Compton overcomes crashes to win World Cup in Plzen
Wyman, Harris top all-anglophone podium
Katie Compton (Trek Cyclocross Collective) took the lead in the women’s World Cup after an exciting but muddy second round of the series. After being beaten in the sprint by Sanne van Paassen last week, the US-champion hit back in the mud of Plzen, Czech Republic.
During the first half of the race it didn’t seem like Compton would be in contention for even a podium result in the beer town. She suffered on the slippery course and with the cold weather conditions. During the first lap she was distanced by a lead group that featured Van Paassen and British riders Helen Wyman (Kona) and Nikki Harris (Young Telenet-Fidea). Compton rode in a chase group with Sanne Cant (Veldritacademie Enertherm-BKCP), Hanka Kupfernagel (Rusvelo), Jasmin Achermann (Rapha-Focus) and fast starter Lucie Chainel-Lefevre (BH-SR Suntour – Peisy Vallandry).
During the second lap, the three leaders were caught back by all chasers, except for Chainel-Lefevre. Compton slowly starting moving up in the group and by the end of her super fast third lap, she rode into the lead with Wyman. Behind her, Van Paassen and Harris had blown up in an effort to keep up. Kupfernagel even overtook Van Paassen, putting her back to fifth place.
Soon it was clear that Wyman wouldn’t be able to keep up with Compton and though another wobble caused a late scare, Compton secured victory in Plzen. A hard-fighting Wyman claimed her best World Cup result in recent years, with second place at 15 seconds behind Compton. The sprint for third place was won by Harris, ahead of Van Paassen and Kupfernagel, half a minute from the winner.
Thanks to her win and the fourth place behind Van Paassen last week, Compton moves into the World Cup lead with 110 points, 10 more than Van Paassen. Wyman is third with 95 points.
Full results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Katie Compton (USA) Trek Cyclocross Collective | 0:41:18 |
2 | Helen Wyman (GBr) Kona Factory Team | 0:00:15 |
3 | Nikki Harris (GBr) Young Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team | 0:00:29 |
4 | Sanne van Paassen (Ned) Rabobank Women Team | 0:00:30 |
5 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) RusVelo | 0:00:32 |
6 | Jasmin Achermann (Swi) Rapha-Focus | 0:01:00 |
7 | Sanne Cant (Bel) Veldritacademie Enertherm - BKCP | 0:01:27 |
8 | Lucie Chainel-Lefevre (Fra) BH - SR Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | 0:01:49 |
9 | Gabriella Day (GBr) Rapha-Focus | 0:01:59 |
10 | Pavla Havlikova (Cze) Young Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team | 0:02:20 |
11 | Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) Hitec Products - Mistral Home Cycling Team | 0:02:22 |
12 | Sophie de Boer (Ned) Young Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team | 0:03:05 |
13 | Marlène Morel Petitgirard (Fra) VCCMM | 0:03:21 |
14 | Sabrina Schweizer (Ger) Rapha-Focus | 0:03:28 |
15 | Vania Rossi (Ita) | 0:03:33 |
16 | Arenda Grimberg (Ned) WV Het Stadion | 0:03:45 |
17 | Julie Krasniak (Fra) Rapha-Focus | 0:03:48 |
18 | Kaitlin Antonneau (USA) Cannondale p/b Cyclocrossworld | 0:03:50 |
19 | Joyce Vanderbeken (Bel) Wielerteam Decock Sportivo Moorsele | 0:04:00 |
20 | Annefleur Kalvenhaar (Ned) Giant Dealerteams | 0:04:13 |
21 | Amy Dombroski (USA) Young Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team | 0:04:58 |
22 | Caroline Mani (Fra) Raleigh-Clement | 0:05:17 |
23 | Maureen Bruno Roy (USA) Bob's Red Mill p/b Seven Cycles | 0:05:26 |
24 | Alice Arzuffi (Ita) Selle Italia-Guerciotti-Elite | 0:05:53 |
25 | Ellen Van Loy (Bel) Melbotech Prorace CT | 0:06:28 |
26 | Francesca Cauz (Ita) Fassa Bortolo - Servetto | 0:06:48 |
27 | Margriet Kloppenburg (Den) BMC Concept Store | 0:06:52 |
28 | Christine Vardaros (USA) Baboco | 0:07:15 |
29 | Martina Mikulaskova (Cze) | 0:07:27 |
30 | Nancy Bober (Bel) Style & Concept | 0:07:44 |
31 | Tereza Medvedova (Svk) | 0:07:50 |
32 (-1 lap) | Karla Stepanova (Cze) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Nadja Heigl (Aut) | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Katie Compton (USA) Trek Cyclocross Collective | 110 | pts |
2 | Sanne van Paassen (Ned) Rabobank Women Team | 100 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Helen Wyman (GBr) Kona Factory Team | 95 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Nikki Harris (GBr) Young Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team | 80 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Sanne Cant (Bel) Veldritacademie Enertherm - BKCP | 68 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Jasmin Achermann (Swi) Rapha-Focus | 58 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) Hitec Products - Mistral Home Cycling Team | 50 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Pavla Havlikova (Cze) Young Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team | 48 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Gabriella Day (GBr) Rapha-Focus | 46 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Lucie Chainel-Lefevre (Fra) BH - SR Suntour - Peisey Vallandry | 42 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Kaitlin Antonneau (USA) Cannondale p/b Cyclocrossworld | 37 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) RusVelo | 35 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Julie Krasniak (Fra) Rapha-Focus | 34 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Vania Rossi (Ita) | 34 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Sophie de Boer (Ned) Young Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team | 33 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Arenda Grimberg (Ned) WV Het Stadion | 32 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Marlène Morel Petitgirard (Fra) VCCMM | 29 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | Sabrina Schweizer (Ger) Rapha-Focus | 27 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Ellen Van Loy (Bel) Melbotech Prorace CT | 25 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Amy Dombroski (USA) Young Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team | 22 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Alice Arzuffi (Ita) Selle Italia-Guerciotti-Elite | 20 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Annefleur Kalvenhaar (Ned) Giant Dealerteams | 18 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Martina Mikulaskova (Cze) | 17 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Joyce Vanderbeken (Bel) Wielerteam Decock Sportivo Moorsele | 17 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Maureen Bruno Roy (USA) Bob's Red Mill p/b Seven Cycles | 17 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Francesca Cauz (Ita) Fassa Bortolo - Servetto | 13 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Margriet Kloppenburg (Den) BMC Concept Store | 10 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Caroline Mani (Fra) Raleigh-Clement | 9 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Karla Stepanova (Cze) | 4 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Christine Vardaros (USA) Baboco | 4 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Tereza Medvedova (Svk) | 3 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Nadja Heigl (Aut) | 2 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Nancy Bober (Bel) Style & Concept | 1 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |

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