Superprestige Middelkerke: Season's breakthrough rider Amandine Fouquenet takes final round as Van Alphen wins overall by tiny margin
Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado second, Marie Schreiber third in final round as Fouquenet and Van Alphen finish on equal points overall
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France's Amandine Fouquenet (Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw) took victory in Middelkerke to win the final round of the Telenet Superprestige series, narrowly missing out on the overall as Aniek van Alphen (Seven Racing) held on to take the title.
Despite a strong fightback, Fouquenet held off a chase from Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Fenix-Premier Tech) to take the win, her fourth of what has been a breakthrough season.
Marie Schreiber (SD Worx-Protime) took third.
The real intrigue of the day, though, was the battle for the overall Superprestige title, which came down to a tiny margin in the eighth and final round of the series.
With Van Alphen finishing in eighth, she and Fouquenet finished on the exact same points tally, with the Dutchwoman just taking the victory on series countback, having better placings overall despite Fouquenet taking more individual wins.
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Matilda is an NCTJ-qualified journalist based in the UK who joined Cyclingnews in March 2025. Prior to that, she worked as the Racing News Editor at GCN, and extensively as a freelancer contributing to Cyclingnews, Cycling Weekly, Velo, Rouleur, Escape Collective, Red Bull and more. She has reported from many of the biggest events on the calendar, including the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France Femmes, Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. She has particular experience and expertise in women's cycling, and women's sport in general. She is a graduate of modern languages and sports journalism.
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