Clara Honsinger
 Honsinger in 2020 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 5, 1997 |
| Team information | |
| Current team |
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| Disciplines |
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| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2013 | Sappo Hill Soapworks |
| 2014 | Upper Echelon Fitness and Rehabilitation |
| 2015 | River City Bicycles |
| 2015–2020 | Team S+M (cyclo-cross) |
| 2016 | Showers Pass Elite p/b Sage Cycles |
| 2019 | LUX / Sideshow p/b Specialized |
| Professional teams | |
| 2020– | Cannondale–Cyclocrossworld.com (cyclo-cross) |
| 2021– | Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank (road) |
| Major wins | |
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Clara Honsinger (born June 5, 1997) is an American professional cyclist who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team EF Education–Tibco–SVB in road racing,[1] and Cannondale–Cyclocrossworld.com in cyclo-cross.[2]
Career
[edit]Honsinger won the 2018 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championship in the under-23 category[3] held in Louisville, Kentucky. On December 15, 2019, she won the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championship[4] in the women's elite category. The race was held at Fort Steilacoom Park in Lakewood, Washington. She is the first new USA women's elite category Cyclocross National Champion in 15 years, following the annual victories of Katie Compton since 2004.
For the 2021 road cycling season, Honsinger joined the Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank team.[5] She combined this with a cyclo-cross schedule, riding for the Cannondale–Cyclocrossworld.com team.[2]
On January 31, 2021, at the élite women's world championship race in Ostend, Belgium, Honsinger placed fourth, 52 seconds behind winner Lucinda Brand of the Netherlands and 33 seconds behind third-placed Denise Betsema, also of the Netherlands.[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]Honsinger lives in Corvallis, Oregon,[6] and is a student at Oregon State University.[citation needed]
Major results
[edit]Cyclo-cross
[edit]- 2017–2018
- 2nd
Pan American Under-23 Championships - 2nd National Under-23 Championships
- 2nd Iowa City
- 2018–2019
- 1st
Pan American Under-23 Championships - 1st
National Under-23 Championships - US Open
- 1st Day 1
- 1st Day 2
- 2019–2020
- 1st National Championships
- Major Taylor Cross Cup
- 1st Day 1
- 1st Day 2
- US Open
- 1st Day 2
- 2nd Day 1
- 1st Fayetteville
- 2nd Pan American Championships
- UCI World Cup
- 3rd Iowa City
- 2020–2021
- UCI World Cup
- 2nd Namur
- 2nd Dendermonde
- 2021–2022
- 1st National Championships
- X²O Badkamers Trophy
- 1st Koppenberg
- USCX Series
- 1st Baltimore I
- 2nd Rochester I
- 2nd Baltimore II
- 2nd Rochester II
- UCI World Cup
- 2nd Dendermonde
- 3rd Fayetteville
- 2022–2023
- Coupe de France
- 1st Waterloo
- 2023–2024
- Exact Cross
- 3rd Zonnebeke
References
[edit]- ^ "Team Tibco - Silicon Valley Bank". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- ^ a b Tyson, Jackie (November 12, 2020). "Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld Pro Cycling hungry for 2020-21 season in Europe". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Archived from the original on November 9, 2023. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
The newest member of the Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld team, Clara Honsinger [...]
- ^ Clara Honsinger: U23 Women National Champion, 2018 Louisville Cyclocross Nationals, retrieved December 17, 2019
- ^ Magazine, Cyclocross (December 17, 2019). "A Champ from Oregon: Clara Honsinger Achieves Elite Nationals Goal". Cyclocross Magazine - Cyclocross and Gravel News, Races, Bikes, Media. Archived from the original on September 21, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- ^ Frattini, Kirsten (November 12, 2020). "TIBCO-SVB strengthen roster with Erath, Buurman and Yonamine". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Archived from the original on October 4, 2023. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ^ Oregonian/OregonLive, Sean Meagher | The (December 17, 2019). "Oregon native Clara Honsinger wins USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championship". oregonlive. Archived from the original on January 3, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Clara Honsinger at ProCyclingStats
