Lucinda Brand powered to her sixth win of the 2024-25 cyclocross season on the Superprestige Gullegem after completely pacing her approach to the entrance on the ultimate lap and leaving Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Fenix-Deceuninck) behind to win solo.
Alvarado led for lots of the first 4 laps in a trio alongside Zoe Bäckstedt (Canyon-SRAM) and Leonie Bentveld (Pauwels Sauzen-Cibel Clementines), till Brand fought from 10 seconds down and hit the entrance because the bell rang for the ultimate lap.
The Dutch champion shortly made Bentveld and Bäckstedt wrestle as she upped the tempo, with Alvarado momentarily capable of maintain on. However, her resolve was finally damaged by Brand’s diesel engine and he or she dropped again to struggle out second place with Bäckstedt.
Alvarado was handed by the Brit on one of many operating sections of the course earlier than launching her dash higher initially. But Bäckstedt responded within the run for the road and narrowly pipped the Dutch rider with a motorbike throw on the line.
After Alvarado began the day main the ladies’s elite Superprestige collection by one level over Brand, the scenario was flipped on the finish of the day attributable to Bäckstedt coming second, with Brand leaping to first only one level forward of her compatriot.
The collection will probably be determined on the closing spherical on February 8 on the Superprestige Middelkerke.
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