Lucinda Brand continued her stunning run of form on Sunday, taking an eighth consecutive race win at the sixth round of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup at Koksijde on Sunday.
The Baloise-Glowi Lions rider hit the front of the race on the opening lap, before grinding the fight out of her competitors, and riding alone from the second of the five sandy laps on the Belgian coast.
How it unfolded
After Saturday’s race in Antwerp, the first double World Cup weekend of the cyclocross season continued with the Duinencross in the sand of Koksijde on the Belgian coast. After Saturday’s fifth round, the course had undergone some changes from recent editions, the race returning to Koksijde’s more traditional circuit with more sand sections to tackle.
Aniek van Alphen (Seven Racing) was best off the line, hitting the mud before anyone else, however, the rider of the moment and Saturday’s winner, Lucinda Brand (Baloise-Glowi Lions) was also fast away, and the two were soon clear as first of five laps of the 3.65km course progressed.
Brand seemed able to ride in places where others were forced off the bike, each time eking out a tiny advantage at the front, though Van Alphen battled gamely to hold her compatriot’s wheel. The pair…
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