Keegan Swenson and Sofia Gomez Villafañe earn hat-trick at Belgian Waffle Ride Arizona

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Keegan Swenson (in front) battled Russell Finsterwald all day at Belgian Waffle Ride Arizona 2025(Image credit: Belgian Waffle Ride)

Keegan Swenson (Santa Cruz htSQD) and Sofia Gomez Villafañe (Specialized Off-road) each made it three-for-three at Belgian Waffle Ride Arizona with victories on Saturday in elite divisions. They started 2025 where they left off last season, in another victory lane, last October taking repeat titles in the Life Time Grand Prix series.

Andrew l'Esperance, the reigning Canadian marathon mountain bike champion, used a final sprint in a three-rider chase group to secure third place, riding 7 seconds ahead of Hugo Drechou (Niumbero 31 par Cafe du Cyucliste) and another 7 seconds away from Zach Calton (Ventum). Last year's podium finishers Lance Haidet (Specialized-SRAM) and Torbjørn Andre Røed (Trek Driftless) finished sixth and eighth, respectively.

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Elite men
Pos	Name	Time
1	Keegan Swenson	05:21:56
2	Russell Finsterwald	+00:00:03
3	Andrew L’Esperance	+00:04:22
4	Drechou Hugo	+00:04:27
5	Zach Calton	+00:04:34
6	Lance Haidet	+00:07:05
7	Kyle Trudeau	+00:13:45
8	Torbjorn Andre Roed	+00:16:05
9	Luke Mosteller	+00:16:07
10	Chase Wark	+00:16:27

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Elite women
Pos	Name	Time
1	Sofia Gomez Villafane	06:04:39
2	Courtney Sherwell	+00:20:50
3	Cecile Lejeune	+00:22:03
4	Dubau-Prevot Axelle	+00:24:02
5	Haley Smith	+00:24:48
6	Hannah Shell	+00:40:36
7	Ruth Holcomb	+00:47:43
8	Katja Verkerk	+01:02:20
9	Isabel King	+01:15:26
10	Chelsee Pummel	+01:22:24

Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).