From VeloNews

Katie Compton (Rabobank-Giant) churned through the sticky Wisconsin mud en route to her eighth elite national title, beating Kaitlin Antonneau (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld) by two minutes, as she rode to her second U23 title.

Compton made the slippery USA Cycling National Cyclocross Championships course outside Madison, Wisconsin look easy. Below-freezing overnight temperatures and a partially rolled-flat course made for a very fast, frozen course for the collegiate men in the morning, who posted the fastest lap times of the week. By the time the women went at noon, the course was rutted into a criss-cross of muddy trenches that kept America’s best women bobbling.

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