With the Sea Otter Classic in just one week, all eyes were on the challenging, technical roads in Northern California’s tough Sonoma coastal mountains.
Lauren De Crescenzo and Keegan Swenson win “The Growler”, a new 140mi professional road race, created by the Bike Monkey, the promotional group behind the long-running Levi’s Gran Fondo.
De Crescenzo took off with 80mi to go on a day marked with constant, cold rain, winning by 12mins over Lauren Stephens with Sarah Sturm in 3rd.
Belgian Lawrence Naesen pushed Swenson all the way to the line, losing in a tight sprint to the US Gravel National Champion overall winner of the ‘22 and ‘23 Life Time Grand Prix. LTGP rookie, Petr Vakoc continues his successful spring campaign with 3rd just 17 seconds back.TOP 10 WOMEN
- Lauren De Crescenzo
- Lauren Stephens
- Sarah Sturm
- Flavia Oliveira Parks
- Emily Newsom
- Heather Jackson
- Maude Farrell
- Sophie Von Eckstaedt
- Isabel King
- Leah Van Der Linden
TOP 10 MEN
- Keegan Swenson
- Lawrence Naesen
- Petr Vakoč
- Ian Boswell
- Griffin Easter
- Pete Stetina
- Matthew Wiebe
- Matthew Zimmer
- Elouan Gardon
- Nick Spano
ICYMI: Round #1 of the Life Time Grand Prix presented by Mazda BEGINS ON FRIDAY
Take a look back at the previous two editions of the Sea Otter Classic, Fuego XL endurance MTB race in two episodes of “Call of a Life Time”, the widely acclaimed docu-series chronicling riders competing in the ground-breaking off-road race series.
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