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Cyclingnews 2005 Reader Poll Results
Best female cyclocross rider
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Just as she has blitzed almost every race in North America this season, Lyne Bessette blitzed the poll for top female cyclocross rider. It's hardly surprising - about the only significant race Bessette has not won this year was the US national championships because, of course, as a Canadian she's not actually eligible.
In Bessette's absence, poll runner-up Katie Compton made her annual appearance at a major cross event and won the US national championship. You have to admire Compton's style. She trains quietly at home for a few months, turns up to nationals and blitzes the field, then declines a spot on the US team because it's more important to her to be able to captain a tandem for blind stoker Karissa Whitsell in Paralympic events. That's class, and 18 percent of you agree!
Top German cyclocrosser Hanka Kupfernagel was third.
Results
Votes %ge 1 Lyne Bessette 2106 33.5 2 Katie Compton 1153 18.4 3 Hanka Kupfernagel 847 13.5 4 Daphny van Den Brand 646 10.3 5 Barbara Howe 633 10.1 6 Christine Vardaros 307 4.9 7 Wendy Simms 272 4.3 8 Laurence Leboucher 240 3.8 9 Maryline Salvetat 77 1.2 Total 6281
