Brand out-sprints Cant to win Azencross

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Betsema third in sprint to the line

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Lucinda Brand wins 2018 Azencross part of the DVV trophy series(Image credit: Getty Images)

Lucinda Brand (Sunweb) powered her way to another cyclo-cross victory this season, this time winning a four-up sprint ahead of world champion Sanne Cant and Denise Betsema at the DVV trophy series' Azencross in Leonhout on Friday. Laura Verdonschot finished fourth.

Brand is the Dutch national champion and she has had a strong season after claiming two World Cup rounds in Namur and Tabor, while also securing a win at Vlaamse Druivencross.

In Leonhout, she had a slower start but eventually caught up to a lead group that eventually included Cant, Betsema and Verdonschot, along with Katie Compton, Ellen Van Loy, Loel Sels, Nikki Brammeier and Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado.

Brand kept the speeds high enough to cause some separations in the group, but could not completely rid Cant, Betsema and Verdonschot. The four riders raced to the finish line in a sprint with Brand claiming the victory.

"During the last laps I kept the pace high and it was important not to start too early for the sprint: 20 years after Van den Brand ... I can also win here, it's nice, I also started here for the first time in an international cyclo-cross [race], now I'm on that honors list," said Brand, referring to Dutch rider Daphny Van den Brand, who won the race in 1998.

Full Results

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Lucinda Brand (Ned)0:40:02
2Sanne Cant (Bel) Corendon - Circus0:00:01
3Denise Betsema (Ned) Marlux - BingoalRow 2 - Cell 2
4Laura Verdonschot (Bel) Marlux - BingoalRow 3 - Cell 2
5Loes Sels (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Vastgoedservice0:00:12
6Nikki Brammeier (GBr)0:00:22
7Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Ned) Corendon - Circus0:00:38
8Maud Kaptheijns (Ned) Crelan - Charles0:00:45
9Ellen Van Loy (Bel) Telenet Fidea Lions0:00:47
10Katherine Compton (USA)0:01:16
11Jolanda Neff (Swi) Trek Factory Racing Cx0:01:22
12Helen Wyman (GBr)Row 11 - Cell 2
13Lucia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Nesta Cx TeamRow 12 - Cell 2
14Marion Norbert Riberolle (Fra)0:01:43
15Rebecca Fahringer (USA)0:01:58
16Lizzy Witlox (Ned)0:02:03
17Sunny Gilbert (USA)0:02:12
18Courtenay Mcfadden (USA)Row 17 - Cell 2
19Monique Van De Ree (Ned)0:02:24
20Maghalie Rochette (Can)0:02:25
21Ruby West (Can)0:02:31
22Juliette Labous (Fra)0:02:33
23Bethany Crumpton (GBr)0:02:43
24Anne Terpstra (Ned)0:02:44
25Jinse Peeters (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Vastgoedservice0:02:59
26Geerte Hoeke (Ned) Creafin Tüv Sud0:03:03
27Mari-Liis Mõttus (Est)0:03:06
28Jennifer Jackson (Can)0:03:14
29Luisa Ibarrola Albizua (Spa) Delikia - Ginestar0:03:22
30Veerle Goossens (Ned)Row 29 - Cell 2
31Kaat Hannes (Bel)Row 30 - Cell 2
32Karla Štěpánová (Cze)0:03:25
33Meg De Bruyne (Bel)0:03:52
34Ida Erngren (Swe)0:03:57
35Sophie Thackray (GBr)0:03:58
36Sandra Trevilla Samperio (Spa)0:03:59
37Paula Diaz Lopez (Spa)0:04:13
38Tinne Vermeiren (Bel)0:04:37
39Irene Gerritsen (Ned)0:04:42
40Jennifer Malik (USA)0:04:46
41Dana Gilligan (Can)0:04:50
42Caren Commissaris (Bel)0:05:06
43Barbara Borowiecka (Pol)Row 42 - Cell 2
44Emily Werner (USA)0:05:11
45Kristien Nelen (Bel)0:05:12
46Irene Trabazo Bragado (Spa)0:05:18
47Rebecca Gross (USA)0:05:30
48Tine Rombouts (Bel)0:05:34
49Louise Heywood-Mahe (GBr)0:05:36
50Sara Cueto Vega (Spa)0:05:45
51Corey Coogan Cisek (USA)0:06:13
52Sidney Mcgill (Can)0:06:19
53Marie Lynn (GBr)0:06:50
54Julia Nikolopoulos (Ger)0:07:24
55Helen Pattinson (GBr)0:08:09
56Lisette Schoon (Ned)0:08:10
57Sandra Damjanovic (Aut)0:08:14
58Madeleine Gammons (GBr)0:10:05
59Charlotte Heywood-Mahe (GBr)Row 58 - Cell 2
DNFIda Jansson (Swe)Row 59 - Cell 2
DNSJana Czeczinkarová (Cze)Row 60 - Cell 2

 

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