Clara Honsinger wins elite women's C1 contest at Kings CX in Ohio

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Isabella Holmgren trails in fast finish to take second place

Clara Honsinger wins C1 contest ahead of Isabella Holmgren at the Kings CX Cyclocross competition in Mason, Ohio, USA on October 21, 2023 (Photo By Bill Schieken/CXHAIRS Media)
Clara Honsinger wins C1 contest ahead of Isabella Holmgren at the Kings CX in Mason, Ohio (Image credit: Bill Schieken/CXHAIRS Media)
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Three-time US cyclocross champion Clara Honsinger (Team S&M CX) won the C1 elite women's race at Kings CX on Saturday. She outsprinted Isabella Holmgren (Stimulus Orbea) on the uphill finish to the line.

Lizzy Gunsalus (Marian University) took a solo third, 1:43 behind the leading duo. Ava Holmgren, the reigning junior Pan-Am champion, finished another 18 seconds back in fourth.

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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).

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