Lauren Molengraaf wins junior women's title at Cyclo-cross European Championships
Valentina Corvi takes silver, Xaydee van Sinaey bronze medal
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.
On the last lap, Van Sinaey fell off the pace, leaving Molengraaf and Corvi to a two-up battle for the title.
Molengraaf proved strongest, distancing the Italian in the closing metres of other race to take the win.
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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