groove Silverthorne	50:13	+47
	3		HICKEY	Cassidy	Blue Competition Cycles p/b Build	50:32	+1:06
	4		BOND	Keira	Blue Competition Cycles p/b Build	50:42	+1:16
	5		FRASER	Chloe	Bear CX	51:44	+2:18
	6		FRANCIS	Jenaya	Juventus CC	51:47	+2:21
	7		SARKISOV	Katherine	CXHAIRS DEVO : Trek Bikes	51:56	+2:30
	8		LYLYK	Kiara	The Cyclery Racing	52:00	+2:34
	9		ASELTINE	Mia	Blue Competition Cycles p/b Build	53:00	+3:34
	10		HASSE	Betty	Levine Law Group – CCB	54:13	+4:47
	11		THOMSEN	Vanessa	Fitworks	56:24	+6:58
	12		HAMEL	Sarah		56:34	+7:08
	13		ROBINSON	Callah	NWCX Project	57:49	+8:23
	14		HUYSMAN	Caitrin	BikeReg|Share Coffee	59:16	+9:50

Under-23 Men

	1		SPRANGER	Jack	Bear CX	52:02	–
	2		STROHMEYER	Andrew	CX Hairs Devo:Trek Bikes	52:02	+00
	3		MOCK	Daxton	CXHairs Devo Trek Bikes	52:10	+08
	4		SCOTT	Cody	Giant Canada Off Road Team	52:15	+13
	5		SHELTON	Marcis	Bear CX	52:15	+13
	6		MCNEILL	Dillon	CX Hairs Devo: Trek Bikes	52:28	+26
	7		VALENTI	Luke	Toronto Hustle	52:32	+30
	8		CLARK	Owen	CHC Armada	53:01	+59
	9		VAN KEMPEN	Jules	Alpha Bicycle Company – Groove Silverthorne	53:09	+1:07
	10		ZAKRAJSEK	Dylan		53:13	+1:11
	11		MAGUN	Adrian	Fort Lewis College Cycling	53:58	+1:56
	12		BRENNEMAN	Owen	CXHAIRS Devo : Trek Bikes	54:06	+2:04
	13		BEARD	Austin	Bicycle Express Racing	54:20	+2:18
	14		BERG	Eric	Pedalhead Race Room	54:53	+2:51
	15		SIPPY	Ivan	Team Segment 28	55:13	+3:11
	16		AVERY	Ryan	AP Junior Development p/b Corner Cycle	55:25	+3:23
	17		SERVETAS	Tommy	Competitive Edge Racing	55:37	+3:35
	18		WOODFORD	Alexander	Ride With Rendall	55:45	+3:43
	19		HOPKINS	Kristof	Stedman’s/Specialized Racing	55:53	+3:51
	20		FRANK	Patrick	JAM / NCC	56:05	+4:03
	21		LELLMAN	Joseph	Joes Garage	57:00	+4:58
	22		KEVIN	Mullaly	JAM / NCC	57:35	+5:33
	23		SWEET	Benjamin	Hardwood Nextwave	58:57	+6:55
	24		MACDONALD	Ryan	Team Nova Scotia	59:08	+7:06
	25		BRISEBOIS	Hugo	Ride with Rendall	43:27	-2 LAPS
	26		MAPEL	Aiden	Competitive Edge Racing	35:49	-3 LAPS
	27		FRANCISCO	Thomas	New England Development P/B Cadence Wealth Management	37:07	-3 LAPS