Katie Compton finished in 42nd place at the first World Cup MTB race of the year. Husband Mark mentioned on twitter that Katie went down:
She crashed hard, bruised knee, concussion. Got up & finished the race with blurry vision and headache
Mark also mentioned she has been checked out by doctors and is recovering ok. Get well soon, Katie!
Katie Compton takes 4th at the Mellow Johnny’s Classic season opener for MTB season.
(via mellowmen131 | Mellow Johnny’s Classic PRO XCT #1 2012 Photos | Cycling Dirt | Cycling Dirt)
I’ve been lagging behind on editing and posting video for my personal Katie Compton documentary, but I figured I’d post something from today at the World Championships to hold everyone over as I spend the next month or so editing everything together.
Katie raced hard today and did well considering how much ground she had to make up. Still it’s always a bummer when you feel strong and get sidelined early on by a weird mishap. On the bright side, next year in Louisville will be a big one and I’ll definitely be there to watch and hope it goes better for Katie than today did.
Fifth place in a tough race today at the World Championships. Katie slipped a pedal at the start then crashed while passing riders soon after the start.
She fought hard and made it from the very back to the 2nd place chasers but used up her energy to do that and couldn’t contest the sprint.
Katie Comptom post-race (by kristof ramon)
At a windy, muddy course today in Hoogerheide Katie Compton clocked in a 4th place finish just off the podium after Daphny Van den Brand and Katerina Nash pulled away on the last lap. It looked like a tough course with lots of crashes (including a start line crash near the back that sent riders to the hospital) and from the video I saw Katie was playing catch-up most of the race. Vos looked unstoppable and a likely winner next week at the World Championships. Katie could still pull it off though and I’m pulling for a surprise upset.
Katie Compton takes her third 3rd place at the World Cup in Lievin today, chasing hard from an early crash along a rolling hilly course. Vos took the win in her new Rabobank/Giant setup as a new teammate of Compton, with Van den Brand second.
Katie Compton took her eighth consecutive US National championship of Elite Women’s cyclocross today in Madison, Wisconsin. The race report from Cyclocross Magazine describes some serious domination with Katie taking off and putting a huge gap into the field in the first lap, and finsihed the race with a two minute lead.
Added bonus: Katie’s protege and coaching client Kaitlin Antonneau finished second and also picked up the U23 championship.
Pete Webber Interviews Katie Compton: Pre-Race, 2012 Cyclocross National Championships (by cyclocrossmagazine)
Big race tomorrow, as Katie goes for her eighth straight US National Championship. You can watch it live on Cycling Dirt.
I missed this news last month when the US Olympic Long team was selected for the mountain bike event, but Katie Compton was a selection along with eight other riders. Around June 2012, the final team of two will be picked from the 9 women riders. Good luck Katie!
Namur World Cup, Elitle women (by Petitesreines)
Katie Compton (by kristof ramon)
Katie Compton in trouble (by kristof ramon)
Tough day at the office for Katie Compton today in Namur, Belgium. Katie started strong off the line but as they lead towards the first climb she dropped a chain and went from 5th place to 51st out of 52 riders. Within a lap, she clawed her way into the top ten (despite a few bobbles) then quickly up to a chasing group, but Chainel-Lefevre and Vos were charging off the front with a gap of over 30 seconds to third place. Katie bridged up to third and held that place to the end, but made up tons of time and got within about 20sec of 2nd place after being so far back.
Katie Compton (by kristof ramon)
Katie Compton made it a double win weekend in Europe, winning Scheldecross on Saturday despite a few mechanicals and then won Druivencross on Sunday.
Happy Birthday KfC! (she turns 33 today)
