Coryn Labecki returned to her US roots of criterium racing this week, lining up at the opening round of USA Speed Week in Greenville, South Carolina “to honour the jersey that I won last summer”. There were no parade laps, just full-on, high-speed racing for 50 laps, the stars-and-stripes jersey on display for the first time in 10 months.
Labecki used the Greenville Cycling Classic as her coming-out-party for the national jersey, having won the elite women’s criterium national title last June at the USA Cycling Pro Road Championships, holding off two-time crit champion Kendall Ryan (L39ION of Los Angeles). It was a staggering 73rd national title of her career, across junior and elite divisions in multiple disciplines.
