These young riders are getting super fast.'Ĭompton’s set-up for racing continues the same as in past years, with major support from Trek and Knight Composites, and with Champion Systems as a new sponsor for 2020-21.Ĭompton remains cautious about completing a full schedule, but is ready to roll. If Ceylin had raced in her category I would’ve been third, so there’s that. And then I was really happy to bring it back, feel strong and ride well. I got caught behind two crashes at the start, actually, so I started in the back part. I was just really happy to be the first person to break the Dutch run of first through fifth,' Compton told Cyclingnews about her performance at the last Worlds. Organisers recently moved the event from Saturday to Sunday and are not permitting spectators, due to the coronavirus safety measures, stating on their website: 'Stay in your room, enjoy on TV and keep it all healthy.' Broadcasts will be made available in Belgium on Telenet Play Sports and Proximus TV, and in the Netherlands on EurosportNL.Īmong the top 12 riders on the start list alongside Compton will be fellow Americans Rebecca Fahringer (Kona Maxxis Shimano) and reigning national champion Clara Honsinger (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld Pro Team), as well as the three Dutchwomen who kept Compton from a Worlds podium in February: Lucinda Brand (Telenet-Baloise Lions), Annemarie Worst (777) and current world champion Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Alpecin-Fenix). This weekend’s C2 races will be held for elite men and women only. It’s not World Cup racing, but it’s about the race effort and going hard, and being technically smooth,' said Compton, who won four of the four races in Colorado in which she competed in October and early November. I’ll at least have some racing in my legs. 'I decided to just do some local races and have fun with it, work on my race fitness, work on some skills, and make sure the bikes are dialed in. With most, if not all, live racing cancelled this summer and fall in the US for the pros, Compton found a few local cyclo-cross events near her home in Colorado to reintroduce her body and bike to the game-day experience. There is no need to travel home for US nationals this year, as the event, originally set for December 8-13, was cancelled in September. The 42-year-old American’s schedule will include four rounds of the Telenet Superprestige series, starting Sunday, and three rounds of the X2O Trophy, beginning with Urban Cross in Kortrijk on November 28, then Scheldecross in Antwerpen on December 12, and GP Sven Nys in Baal on January 1. It seems like people are being smart and doing the right thing.'

There haven’t been that many confirmed COVID cases within the bike racing world after the races started up again. 'But it seems that the actual bike racing part has been fairly safe.

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