Amanda Miller racing her last World Cup of the season in Hoogerheide. Photo credit Meg McMahon
After a very successful cyclocross season Fort Collins’ Amanda Miller has her eye on a top 10 finish at CX Worlds in Bieles Luxembourg on Saturday. The Boulder CycleSport/YogaGlo rider finished 2nd at CX Nationals, only bested by 13 time champion, Katie Compton. She was 7th in World Cup rankings and sits 12th in the UCI standings after 28 starts. One additional race and Miller likely would have finished in the top 5 in the World Cup. She skipped Zeven, Fiuggi Regione Lazio and Koksidje, was canceled.
Miller will be among 7 other Americans and the only Fort Collins resident to take on the best in the sport. Despite a Collegiate Varsity National Championship and a 4th place in the U23 Championship race our own Brannan Fix was not selected for Worlds this year.
She has yet to commit to a road or cyclocross program for 2017 but hopes to build on this season’s success with potentially longer stints in Europe and more higher level racing. Her off season starts after Worlds, will last about a month and will include 2 weeks of nothing and easing back into it with snowshoeing and running before she gets back on the bike.
Miller will race at 7am mountain time Saturday January 28th. I’ll do my best to update the Your Group Ride Facebook page with viewing options and real time race updates.
UCI Race Results:
World Cup races in Bold
CrossVegas 4
Valkenburg 5
Namur 7
Heusden-Zolder 10
Jingle Cross Iowa City 10
Championnat National des USA 2
Championnats du Monde / World Championships 24
Hoogerheide 19
Rochester Cyclo-cross 3
US Open of Cyclo-cross 1
Resolution Cross Cup 2
Resolution Cross Cup 2
Ruts N Guts 2
CXLA Weekend 2
CXLA Weekend 2
US Open of Cyclo-cross 2
Charm City Cross 5
The Derby City Cup 6
Trek CXC Cup 3
Ruts N Guts 7
Cincinnati – KingsCX 7
Pan-american Continental Championships 8
KMC CrossFest 8
Trek CXC Cup 11
Diegem 9
Charm City Cross 6
KMC CrossFest 5
The Derby City Cup 4
Amanda Miller racing her last World Cup of the season in Hoogerheide. Photo credit Meg McMahon
Focused and warming up before her final World Cup of the season in Hoogerheide. Photo credit Meg McMahon
