Lauren Molengraaf wins junior women's title at Cyclo-cross European Championships

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Dutch Lauren Molengraaf celebrates as she crosses the finish line to win the junior women race at the European Championships cyclocross cycling in Namur on November 5 2022 Belgium OUT Photo by DAVID PINTENS various sources AFP Belgium OUT Photo by DAVID PINTENSBelgaAFP via Getty Images — Lauren Molengraaf wins junior women's cyclocross title at European Championships(Image credit: Getty Images)

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).

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Results
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Lauren Molengraaf (Ned)	0:36:55
2	Valentina Corvi (Ita)	0:00:03
3	Xaydee Van Sinaey (Bel)	0:00:14
4	Cat Ferguson (GBr)	0:00:48
5	Amandine Muller (Fra)	0:01:04
6	Eliška Hanáková (Cze)	0:01:17
7	Célia Gery (Fra)	0:01:31
8	Viktória Chladoňová (Svk)	0:01:39
9	Julie Lillelund (Den)	0:01:47
10	Shanyl De Schoesitter (Bel)	0:01:52
11	Arianna Bianchi (Ita)	0:02:00
12	Vanda Dlasková (Cze)	0:02:21
13	Jana Glaus (Swi)	0:02:29
14	Muriel Furrer (Swi)	0:02:42
15	Elizabeth Mckinnon (GBr)	0:02:56
16	Karla Nováková (Cze)	0:02:57
17	Imogen Wolff (GBr)	0:03:02
18	Anaïs Moulin (Fra)	0:03:12
19	Messane Bräutigam (Ger)	0:03:16
20	Alice Colling (GBr)	0:03:19
21	Alicja Matula (Pol)	0:03:36
22	Lore De Schepper (Bel)	0:03:43
23	Jule Märkl (Ger)	0:03:51
24	Lore Sas (Bel)	0:04:00
25	Wendy Bunea (Rom)
26	Puck Langenbarg (Ned)	0:04:15
27	Libby Bell (GBr)	0:04:22
28	Sofia Ungerová (Svk)	0:04:38
29	Kateřina Douděrová (Cze)	0:04:41
30	Finley Aspholm (Fin)	0:05:16
31	Alexandra Valade (Fra)	0:05:27
32	Dorota Vojtíšková (Svk)	0:05:32
33	Sara Sonnemans (Ned)	0:05:38
34	Olympia Norrid-Mortensen (Den)	0:05:40
35	Nora Fischer (Aut)	0:05:44
36	Maria Filgueiras Barcenilla (Spa)	0:05:57
37	Bloeme Kalis (Ned)	0:06:30
38	Maja Jozkowicz (Pol)	0:07:30
39	Aroa Otero Taboas (Spa)	0:07:45
40	Nahia Arana Quintanilla (Spa)	0:08:28
41	Roxanne Takken (Ned)	0:09:04
42	Nelia Kabetaj (Alb)
43	Uxia Soto Alvarez (Spa)
44	Kaija Budde (Ger)
DNF	Jana Van Der Veken (Bel)
DNS	Fleur Moors (Bel)

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