Pan-Am Cyclocross Championships 2023: Eric Brunner wins elite men's title

Eric Brunner celebrates victory in the elite men's 2023 Pan American Cyclocross Championships (Image credit: Myke Hermsmeyer)

Eric Brunner on the attack at the 2023 Pan American Cyclocross Championships (Image credit: Myke Hermsmeyer)

The testing course at the 2023 Pan American Cyclocross Championships (Image credit: Myke Hermsmeyer)

The 2023 Pan American Cyclocross Championships included a lap of the track (Image credit: Myke Hermsmeyer)

There was also an off-camber section at the 2023 Pan American Cyclocross Championships (Image credit: Myke Hermsmeyer)

The elite men line-up for the 2023 Pan American Cyclocross Championships (Image credit: Myke Hermsmeyer)

The elite men's race at the 2023 Pan American Cyclocross Championships (Image credit: Myke Hermsmeyer)

Eric Brunner on the steps at the 2023 Pan American Cyclocross Championships (Image credit: Myke Hermsmeyer)

Eric Brunner goes solo at the 2023 Pan American Cyclocross Championships (Image credit: Myke Hermsmeyer)

The start of the elite men's 2023 Pan American Cyclocross Championships (Image credit: Myke Hermsmeyer)

Eric Brunner dominated the 2023 Pan American Cyclocross Championships (Image credit: Myke Hermsmeyer)

Eric Brunner won the elite men’s Pan American Cyclocross Championships title with a dominant ride on the technical but fast course in Missoula, Montana. 

Brunner beat fellow Boulder rider Scott Funston and Gage Hecht. Fellow Americans Lance Haidet and Curtis White completed the top- five. 

Brunner opened a seven-second gap on the opening lap of the eight-lap race and was then consistently faster as he dominated the different obstacles of the course. 

He finished with a final lap time of 7:52, to win ahead of Funston by almost two minutes.  Funston finished 17 seconds ahead of Hecht to secure the silver medal.