Wellons and Parbo head elite fields at NECCS Opener

Rebecca Wellons (Team Plan C) rode to fourth place.

Rebecca Wellons (Team Plan C) rode to fourth place. (Image credit: Todd Leister)

A strong elite field, led by three-time Danish national champion Joachim Parbo and defending New England Cyclo-cross Series (NECCS) women's champion Rebecca Wellons, are among the more than 350 racers who are expected to head north for the opening weekend of the NECCS in Williston, Vermont, on September 26-27. The race is the first of three consecutive weekends of cyclo-cross in a region of the US where the discipline is very popular.

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