Vincent Baestaens wins elite men's C1 opener at Charm City Cross

Vincent Baestens Charm City Cross 2022
Vincent Baestens celebrates winning Charm City Cross (Image credit: Bruce Buckley)

Vincent Baestaens (Spits CX Team) won the Charm City Cross C1 event in Baltimore, taking the win by three seconds over US champion Eric Brunner (Blue Competition Cycles) who slid out in the final corner to finish second. Curtis White (Steve Tilford Foundation) finished the race 19 seconds back in third.

"In the first lap I already felt that I wasn't having a good day and I struggled a lot," Baestaens said. "I was also riding with no mud tires today and that cost be one or two seconds in every corner. I think that was also a mistake and cost me in the effort to follow the other guys. Riding solo on this course would have been hard, they were tough competitors today, it was a nice race."

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