Lauren Molengraaf wins junior women's cyclocross title at European Championships
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Lauren Molengraaf wins junior women's cyclocross title at European Championships
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Cat Ferguson of The United Kingdom competes during the 20th UEC European Cyclocross Championships 2022
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Lauren Molengraaf of The Netherlands competes during the 20th UEC European Cyclocross Championships 2022
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Xaydee Van Sinaey of Belgium competes during the 20th UEC European Cyclocross Championships 2022
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Valentina Corvi of Italy and Cat Ferguson of The United Kingdom compete in the breakaway during the 20th UEC European Cyclocross Championships 2022
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Valentina Corvi of Italy and Lauren Molengraaf of The Netherlands compete during the 20th UEC European Cyclocross Championships 2022
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Lauren Molengraaf (Netherlands) secured a solo victory in the junior women's race at the Cyclo-cross European Championships in Namur. She finished with a slim three seconds in hand to take the title from silver medallist Valentina Corvi (Italy) and Xaydee Van Sinaey (Belgium).
Molengraaf has had a strong season winning the under-19 World Cup rounds in Tabor and Maasmechelen in October.
She forced a gap on the penultimate lap, and only Corvi and Van Sinaey could follow the fast pace.
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