Clara Honsinger
Clara Honsinger is a former American professional cyclist who last rode for UCI Women's Continental Team in road racing, and Team S&M in cyclo-cross.
Career
Honsinger won the 2018 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championship in the under-23 category held in Louisville, Kentucky. On December 15, 2019, she won the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championship in the women's elite category. The race was held at Fort Steilacoom Park in Lakewood, Washington. She is the first new USA women's elite category Cyclocross National Champion in 15 years, following the annual victories of Katie Compton since 2004.For the 2021 road cycling season, Honsinger joined the team. She combined this with a cyclo-cross schedule, riding for the Cannondale–Cyclocrossworld.com team.
On January 31, 2021, at the élite women's world championship race in Ostend, Belgium, Honsinger placed fourth, 52 seconds behind winner Lucinda Brand of the Netherlands and 33 seconds behind third-placed Denise Betsema, also of the Netherlands.
Honsinger retired without an announcement after the 2023-2024 cyclocross season.
Personal life
Honsinger lives in Corvallis, Oregon, and is a student at Oregon State University.Major results
Cyclo-cross
;2017–2018;2018–2019
;2019–2020
;2020–2021
;2021–2022
;2022–2023
;2023–2024