Written and reported by Logan Jones-Wilkins.

On a course that tends to favor sprinters, today at Boise Twilight, it was all about the attackers, with Sofia Arreola and Luke Fetzer winning on late-breaking attacks.

For Arreola, her last-ditch move came with two laps to go after Virginia’s Blue Ridge Twenty28 team dominated the 70 minutes of action. With a team of three strong riders, Arreola used her position as lead-out to launch early. She took advantage of the eyes on her sprinter teammate Marlies Mejias and went all out before the bell, getting a gamblers’ prime for her troubles. All of the before the last lap saw Mejias lead a charging peloton in for second, right behind Arreola for the team’s 1-2 finish.

On the men’s side, it was a more egalitarian race as riders from across the peloton sent different moves up the road. The most dangerous move came 50 minutes in when Andrew Frank of Empyr cycling took a flyer and immediately forged a dangerous gap. With about five laps left, the gap was around 30 seconds. Fetzer, sensing the risk of the win slipping away, hit out with vengeance. Two laps later he had caught and passed Frank. Two laps after that, he was solo, winning his first ACC race and getting a massive return for all of his efforts in support of his teammate Lucas Bourgoyne.

In the fight for the overall ACC titles, Aline Seitz finished close enough to the podium to retain her lead in the standings, while Virginia’s Blue Ridge Twenty28 made a big leap to the top of the team standings. Maurice Ballerstedt did enough to snatch the red jersey from Brody McDonald, while Cadance Cyclery have built a massive lead in the team standings.