Reigning cyclocross world champion Fem van Empel had a weekend marred with crashes and incidents as she finished fourth in Hoogerheide and sixth the previous day at Maasmechelen. The Visma-Lease a Bike rider called Sunday’s effort an ‘off day’.
The 22-year-old was in the podium fight at Hoogerheide before sliding out on a slippery corner and riding 53 seconds after Lucinda Brand (Baloise Glowi Lions) took victory, leaving Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) and Blanka Vas (SD Worx-Protime) to take the other spots on the podium.
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