Clara Honsinger
Clara Honsinger (born June 5, 1997) is an American professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank in road racing,[1] and Cannondale–Cyclocrossworld.com in cyclo-cross.[2]
 Honsinger in 2020. | |
| Personal information | |
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| 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 | |
| 2019 USA Cyclocross National Championship | |
Career
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 31st, 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.
Personal life
Honsinger lives in Corvalis, Oregon, and is a student[6] at Oregon State University.
Major results
Cyclo-cross
- 2017–2018
- 2nd Pan American Under-23 Championships
- 2nd National Under-23 Championships
- 2nd Jingle Cross 2
- 2018–2019
- 1st
Pan American Under-23 Championships - 1st
National Under-23 Championships - US Open of Cyclocross
- 1st Day 1
- 1st Day 2
- 2019–2020
- 1st National Championships
- Major Taylor Cross Cup
- 1st Day 1
- 1st Day 2
- US Open of Cyclocross
- 1st Day 2
- 2nd Day 1
- 1st FayetteCross
- 2nd Pan American Championships
- 3rd Iowa City, UCI World Cup
- 2020–2021
- UCI World Cup
- 2nd Cyclo-cross Namur
- 2nd Cyclo-cross Dendermonde
- 4th World Championship Elite Women's Ostend
References
- "Team Tibco - Silicon Valley Bank". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
- Tyson, Jackie (November 12, 2020). "Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld Pro Cycling hungry for 2020-21 season in Europe". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 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. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
- Frattini, Kirsten (November 12, 2020). "TIBCO-SVB strengthen roster with Erath, Buurman and Yonamine". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- Oregonian/OregonLive, Sean Meagher | The (December 17, 2019). "Oregon native Clara Honsinger wins USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championship". oregonlive. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
External links
- Clara Honsinger at ProCyclingStats
