Anna Yamauchi Dominates Katerina Nash in Thrilling Slippery Edition of Lake Sonoma MTB

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Bradyn Lange and Anna Yamauchi earned solo victories within the professional divisions at Lake Sonoma MTB on Saturday, the 3rd of 5 occasions within the Grasshopper Journey Collection in northern California.

The Healdsburg house in northern Sonoma County won sudden rain showers right through the development, making the lengthy direction, with 23 miles and four,500 toes of vertical acquire, slippery at the abundance of single-track sections, three-time Olympic MTB rider Katerina Nash calling it “slide it to ride it”.

Lange received separation in entrance of all contenders at the first move of the 7-mile outer loop, and most effective some of the e-Motorcycle racers within reach. He stayed at the gasoline for the solo victory, completing in 1:49:49. Justin Peck, who gained a couple of collegiate titles briefly music MTB cross-country remaining season, completed 3:16 again in 2d. Peter Stetina was once 3rd at 4:05 again, and a fast-closing Sandy Floren, every other 41 seconds at the back of Stetina was once fourth. 

“The strategy was to see how hard I could push myself. Mainly I was trying to prep for Sea Otter in a couple of weeks. I took off halfway up the first climb,” Lange instructed organisers on the end.

“All the downhills and flat parts, it’s like there’s a speed limit on a lot of these trails, like sprinting out of each corner. There is only so much power you can do throughout the course, so I didn’t blow up.”

Stetina was once glad to be at the podium and mentioned, “You can’t beat local mountain bike racing”. 

“After The Mid South was cancelled with fires last weekend, I needed something to do in March. Luckily, Mig [Crawford, race director] had spots still open, so a quick pivot. My goal is just pummel myself physically and keep it upright. You can never go as fast in training as you do in a race.” 

Whilst Lange will participate within the new Sea Otter Vintage Gravel race subsequent month as a part of the sector for the Lifestyles Time Grand Prix, Yamauchi must experience her long ago into the sequence as a wildcard entrant. She completed in 2:15:22, excellent for seventeenth general within the mass-start tournament. She had 7:13 to spare over professional girls’s runner-up Nash and every other 26 mins to Kelly Brennan in 3rd.

“I pinned it to the singletrack. I knew there would be chaos [in the mass start] and rode my race, a lot of yo-yoing out there. It was either straight up or straight down,” the 25-year-old winner mentioned on the end. “My chain was a little muddy at times but no issues out there.”

Nash, two years from being double Yamauchi’s senior,  mentioned the direction was once already muddy a the beginning, so the intermittent rain on the second one part created slippery spots within the deep ruts as 300 riders repeated the loop. 

“It was good, the first race of the season. This one’s not easy, a lot of good climbing. I enjoyed the downhills and it was fun to get a little bit slick and slide it to ride it style.”

Taj Krieger went into the 3rd Hopper because the sequence chief, and with a seventh-place end Saturday he held a margin over Stetina and Ben Frederick, who at the moment are tied in 2d position with 111 issues and trailing Krieger by way of 24 issues. Kate Courtney, who didn’t race Lake Sonoma, persevered within the girls’s general after successful the hole two rounds, with Yamauchi jumping to 2d general, simply 9 issues again.

The 2025 Grasshopper Journey Collection strikes to Ukiah-Mendo Gravel Epic on April 27, the 76-mile mixed-terrain tournament serving because the NCNCA Gravel District Championship tournament.

ResultsSwipe to scroll horizontallyPro Males most sensible 5Pos.NameResult1Bradyn Lange01:49:492Justin Peck00:03:163Peter Stetina00:04:054Sandy Floren00:04:435Geoff Kabush00:08:20Swipe to scroll horizontallyPro Ladies most sensible 5Pos.NameResult1Anna Yamauchi02:25:222Katrina Nash00:07:133Kelly Brennan00:33:344Julie Duvert00:41:05