Louisville 2013 – day 2
Snow and freezing temperatures overnight changed the landscape and the racing and training action in Louisville today, but that is what makes cyclocross so exciting.
Rising waters in fact will move the races scheduled for Sunday forward to Saturday as part of the course will likely be submerged by deep water come later Sunday. So the Junior, U23, Elite Women and Elite Men events will all take place on Saturday.
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The Masters Worlds course again created some amazing frozen mud art bike sculptures.
Meanwhile on the Elite course a blanket of snow and frozen ground greeted the the first athletes around 10am.
Temperatures around that time hovered around 15 degrees Fahrenheit.
Katerina Nash warming up inside the Team Luna Chix tent.
US National Champion Jonathan Page on course recon.
Meanwhile over at the Masters event this 30-34 athlete apparently did not get the cold temperature memo.
Sven Baumann from Germany led the 30-34 race but fell back to third i the end.
Jesse Quagliaroli on the way to 9th place in 30-34.
Americans Don Mirah and Jon Cariveau battled hard in the 45-49 race and it was super exciting to watch.
With half a lap to go Don Mirah managed to get away and he stormed to the win.
Masters 40-44 favorite Pete Webber crashed early on while in the lead and settled in the end for bronze.
Spaniard Marco Prieto on the way to fourth, but like in most Masters races here the field was mostly American.
Tim Johnson on a recon lap over on the Elite course.
Danny Summerhill is working the sand pit here.
Katie Compton doing a bit of adjustment to her back during the afternoon official training session.
Yannick Eckmann is the current US U23 champion but races here for Germany. And yes, it is a complicated affair.
Canadian Emily Batty out testing the course.
Jonathan Page with Dustin Brady of Shimano.
Chris Clinton of Challenge Tires working hard on some bratwursts.
The swag toss at SRAM caused a bit of a ruckus.
