USA Cycling Junior Nationals Coverage

Story from usacycling.org

With the sun directly overhead, a strong field of 60 riders toed the line for the men’s 13-14 race. After seven laps on the hot course, the riders were fairly spread out with two young men setting the pace up front - Michael Dessau (Boulder, Colo./5280) and Jordan Cullen (Hudson, Wis./MBRC Flanders). With a national title on the line, the pair was going head-to-head by the time they reappeared to the crowd near the start/finish area. Dessau won the sprint finish and slipped into the fourth Stars-and-Stripes jersey of the day with Cullen crossing the line right behind him for the silver medal. Logan Owen (Bremerton, Wash./Hagens Berman) was the next rider to complete the 40-kilometer contest, pedaling into the start/finish about nine seconds off the winning pace for the bronze medal. Twenty seconds later, a group of four entered into a battle for the two remaining podium spots with Jonathon Schilling (Grover, Mo./Mesa) besting the others for the fourth-place step and Austin Clevenger (Bellingham, Wash./Rad Racing NW/Hagens Berman) claiming fifth place.