Now that I’m up, I guess I might as well stay up. The women’s race was pretty exciting. I’m not sure Katie Compton could have done much to stop that result. Vos rode pretty great the last lap and is a deserving Champion today. The ground is a lot slicker than it looks on the computer screen. It’s frozen. Here are some photos from the event courtesy of Trudi.

I said yesterday I would be mildly surprised if a Belgian didn’t win today. I’m not now. Stybar made that look easy. It was a super unlucky day for the American men. Jonathan Page riding in the front group, having the race of the year and has a super bad mechanical. Tim Johnson hurt and carted away. Page finishing 12th and Powers 16th is pretty good historically, but I know neither of them are happy with those finishes.

Here are some more photos that Trudi took today at the race.

Nys early.

Enormous crowds.

Pretty steep descent.

Stybar close up.

Stybar on his way to back to back World Championship titles.