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Riders were greeted with a chilly morning low of 9 degrees Fahrenheit and an early afternoon high of 23 degrees at the Illinois Cyclocross State Championships on Dec. 3. Despite the frigid temperatures at Chicago's Montrose Park, cyclocross racers took on a challenging course that saw riders in mountain to cross bikes with select technical tires in order to maneuver through the snow. The championship was also the fourth and final race of the Chicago Cyclocross Cup Racing Series.

The course favored the technically strong rider. The most difficult section was the uphill pavement section where crossers battled a strong headwind then pin turned into a tight snow path.

Within the course there was a spaghetti-like pin frozen tundra turn that forced riders to dismount, run up a short hill, snake via a tunnel and face another short hill followed by a fast section that brought riders back to the start/finish area.

Corie Berrigan (Team Kenda Tire) won the women's 1/2/3 race and title of state champion. Holly Klug (Killjoy) finished in second place after winning the previous three Chicago Cyclocross Cup races. David Sachs (Vision Quest) won the Men Pro 1 & 2. Berrigan is no stranger to state championships as in 1998 she was the women's champion in the Wisconsin Cyclocross State Championship. On Nov. 19 this year, she won the ICCS Series Women's Open in Iowa. Both Sachs and Berrigan took the gold medal for the State of Illinois.

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