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The smallest women’s race of the weekend toed the line today in Iowa, as they previewed the next day’s World Cup racecourse.

Much like the Friday night race, most of the women racing on Sunday chose to sit out the Saturday C2 except Mannon Bakker, Perrine Clauzel and Sunny Gilbert, who was an alternate in Waterloo and Fayetteville but qualified for Iowa City.

Clauzel had a fast start but was passed by Gilbert. 2021 Jingle Cross Day 2 Elite Women. © D. Mable / Cyclocross Magazine

Clauzel had a fast start but was passed by Gilbert. 2021 Jingle Cross Day 2 Elite Women. © D. Mable / Cyclocross Magazine

Clauzel claimed the holeshot, but it didn’t take long for Bakker to take control of the front of the race.

Bakker raced for nearly an hour. 2021 Jingle Cross Day 2 Elite Women. © D. Mable / Cyclocross Magazine

Bakker raced for nearly an hour. 2021 Jingle Cross Day 2 Elite Women. © D. Mable / Cyclocross Magazine

By the time the women reached the top of Mt. Krumpit, Bakker had a small gap, Clauzel followed in second with Harriot Harnden in third and Sunny Gilbert close behind in fourth.

The woman to watch was Gilbert, as she slowly closed the gap to Harnden and quickly passed her to claim the third position. Gilbert, who didn’t qualify for the previous two World Cups, has been on a tear to race and gain more points for a better start position at the races.

Sunny Gilbert ran Mt. Krumpit to seal second on the day. 2021 Jingle Cross Day 2 Elite Women. © D. Mable / Cyclocross Magazine

Sunny Gilbert ran Mt. Krumpit to secure second on the day. 2021 Jingle Cross Day 2 Elite Women. © D. Mable / Cyclocross Magazine

Up front, Bakker was increasing her lead to Clauzel, who was falling back as the former runner, Gilbert was striding her way up to her. Before long, Gilbert made the pass on Clauzel to claim second. Gilbert continued to put more time on Clauzel to solidify her second place.

Bakker held onto first to claim victory, Gilbert smiled her way to the finish for second as Clauzel rolled in for third.

Bakker is no stranger to racing at Jingle Cross. She battled Jennifer Jackson to a photo finish in 2019, and looked to the naked eye to have won the sprint. This time around, she left no doubt.

Manon Bakker had a long, solo, victorious day at the office. 2021 Jingle Cross Day 2 Elite Women. © D. Mable / Cyclocross Magazine

Manon Bakker had a long, solo, victorious day at the office. 2021 Jingle Cross Day 2 Elite Women. © D. Mable / Cyclocross Magazine

The talk of the crowd was the length of the race for the women. The women raced eight laps with Bakker having a finishing time of 57:53! Many women raced for over an hour.

Hear Bakker talk at length about the race’s distance and effort below.

Full results below.

Tomorrow will be the final race of this long stretch of racing concluding with the last U.S. World Cup.

Our 2021 UCI Cyclocross World Cup coverage is brought to you by Bike Rags Apparel with additional support from BikeIowa.

2021 Jingle Cross Day 2 Results: UCI C2 Elite Women

RankBibNameAffiliationTimeSplit Time
13Manon BAKKERTrek Factory Racing57:53:007:27
248Sunny GILBERTHardwood Next Wave58:29:007:30
31Perrine CLAUZELIko-Crelan59:38:007:39
45Harriet HARNDENBissell-ABG-Giant1:00:077:40
56Taylor KUYK-WHITEParallel 44 Racing p/b Sanford1:00:327:43
620Jennifer MALIKFast Fun Nice p/b Wattie Ink1:00:537:40
734Anna DOROVSKIKHTeam Supernice1:01:087:41
832Erin FELDHAUSEN1:01:347:36
922Rachel GEITERGeoff???s Bike and Ski1:01:457:41
1082Cassidy HICKEYOrion Racing54:52:008:16
1128Natalie SMITH55:15:007:54
1225Leslie ETHRIDGEBonsai Endurance / Zone 655:20:007:58
1367Katelyn WALCROFT55:23:008:27
1430Caitlin NEUMANTrek Cyclocross Collective55:29:007:51
1537Ellie MITCHELLHardwood Next Wave55:43:008:04
1616Molly CLARK-OIENVeloRevolution=WP Cycles55:51:007:50
1723Anne USHERORNOT Elite Off-Road Team55:51:008:02
1863Kelly LAWSONTeam S&M CX56:16:008:12
1936Abby STRIGELBlue Competition Cycles p/b Bui56:16:008:15
2049Sophie RUSSENBERGER48:03:008:26
2119Corey COOGAN CISEKVisit Walla Walla40:38:008:19
2215Emily LEONARDCompetitive Edge Racing33:17:008:30
2324Robin WILLIAMS33:44:008:21
@4Lap27Sarah LARSONCascadia Wheel Co. Factory Team8:19
@4Lap26Molly LOHRYUltra Violet8:35
@4Lap17Ryley MOSHERParadise Garage Racing p/b Sman8:55
DNF29Stephanie TAPLIN7:51
DNS2Alice Maria ARZUFFIITALIAN CYCLING FEDERATION
DNS4Gaia REALINIRSCX - HOUSE INDUSTRIES
DNS35Maeghan EASLERNWCX Project

Check out the full results for the UCI Junior Women and UCI Junior Men from earlier today.