2021 USA Cyclocross National Championships Results: Junior Men 11-12

The Junior Men 11-12 was the third title race on Saturday at the 2021 USA Cyclocross National Championships.

Just as in the two races earlier in the day, the youngest Juniors faced two laps on a heavy course.

There were heavy winds in the morning, which meant the title races were postponed and the industry race was canceled.

(1/3) #CXNats Update -So due to heavy winds we are looking at heavy damage to both the course and venue. Racing will now begin at 11am. Riders will have the opportunity to preride at 10:30.

— USA Cycling (@usacycling) December 11, 2021

The damage wasn’t severe, but it was enough to cause the title races to be postponed. The course and venues were both damaged.

Bummer @usacycling #cxnats We learned our lesson at Reno Nats. Last night we took all our @horstcycling stuff down and secured it. First race delayed to 10:30 A.M (at least). That’s all I’ve got for now. #cyclocross pic.twitter.com/l8jbokByVH

— Scott M. Livingston (@_livingston) December 11, 2021

2021 USA Cyclocross National Championships Junior Men 11-12

The Junior Men 11-12 took to the course under blustery, cold conditions.

The youngest Juniors showed you never know who might turn in a surprise ride at Nationals.

Lukas Young had a quiet season race-wise, according to crossresults, registering zero cyclocross races in 2021 and flying under the radar of other racers and race predictors.

It didn’t take long for Vegas to recalculate the betting odds. Young moved to the front after a series of tricky off-cambers after the sand and looked to be in control.

Crossresults.com race favorite Sean Davies was looking to be (at least) the second BMXer to take a Cyclocross Nationals title after local hero Tim Strelecki took the Masters 45-49 title earlier in the week. Davies is a top Expert BMX racer, having won Grands, the biggest BMX race as an Intermediate, and finishing top American in his age group at the UCI BMX World Championships in Zolder, Belgium. In the mold of MvdP, Davies now races BMX, mountain bikes, road, track and cyclocross.

Davies raced 11 races this season, doubling up with the A-Men to gain points for a front-row start. Although Davies got swarmed off the line, he then passed much of the field, pushing through the second through fourth by the stairs to ride within sight of the leader Young.

The two leaders took different approaches to battling the mud. Young stayed on his cyclocross bike, while Davies hit the pits and swapped between his carbon hardtail (similar to Kira Mullin’s 2019 winning bike) and carbon full suspension bike in hopes of getting a cleaner drivetrain and tread.

Young had more left in the tank, and pulled away on the pedaling straights.

Behind the lead two, Kai Blankenship, who raced 14 races before Nationals, hit the turbo, closing the gap to Davies but ran out of real estate.

Young had time to post up coming down the finish, with Davies holding off Blankenship for silver.

Full results below.

2021 USA Cyclocross National Championships Results Junior Men 11-12

Rank	Bib	Name	Affiliation	Time	Laps
1	319	Lukas YOUNG	Project Echelon	23:08	2
2	318	Sean DAVIES	Mantis Racing	23:13	2
3	302	Kai BLANKENSHIP	Cascadia Junior Cycling	23:15	2
4	329	Baxter CARESS	Nctc	23:57	2
5	322	Finnley SONNEMANN	Revolution Cycles Club	24:05:00	2
6	323	Raymond HEMBROOK	Avout Racing	25:09:00	2
7	320	Harrison MOROSCO	Velocious Sport	25:24:00	2
8	332	John PAPADAKIS	Baltimore Youth Cycling	25:55:00	2
9	316	Josiah BOWER	Stinkbug Naturals	25:57:00	2
10	312	Trevor HALL	Boulder Junior Cycling	26:28:00	2
11	339	William BAIOTTO	Avout Racing	26:34:00	2
12	324	Henry FLENTYE	The Pony Shop	27:26:00	2
13	314	Mazen LAZAR	Usa Cycling	28:04:00	2
14	321	Paxton SUMMERS	Baltimore Youth Cycling	28:21:00	2
15	325	Ian GIEBEL	Avout Racing	28:51:00	2
16	340	Hudson NABLO	Stage1 Cycling / Airline Cycles	28:52:00	2
17	331	Ryan LEE	Rcv	29:05:00	2
18	326	Quinn PECONGA	Midwest Devo	29:17:00	2
19	311	Noah HEKKERT	Rock Lobster	29:27:00	2
20	304	Lucius HAMBLEN	Velocious Sport	29:29:00	2
21	309	Roczen BEISSEL	Northstar Devo	29:34:00	2
22	308	Dylan SKINNER	Lionhearts Junior Racing	29:48:00	2
23	334	Anders HOLMES	L5 Racing Team	30:56:00	2
24	338	Luke JOHNSON	Bicycle Doctor	31:22:00	2
25	307	Ian MARKS	Baltimore Youth Cycling	32:21:00	2
26	315	Axel BRANDSMEIER	Corridor Devo Junior Cycling Team	32:24:00	2
27	310	Gavin FRONK	Lionhearts	32:28:00	2
28	328	Fin DAUFELDT	Corridor Devo Junior Cycling Team	32:28:00	2
29	317	Arjuna BURGOS	Boost Cyclesport Junior Team	33:35:00	2
30	303	Eero WHITE	Boulder Junior Cycling	33:48:00	2
31	327	Sam TRUESDALE	The Pony Shop	34:01:00	2
32	336	Ronan VALENTIN	Carl Valentin	34:02:00	2
33	330	Will DAUSCH	Rock Creek Velo	34:03:00	2
34	333	Reid PURWIN	Minuteman Road Club	34:04:00	2
35	335	Luke WAGLIARDO	The Pony Shop	34:05:00	2
36	306	Tanner KAST	Avout Racing	34:06:00	2
37	305	Benji BERGMAN	Donderdag Youth Cyclocross	16:05	1
38	313	Daniel GRODNICK	The Pony Shop	21:58	1
39	337	Will RAUCH	The Pony Shop	27:51:00	1

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