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Tobin Ortenblad gets his first UCI Elite Men's win. 2016 CXLA Cyclocross Day 1. © C. Fegan-Kim. Cyclocross Magazine

Tobin Ortenblad gets his first UCI Elite Men's win. 2016 CXLA Cyclocross Day 1. © C. Fegan-Kim. Cyclocross Magazine

The Elite Men stayed in a large pack for the seven-lap contest, with California-native Tobin Ortenblad (Santa Cruz Factory Racing) edging out Jamey Driscoll (Raleigh Clement) at the line by two-tenths of a second.  Jonathan Page, four-time men's U.S. Cyclocross national champion, who lives and trains in Utah, raced CXLA and finished fourth.

Only a few seconds separated Katerina Nash (LUNA Pro Team), Amanda Miller (Boulder Cycle Sport/ YogaGlo) and Courtenay McFadden (unattached) for most of the Elite Women's race, presented by Knobbe Martens IP Law. The threesome finished in that order at Whittier Narrows Recreation Area in South El Monte, Calif. It was Nash's fifth victory this year on the USA Cycling Professional Cyclocross Calendar (Pro CX), and last win since her double at Derby City Cup in Louisville, Ky. in early November.

"I've been doing cyclocross for so long I can't even remember. It's still fun so I just keep going," said the 40-year-old Nash. "It's always fun to come back to southern California and race the UCI weekend with CXLA. I've been here many times. (Race Director) Dorothy (Wong) has taken us around different parks in L.A., so I'm getting to know the area a little bit, which is always fun. The course was hard. It was very flat, with lots of corners. It took me a couple of laps in the race to sort of pick good lines. Tough competition out there and I'm happy to take first."

Nash leads Miller, Gomez Villafane at 2016 CXLA Cyclocross Day 1. © C. Fegan Kim. Cyclocross Magazine

Nash leads Miller, Gomez Villafane at 2016 CXLA Cyclocross Day 1. © C. Fegan Kim. Cyclocross Magazine

CXLA is the only Pro CX race weekend that offers stand-alone races for both Junior Men (17-18 years of age) and Under-23 Men. The U23 Men's race was won by Grant Ellwood (Boulder Cycle Sport/ YogaGlo) from Boulder, CO. The Junior Men's race was won by Californian Benjamin Gomez-Villafane (CycleSport- Villafane).

"My favorite part of the SoCal Cross series is the perfect weather, and the fact of having a UCI race on the West Coast is always good, as I'm a West Coast guy. It's good to race so close to home," said 18-year-old Lance Haidet of San Luis Obispo, Calif. He finished on the podium in third in the U23 Men's race. “(My goal is) getting more UCI points so that I can move up in the grid, once I get to the bigger pro level races."

Ben Gomez Villafane wins the Junior race at the 2016 CXLA Cyclocross Day 1. © C. Fegan Kim. Cyclocross Magazine

Ben Gomez Villafane wins the Junior race at the 2016 CXLA Cyclocross Day 1. © C. Fegan Kim. Cyclocross Magazine

Grant Ellwood sprints to the 2016 CXLA Cyclocross Day 1 victory. © C. Fegan Kim. Cyclocross Magazine

Grant Ellwood sprints to the 2016 CXLA Cyclocross Day 1 victory. © C. Fegan Kim. Cyclocross Magazine

Full photo gallery below the results. Stay tuned for more CXLA coverage.

2016 CXLA UCI Day 1 UCI Cyclocross Results - Junior Men

PlBibFirstLastAgeTeamLapsTime
1172BenjaminGomez - Villafane17CycleSport - Specialized542:19.5
2175ScottFunston17Rad Racing NW542:33.4
3171CalderWood17Rad Racing NW542:38.3
4188EvanClouse18Hot Tubes Cycling Team542:45.3
5173HenryJones17Bend Endurance Academy542:50.8
6174GeorgeSchulz18Van Dessel Factory Team544:16.2
7186BraydenBuchanan18Rad Racing NW544:17.5
8187DonovanBirky18Hutch's/Bend Dental545:26.9
9189BrentFranze18Giant co factory547:07.2
10185WileyMelton18Melton Design Build p/b GS CIAO548:21.6

2016 CXLA UCI Day 1 UCI Cyclocross Results - U23 Men

PlBibFirstLastAgeTeamLapsTime
1123GrantEllwood21Boulder Cycle Sport/YogaGlo649:22.2
2122MaxxChance21Evol Racing649:22.7
3121LanceHaidet20Raliegh Clement649:23.0
4147SpencerDowning22Panache Houndstooth Racing650:32.3
5128GarrettGerchar21Clif Bar650:32.4
6130CameronBeard19Cannondale p/b Cyclocrossworld.com Devo651:11.7
7127BrannanFix20Alpha Bicycle Company - Vista Subaru651:29.5
8126IsaacNiles22Accent Inn / Russ Hays p/b Champion System652:00.9
9125SkylerMackey22KCCX Elite Cyclocross Team652:26.8
10134AndersNystrom21ClifBar652:46.3
11133LucasRowton22Team MBS652:51.7
12132LiamEarl21Team Clif Bar653:54.3
13131CormacDunn20Clif Bar Devo655:13.3
14144ChristianHusband20Full Circle Cycling655:27.1
15145IanStowe22655:45.9
DNF146NicolasPadilla19G2 Bike218:40.5

2016 CXLA UCI Day 1 UCI Cyclocross Results - Elite Women

PlBibFirstLastAgeTeamLapsTime
152KaterinaNash40LUNA Pro Team544:11.6
251AmandaMiller31Boulder Cycle Sport/YogaGlo544:19.9
353CourtenayMcFadden32544:27.2
455SofiaGomez Villafane23Tenspeed Hero544:41.7
557MindyMcCutcheon33DNA-Cotton Sox545:37.0
656SerenaGordon38LIV | Giant Co-Factory546:01.8
754EmilyKachorek37Squid546:02.4
861Beth AnnOrton36Team S&M Sellwood Cycle Repair546:44.3
960DanielleArman27Tenspeed Hero546:58.3
1058SamanthaRunnels26Ridebiker p/b Sho-Air547:08.7
1165ClaraHonsinger20Team S&M547:17.3
1262ShannonMallory19NW Women's CX Project547:41.8
1364ChristaGhent27Evol Elite Racing547:59.6
1481CaitlinC. Bernstein28Vive La Tarte548:11.5
1580GinaEstep44Team Group Health548:19.8
1679HillaryKing30Bicycle Centres549:31.0
1778AnneUsher38549:51.0
1876TerraKier35squareone/Helen's549:59.0
1983AnnePerry44Canyon Bicycles-Shimano550:06.8
2063HeidiWood32333fab CX Factory Team550:56.6
2166ChelseaWeidinger33MASH SF552:06.3
2282AbbyYoungwerth17431:15.6
DNF59RebeccaBlatt37Van Dessel109:37.6

2016 CXLA UCI Day 1 UCI Cyclocross Results - Elite Men

PlBibFirstLastAgeTeamLapsTime
12TobinOrtenblad23Santa Cruz Factory Racing756:33.6
21JamesDriscoll31Raleigh Clement756:33.8
319AllenKrughoff33Boulder Cycle Sport/YogaGlo756:42.4
420JohnathanPageFuji756:47.0
54YannickEckmann24Boulder Cycle Sport/ Yogaglo756:47.8
612CarlDecker42Giant Factory Off-Road Team756:48.0
77JustinLindine33Apex / NBX / Trek756:48.2
85Michaelvan den Ham25Garneau - Easton Cycling756:48.5
98GeoffKabush40SCOTT-3Rox Racing757:25.1
106TroyWells33Team CLIF BAR757:33.6
119CodyKaiser25LangeTwins / Specialized757:38.9
1211CraigRichey33Garneau - Easton Cycling758:04.8
1310AdamCraig36Giant Factory Off-Road Team759:08.8
1414BrianMatter39Team Wisconsin759:23.9
1513KevinBradford-Parish35SET/coaching759:24.1
1639SeanEstes39Cycle Sport - Specialized p/b Muscle Milk759:26.8
1736ScottChapin34Santa Cruz Factory Racing759:27.0
1818TylerCloutier28Renewed Professional Cyclocross759:40.4
1928RobinCarpenter25Hincapie Racing Team700:02.0
2038MarkFlis34Squadra Flying Tigers pb Jamis Bicycles700:28.1
2129RyanRinn35vive la tarte cx - Huckleberry Bicycles700:28.6
2217KaceyCampbell271st city cycling701:15.7
2316José AlfredoPacheco32Buena Park bicycles702:11.9
2434GarrettFollmuth30squareone/Helen's703:57.5
2543AnastasioFlores Jr46Spokesman Cyclocross706:18.3
2633KalerMarshall31657:19.6
DNF15BjornSelander29216:27.4

2016 CXLA Day 1 Photo Galley by Cathy Fegan-Kim:

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Melinda McCutcheon attacking the sand at 2016 CXLA Cyclocross Day 1 and would finish fifth. © C. Fegan-Kim. Cyclocross Magazine

Melinda McCutcheon attacking the sand at 2016 CXLA Cyclocross Day 1 and would finish fifth. © C. Fegan-Kim. Cyclocross Magazine

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