Alex Wild (Cyclesport.com) and Jen Tavé (SpeedBlock-Terun) won the Low Gap elite races on the long course Sunday on the opening round of the California based Grasshopper Adventure Series mixed-terrain series.
Wild positioned himself well on a seven-rider drag race to the line and edged 22-year-old Marcis Shelton by half a wheel for the victory. A group of three other U23 riders comprised the top five, Caden Kroettinger in third, Dan English (Trinity Racing) in fourth and Yoann Perrodin (Team Mike's Bikes p/b Equator Coffees) in fifth. From among the lead group, two more Team Mikes' Bikes riders, Eric Colindres and Jack Duncan, finished just one second behind Wild.
