‘Mixed feelings’ for Lucinda Brand at Cyclo-cross Worlds after missing out on rainbow jersey in last lap

Lucinda Brand felt that she had already been beaten by Dutch compatriot Fem Van Empel coming into the final section of the elite women’s race at the Cyclo-cross World Championships.

The 35-year-old saw her rival respond to a penultimate lap attack and come back into her wheel for the final moments. A mistake on the final mud mound slowed Brand and Van Empel sprinted up the tarmac finish to take gold.