Clara Honsinger

Clara Honsinger
Honsinger in 2020
Personal information
Born (1997-06-05) June 5, 1997 (age 27)
Team information
Current team
Disciplines
  • Cyclo-cross
  • Road
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2013Sappo Hill Soapworks
2014Upper Echelon Fitness and Rehabilitation
2015River City Bicycles
2015–2020Team S+M (cyclo-cross)
2016Showers Pass Elite p/b Sage Cycles
2019LUX / Sideshow p/b Specialized
Professional teams
2020–2023Cannondale–Cyclocrossworld.com (cyclo-cross)
2021–2023Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank (road)
Major wins
National Championships (2019, 2021)

Clara Honsinger (born June 5, 1997) is a former American professional cyclist who last rode for UCI Women's Continental Team EF Education–Tibco–SVB in road racing,[1] and Team S&M in cyclo-cross.[2]

Career

Honsinger won the 2018 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championship in the under-23 category[3] held in Louisville, Kentucky. On December 15, 2019, she won the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championship[4] in the women's elite category. The race was held at Fort Steilacoom Park in Lakewood, Washington. She is the first new USA women's elite category Cyclocross National Champion in 15 years, following the annual victories of Katie Compton since 2004.

For the 2021 road cycling season, Honsinger joined the Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank team.[5] She combined this with a cyclo-cross schedule, riding for the Cannondale–Cyclocrossworld.com team.[6]

On January 31, 2021, at the élite women's world championship race in Ostend, Belgium, Honsinger placed fourth, 52 seconds behind winner Lucinda Brand of the Netherlands and 33 seconds behind third-placed Denise Betsema, also of the Netherlands.[citation needed]

Honsinger retired without an announcement after the 2023-2024 cyclocross season.[7]

Personal life

Honsinger lives in Corvallis, Oregon,[8] and is a student at Oregon State University.[citation needed]

Major results

Cyclo-cross

2017–2018
2nd Pan American Under-23 Championships
2nd National Under-23 Championships
2nd Iowa City
2018–2019
1st Pan American Under-23 Championships
1st National Under-23 Championships
US Open
1st Day 1
1st Day 2
2019–2020
1st National Championships
Major Taylor Cross Cup
1st Day 1
1st Day 2
US Open
1st Day 2
2nd Day 1
1st Fayetteville
2nd Pan American Championships
UCI World Cup
3rd Iowa City
2020–2021
UCI World Cup
2nd Namur
2nd Dendermonde
2021–2022
1st National Championships
X²O Badkamers Trophy
1st Koppenberg
USCX Series
1st Baltimore I
2nd Rochester I
2nd Baltimore II
2nd Rochester II
UCI World Cup
2nd Dendermonde
3rd Fayetteville
2022–2023
Coupe de France
1st Nommay I
1st Nommay II
1st Waterloo
2023–2024
Exact Cross
3rd Zonnebeke

References

  1. ^ "Team Tibco - Silicon Valley Bank". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  2. ^ Jackie Tyson (October 13, 2023). "Familiar territory but different approach for US cyclocross champion Honsinger". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  3. ^ Clara Honsinger: U23 Women National Champion, 2018 Louisville Cyclocross Nationals, December 16, 2018, retrieved December 17, 2019
  4. ^ Magazine, Cyclocross (December 17, 2019). "A Champ from Oregon: Clara Honsinger Achieves Elite Nationals Goal". Cyclocross Magazine - Cyclocross and Gravel News, Races, Bikes, Media. Archived from the original on September 21, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  5. ^ Frattini, Kirsten (November 12, 2020). "TIBCO-SVB strengthen roster with Erath, Buurman and Yonamine". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Archived from the original on October 4, 2023. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  6. ^ Tyson, Jackie (November 12, 2020). "Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld Pro Cycling hungry for 2020-21 season in Europe". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Archived from the original on November 9, 2023. Retrieved November 12, 2020. The newest member of the Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld team, Clara Honsinger [...]
  7. ^ Dezendorf, Caroline (October 16, 2024). "Life Beyond Cyclocross: Clara Honsinger Eyes Her Next Challenge". The CXHAIRS Bulletin. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
  8. ^ Oregonian/OregonLive, Sean Meagher | The (December 17, 2019). "Oregon native Clara Honsinger wins USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championship". oregonlive. Archived from the original on January 3, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2019.