Vos beats Brand to win Dutch cyclo-cross national title
Jumbo-Visma rider distances world champion and Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado
Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) beat Lucinda Brand (Baloise Trek Lions) to win the highly contested elite women’s Dutch Cyclo-cross National Championships.
Vos used her improving form to distance Brand mid-way through the 50-minute race and then skillfully opened a 20-second gap on the fast Rucphen circuit recently used for a round of the World Cup.
Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Alpecin-Fenix) managed to shake off Denise Betsema (Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal) but was unable to catch Brand and so completed the podium.
Fem van Empel was the best under-23 rider but no official title was awarded.
Thirty-four-year-old Vos took her seventh national title and so will race in the red, white and blue national champion’s jersey for the next 12 months.
Vos and Brand quickly distanced their rivals on the opening lap and reached the spectacular 'carousel' maze section together. However their rivals closed the gap and then swapped positions, with the slightest error shuffling the riders on the fast course.
Vos attacked on the second lap and lined out her rivals. Brand, who has won recent national titles, initially stayed in contact but then slowly lost ground as she struggled to match Vos’ electric pace.
She continued to open her lead in the second half of the race, producing a near perfect ride. She had not raced since the Hulst World Cup race on January 2 but appears on track to peak for the World Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas at the end of January.
Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Marianne Vos | 0:51:15 |
2 | Lucinda Brand | 0:00:19 |
3 | Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado | 0:00:32 |
4 | Fem van Empel | 0:00:51 |
5 | Shirin van Anrooij | 0:00:53 |
6 | Denise Betsema | 0:01:04 |
7 | Yara Kastelijn | 0:01:15 |
8 | Annemarie Worst | 0:01:18 |
9 | Puck Pieterse | 0:01:35 |
10 | Manon Bakker | 0:02:28 |
11 | Aniek van Alphen | 0:02:34 |
12 | Isa Nomden | 0:06:24 |
13 | Maud Kaptheijns | 0:06:37 |
14 | Susanne Meistrok | 0:07:37 |
15 | Lotte Koopmans | 0:07:54 |
16 | Iris Offerein | 0:07:58 |
17 | Rosa van Doorn | 0:08:03 |
18 | Elodie Kuijper | |
19 | Larissa Hartog | |
20 | Veerle Goossens | |
21 | Marlies Vos | |
22 | Esther van der Burg | |
23 | Anne van Rooijen | |
24 | Femke Gerritse | |
25 | Wendy Oosterwoud | |
26 | Anke Brok | |
27 | Elleke Claessen | |
28 | Femke Gort | |
29 | Danique van Espelo | |
30 | Lisa van Helvoirt | |
31 | Sera Gademan | |
32 | Laura van der Zwaan | |
33 | Puck Pinxt | |
34 | Anniek Mos | |
35 | Isa Pieterse | |
36 | Lieke van Weereld | |
37 | Indy van Os | |
38 | Lisa Dorussen | |
39 | Lisanne Immerzeel | |
40 | Anouk Reen | |
41 | Lieske Coumans | |
42 | Tessa Sandberg | |
43 | Anoek Kuijpers | |
44 | Eva van den Born | |
45 | Lora Bonthuis | |
46 | Miranda Bik | |
47 | Lisette Schoon | |
48 | Inge Neijenhuis | |
49 | Bianca van den Belt | |
DNF | Inge van der Heijden | |
DNS | Didi De Vries | |
DNF | Famke van Waterschoot |
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