French rider Caroline Mani rides to solo victory on day one of UCI C2 Nash Dash in Hampton, Georgia in 2024(Image credit: Ethic Creative Works)
Caroline Mani rides solo for victory on day one at 2024 Nash Dash(Image credit: Ethic Creative Works)
17-year-old Lidia Cusack rides to second place in elite women's race on Saturday at Nash Dash(Image credit: Ethic Creative Works)
Emily Shields rides to fourth place in elite women's UCI race on day one Nash Dash(Image credit: Ethic Creative Works)
Alexis Magner rides to eighth in elite women's day one race at Nash Dash(Image credit: Ethic Creative Works)
Day one elite women's podium at 2024 Nash Dash(Image credit: Ethic Creative Works)
Kerry Werner wins day one 2024 Nash Dash(Image credit: Ethic Creative Works)
Kerry Werner on his way to victory on day one 2024 Nash Dash(Image credit: Ethic Creative Works)
Ty Magner rides to top 10 in elite men's race on day one Nash Dash(Image credit: Ethic Creative Works)
Robin Carpenter of L39ION of Los Angeles at Nash Dash day one(Image credit: Ethic Creative Works)
Day one elite men's podium at 2024 Nash Dash(Image credit: Ethic Creative Works)
Caroline Mani and Kerry Werner, teammates for Groove Auto Off Road Racing, won the elite C2 races on the opening day of the Nash Dash cyclocross doubleheader in Hampton, Georgia.
Mani dominated the elite women's contest on a dry, sunny Saturday afternoon on a fast, rolling 3.37km course at Nash Farm Park, located south of Atlanta near the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Lidia Cusack (CXD Trek Bikes) took second, 1:07 back, while Anna Dorovskikh (Donovan Racing p/b AES) was another 33 seconds back in third.
Cusack, just 17 years old, rode to her first elite women's UCI cyclocross podium. The Maryland native won the junior women's individual time trial title in Charleston, West Virginia earlier this year.
For Dorvoskikh, she added a second career UCI podium to the one she earned at Major Taylor Cross Cup in October.
The reigning single speed champion at MTB and cyclocross nationals, Werner was able to distance the duo of Scott Funston (Cervelo Orange Living) and Caleb Swartz (ENVE-Forward Endurance) for the victory. Funston took second, 15 seconds back, with Swartz another four seconds behind in third.
Werner returned to cyclocross action after moving to his mountain bike for a third place at Ice Man Cometh in Michigan two weeks ago. In early October, he finished second overall in the Trek USCX Cyclocross Series when he was on the podium twice at Trek CX Cup in Wisconsin.
The Georgia cyclocross race, produced for a sixth year by East Point Track Club, attracted a number of riders from L39ION of Los Angeles who are based on the East coast of the US, including Alexis Magner, Ty Magner and Robin Carpenter. Alexis Magner, who moves to Cynisca Cycling in 2025, finished eighth in the elite women's contest. Carpenter finished sixth in the elite men's race, with Ty Magner taking ninth.
"Such a different effort from the road, but a blast nonetheless," Ty Magner posted to Instagram, noting he would also compete in Hendersonville, North Carolina next weekend at North Carolina Grand Prix.
Nash Dash and NC Grand Prix are the final stops for the 2024 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Series.
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).
