Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado wins elite women's Hotondcross

Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Image credit: Getty Images)

Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Corendon-Circus) claimed the victory at the DVV Verzekeringen trofee Hotondcross in Ronse on Saturday. The Dutch rider soloed to victory by 21 seconds ahead of her compatriots Annemarie Worst and Yara Kastelijn (777 teammates).

Alvarado opened a gap early on in the women's 45-minute race, as riders around her crashed, bobbled or suffered untimely mechanicals. Italy's Eva Lechner was the first to go down, and in the chaos, Alvarado found an opportunity to take the race lead and open a gap on her rivals.

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Results
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Ned) Corendon - Circus	0:45:20
2	Annemarie Worst (Ned) 777	0:00:21
3	Yara Kastelijn (Ned) 777	0:01:12
4	Evie Richards (GBr) Trek Factory Racing Cx	0:01:45
5	Sanne Cant (Bel) Iko-Crelan	0:02:22
6	Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ita) 777	0:02:35
7	Kim Van De Steene (Bel) Tarteletto - Isorex	0:02:37
8	Ellen Van Loy (Bel) Telenet Baloise Lions	0:02:50
9	Eva Lechner (Ita) Creafin – Fristads	0:03:17
10	Marion Norbert Riberolle (Fra) Experza Pro Cx	0:03:31
11	Laura Verdonschot (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal	0:04:32
12	Kata Blanka Vas (Hun)	0:05:03
13	Geerte Hoeke (Ned)	0:05:36
14	Karen Verhestraeten (Bel) Iko – Crelan	0:06:02
15	Aniek Van Alphen (Ned)	0:06:07
16	Kim Van De Putte (Bel)	0:08:38
17	Jana Dobbelaere (Bel)	0:09:28
18	Susanne Meistrok (Ned)	0:10:11
19	Corey Coogan Cisek (USA)	0:10:28
20	Famke Van Waterschoot (Ned)
21	Jolien Verschueren (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen – Bingoal
22	Kätlin Kukk (Est)
23	Ishbel Strathdee (GBr)
24	Michelle Geoghegan (Irl)
25	Guzel Akhmadullina (Rus)
26	Siobhan Kelly (Can)
27	Nele De Vos (Bel)
DNF	Loes Sels (Bel) Iko – Crelan

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