Rob Britton and Heather Jackson take record wins at Unbound XL
The mammoth 350-mile Unbound XL has two new winners in Rob Britton and Heather Jackson, both recording new fastest times by their respective arrivals in Emporia, Kansas.
Canadian rider Britton had trailed Lachlan Morton, reigning champ of Unbound Gravel 200, throughout the night, only catching the Australian 10 miles from the finish for a memorable victory. Morton finished 5:44 after Britton's new course record of 17:49:51, with third place going to Robin Gemperle over an hour later.
In the elite women's race, former triathlete and seven-time Ironman champion Heather Jackson took the biggest win of her short gravel career with a solo effort that she'd cemented by the halfway point, and despite a crash and mechanical issues shortly before sunrise, she soldiered on to another course record of 20:57:57, two hours 28 faster than Cynthia Frazier's 2022 benchmark.
