Villafañe sprints to her second triumph of the 2024 series while swenson makes it three wins from four
CABLE, Wisconsin (September 14, 2024) — Keegan Swenson and Sofia Gomez Villafañe strengthened their grips at the top of the Life Time Grand Prix presented by Mazda leaderboards by both claiming their first-ever victories at the Chequamegon Mountain Bike Festival .
Villafañe was the first rider over the finish line in the women’s race after breaking away with Alexis Skarda and Savilia Blunk on the descent of the infamous Firetower climb. That trio continued to build their lead as they raced back into Cable, with Villafane proving the fastest finisher in a three-up sprint which saw Skarda take second and Blunk round out the podium.
Only minutes later, the men’s race reached an equally gripping conclusion. Swenson had been able to sit on the wheels of a five-man chase group for most of the 39.1-mile contest as his Santa Cruz team-mate Tobin Ortenblad launched an early solo attack, and even when Ortenblad was eventually brought back in the closing stages, the Californian had enough left in the tank to lead Swenson out in what proved to be another lightning-fast finale. Swenson repaid that faith by powering to the line ahead of runner-up Alex Wild and the third-placed Sean Fincham.
With the Life Time Crusher in the Tushar cancelled due to wild fires, Chequamegon is the first event of the series where dropped results have been taken into account on the overall standings – […]
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