April 14, 2018 (Fontana City, California) – Canada’s Carter Woods (Dodge City Cycles Racing) from B.C. took the win in the Junior Men’s 5-lap race at the Bonelli Park 2018 US Cup XCO UCI #2 Goldstate #4 in San Dimas, California. The victory is the biggest result in the young rider’s career.

In the Elite/U23 Men’s 7-lap competition Canadians Andrew L’Esperance (Forward Racing-Norco) and Leandre Bouchard (KMC Ekoi SR Suntour) were on the final podium in 3rd and 4th respectively with Peter Disera (Norco Factory Team XC) almost joining them in 6th.

Results (brief)

Junior Men
1. Carter Woods (Can) Dodge City Cycles Racing 1:04:19
2. Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Whole Athlete p/b DNA 1:04:28
3. Alexander Young Andersen (Den) 1:05:33
4. Paul Fabian (USA) Bear Development Team 1:06:49
5. Quinn Simmons (USA) Whole Athlete p/b DNA 1:07:51

17. Vincent Thiboutot (Can) Pivot Cycle-OTE 1:10:27
19. Tyler Clark (Can) Whole Ahtlete 1:10:42
20. William Cote (Can) Equipe du Quebec 1:10:49
47. Jeremie Baron (Can) Mathieu Performance 0:50:03
DSQ Holden Jones (Can) Pendrel Racing Development

Elite/U23 Men
1. Christopher Blevins (USA) Specialized Racing 1:26:24
2. Nicola Rohrbach (Sui) Goldwurst-Power/Felt 1:26:32
3. Andrew L’Esperance (Can) Forward Racing-Norco 1:27:11
4. Leandre Bouchard (Can) KMC Ekoi SR Suntour 1:27:16
5. Jonas Lindberg (Den) Danish Cycling Federation 1:27:22
6. Peter Disera (Can) Norco Factory Team 1:27:48
7. Sebastian Carstensen (Den) Independent 1:29:26
8. Alex Wild (USA) Specialized Factory Racing 1:29:36
9. Reece Tucknott (USA) Perth MTB Club 1:29:55
10. Luke Vrouwenvelder (USA) Lukevcoaching.com 1:30:00