Gutting out a mucky, technical race Team Cyclocrossworld.com’s Lyne Bessette defended her Canadian National cyclo-cross championship on Saturday, November 11 in Nanaimo, British Columbia. Lyne out lasted Wendy Simms (Kona), making a last-lap move that proved too much for the Nanaimo resident.
"It was a technical course and the first really muddy race of the year," said Lyne of the Nanaimo course. "I realized pretty early that it wasn’t a good course to chase on, so I tried to lead as much as I could. With two laps to go I had a mistake in the sand section, Wendy was ahead of me and she rode the section and I couldn’t. On the last lap I led into the sand and I rode it and she came off. That’s where I got my gap. I noticed I’d been faster up the last run up, so I went extra hard and that was enough to win. It was a fun race because it was so close the whole time."
In the men's race, Greg Reain (Stevens Racing) bested Cyclingnewsdiarist Geoff Kabush (Maxxis) to take the national title.
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Kirsten has a background in Kinesiology and Health Science. She has been involved in cycling from the community and grassroots level to professional cycling's biggest races, reporting on the WorldTour, Spring Classics, Tours de France, World Championships and Olympic Games.
She began her sports journalism career with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006. In 2018, Kirsten became Women's Editor – overseeing the content strategy, race coverage and growth of women's professional cycling – before becoming Deputy Editor in 2023.
