April 29, 2024 1 min read

 

2024 Belgian Waffle Ride California 

As the dust settles from a beautiful day touring some of North County San Diego finest roads and gravel, hopefully all that's left are fond memories. In addition to the great weather there was also outstanding performance in both the Woman and Men's races with Sofia Gomez Villafañe and Matt Beers having domante rides.

2024 Belgian Waffle Ride California

Results:

Womans

  1. Sofia Gomez Villafañe (Specialized Off-Road) 6h 15m 28.58s
  2. Courtney Sherwell (Prova Cycles/QOM/Ekoi/Schwalbe/SRAM) 6h 30m 45.07s
  3. Caroline Wreszin 6h 30m 48.12s
  4. Heather Jackson (CANYON CLLCTV GRVL) 6h 32m 22.86s
  5. Isabel King (SCOTT/SHIMANO) 6h 44m 17.66s
  6. Cecily Decker (Scuderia Pinarello) 6h 45m 39.37s
  7. Whitney Allison (Bike Sports) 6h 47m 04.59s
  8. Emily Newsom (PAS Racing) 6h 52m 12.81s
  9. Cassia Boglio (Liv Brazilian Butterfly Racing p/b Willing & Twin Peak)s 6h 59m 33.04s
  10. Rebecca Fahringer (Easton Overland) 7h 00m 21.25s

 

Mens

  1. Matthew Beers (Specialized Off-Road) 5h 28m 37.55s
  2. Alexey Vermeulen (ENVE/Q+M) 5h 29m 14.34s
  3. Petr Vakoc (Canyon Integray L27) 5h 31m 07.53s
  4. Peter Stetina Canyon (Waffeleurs & Ale drinkeurs) 5h 32m 48.15s
  5. Brendan Johnston (Giant Off Road Team) 5h 34m 07.32s
  6. Torbjorn Andre Roed (Trek | Driftless) 5h 34m 49.39s
  7. Lance Haidet (Specialized/SRAM/Velocio) 5h 38m 07.57s
  8. Lachlan Morton (Ef easy pos)t 5h 42m 16.22s
  9. Kyle Trudeau (Slow twitch Goodlife Racing) 5h 42m 18.12s
  10. Carter Anderson (Ventum/Kuhl) 5h 45m 39.16s

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