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X2O Trofee Kortrijk: Van Empel recovers from early crash to maintain unbeaten record

X2O Trofee Kortrijk: Van Empel recovers from early crash to maintain unbeaten record


Fem van Empel (Jumbo-Visma) maintained her 100% win record in the 2023-24 cyclocross season at round 2 of the X2O Trofee series in Kortrijk, recovering from a rare early crash and powering away from Lucinda Brand (Baloise Trek Lions) to take another solo victory.

The World Champion hit the deck on the second lap as she lost control behind Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) and catapulted towards the barriers, but Van Empel wasn’t phased and worked instead to regain the time lost to Pieterse on Brand, utilising her power on the long straights to cut the deficit.

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