Lucinda Brand's injury delayed cyclocross season starts at Dendermonde World Cup

Dutch Lucinda Brand competes during the womens elite race of the Krawatencross cyclocross the seventh stage out of 8 in the Trofee Veldrijden competition in Lille Belgium on February 12 2023 Belgium OUT Photo by JASPER JACOBS Belga AFP Belgium OUT Photo by JASPER JACOBSBelgaAFP via Getty Images
Lucinda Brand (Baloise Trek Lions) competes during the 2022/23 season (Image credit: Getty Images)

Lucinda Brand is starting up her cyclocross season at the third race of the UCI World Cup series in Dendermonde on Sunday, having been sidelined through the early races after a crash on the road at the Simac Ladies Tour left her with a shoulder injury that required surgery and a considerable recovery period.

It's the second year running that the Baloise Trek Lions rider, who rides with Lidl-Trek on the road, has had a disrupted start to the cyclocross season as last year Brand suffered a break in one of the bones in her hand in October, which meant she missed out on defending her European title. 

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