Miles Mattern wins the Major Taylor Cross Cup - Day 2, Men Elite race
by Radiociclismo AI
Miles Mattern (CXD TREK BIKES) takes the Men Elite race at the Major Taylor Cross Cup - Day 2 in Indianapolis in 0:56:55. Ethan Brown second, Calvin Conaway third.
Miles Mattern claims the Men Elite race at the Major Taylor Cross Cup - Day 2, in Indianapolis (IN, US), completing the circuit in 0:56:55. For the twenty-year-old American of CXD TREK BIKES (UCI 2026), it is his second seasonal victory in Men Elite cyclocross: this season, with this race, he counts 7 races, 2 victories and 5 podiums. The success comes at the end of a solid run-up: in the previous races he had been 2nd at the Kings Cx - Day 2 (2026-10-18), 2nd at the Kings Cx - Day 1 (2026-10-17) and 4th at the Charm City Cross (2026-10-04). A record that had already brought him repeatedly onto the podium before this result. Behind him, in the finishing order, Ethan Brown (US, 18 years old) and Calvin Conaway (US, 20 years old). For Brown it is his second seasonal podium in Men Elite: 9 races contested, 0 victories and 2 podiums, with 5th place at the Kings Cx - Day 2 (2026-10-18), 10th at the Kings Cx - Day 1 (2026-10-17) and 10th at the Charm City Cross (2026-10-04) in the previous races. Conaway, also 20 years old, has instead collected the fifth podium of his season in Men Elite out of 9 races, without victories: before this race he was 3rd at the Kings Cx - Day 2 (2026-10-18), 8th at the Kings Cx - Day 1 (2026-10-17) and 7th at the Charm City Cross (2026-10-04). Completing the top ten of the finishing order are Ben Frederick (US), Tom Scott (GB) and Mark Myles (US). In the standings, the data shows 23 riders.
