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The Giant Factory Off-Road Team’s cyclocross crew visited Southern California over the weekend to compete at CXLA, a two-day UCI cyclocross event in downtown Los Angeles that served as the final stop in the 2013 Cross After Dark series. Adam Craig led the squad with a top-five finish on Day 2.
Craig, who is focusing on enduro racing this year and finished top-10 in the 2013 Enduro World Series, is doing a few select ’cross races in the fall and winter on his TCX Advanced team bike.
“Finishing off my UCI ’cross season with the LA combo of sunshine and hardpack was fast and fun, but really it’s all just training for the Single Speed Cylocross World Championships in Philly next weekend,” Craig said, referring to the upcoming December 8 event in Philadelphia.
Racing against a strong domestic U.S. field in Los Angeles, Craig finished sixth the first day, and fifth on day two. He was joined in Los Angeles by teammates Carl Decker, who finished eighth and sixth; and Josh Johnson, an Under-23 development rider who finished 15th and 18th over two days of racing in the elite men's category.
“It’s become an annual event, the trip down south for some CXLA,” Craig said. “Having Carl and Josh there to race in the group on the fast, flat track was a nice treat.”
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