The Knights expect to face quality competition at CX Nationals as several varsity programs are looking to improve their standing in the season-long Omnium . Sophomores Eli House, Cole McDicken, and Nate Ganger, as well as freshman Juan Carlos Gonzalez, will also represent the Knights in the men's race. Junior Cade Bickmore returns with the goal of repeating a top-five performance and seniors Anders Nystrom and Sam Winters round out the experienced returners. The men's individual race is scheduled for Friday afternoon and sophomore Caleb Swartz will be shooting to improve from a third-place result in Reno. Sophomores Kennedy Adams and Alijah Beatty, as well as senior Gabby Arnold, return to the CX Nationals squad, with senior Emily Neice and freshman Claire Reeves rounding out the roster. Fellow seniors Laurel Rathbun and Katherine Santos also finished in the top ten in Reno and look to repeat a top performance in their final CX Nationals with the team. The women's race will take place Thursday afternoon and senior Emma Swartz will be looking to improve her third-place finish from Reno. In its trip to Reno, NV for 2018 CX Nationals version 1, the team raced to the Division I Team Omnium title. The team last competed in Cyclocross Nationals in January, as USA Cycling has moved the annual event back to December, making the Louisville event this coming week the second Cyclocross Nationals of the 2018 calendar year. The Cycling Knights will compete on Thursday, Friday and Saturday to defend their Cyclocross Team Omnium Title. We've had all sorts of things thrown at us during the second half of the season, so I'm just really proud of everyone.The Marian University Cycling staff has announced the roster of student-cyclists that will represent Marian University at USA Cycling's Collegiate Cyclocross National Championships this week in Louisville, Kentucky. "I tried to be as sensible and as tough as I could be out there, and with all my race experience over the years, just keeping the car on track and staying clean - that was difficult," he said. The Briton had dropped behind Ocon at the second start when Verstappen, who had been promoted to pole by not pitting under the safety car for Mick Schumacher's crash which soon became a red flag, attempted to hold onto the lead around the outside of Turn 1 and drove off the track before forcing Hamilton wide.Read Also: Verstappen: 'F1 more about penalties than racing' after Saudi controversy Russell: "Motorsport has a lot to learn" from unnecessary Jeddah F1 danger F1 Saudi Arabian GP: Hamilton beats Verstappen to go level on points in chaotic race Hamilton said that during the "incredibly tough" race he'd focused on trying to "be as sensible and as tough as I could". "I got a message afterwards that he was going to let us past. So I didn't understand exactly what was going on. "I ran into the back of him, and then he moved on. Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes "I didn't quite understand why suddenly hit the brakes pretty heavily," Hamilton said. Speaking after the race, Hamilton said he found the altercation "a bit confusing".
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Verstappen has also been summoned to the stewards to discuss an alleged breach of the FIA International Sporting Code concerning the Turn 27 incident. Verstappen then kept the lead, ceded to Hamilton briefly before overtaking again, but ultimately lost out to Hamilton before being given an additional five-second post-race penalty for gaining a lasting advantage outside the track. There followed a verbal disagreement between Mercedes sporting director Ron Meadows and FIA F1 race director Michael Masi over whether the positional switch had been communicated, with Hamilton accusing Verstappen of brake-testing over the radio.
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Verstappen made good use of the medium tyres chosen by his Red Bull team for the third race start by taking the lead with a daring move up the inside of Mercedes driver Hamilton and Esteban Ocon's Alpine.īut the hard tyres Hamilton had chosen helped him come back into the contest as Verstappen's tyres began to fade, the seven-time world champion forcing Verstappen into a mistake at Turn 1 on lap 37 when the Dutchman's attempt to defend his lead resulted in him running both cars wide over the runoff.Īfter he was ordered to let Hamilton through, Verstappen slowed dramatically on the approach to the final Turn 27 left-hand hairpin, and the two made contact as the Mercedes ran into the back of the race leader. Hamilton won the race to level the points battle with Verstappen on 369.5 apiece after multiple incidents in an ill-tempered race that was red-flagged twice. Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB16B, battles with Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes W12
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