Dutch cyclocross star and current World Champ Lucinda Brand will keep the UEC Continental Cyclocross Championship jersey hidden at least until Fayetteville Worlds.
After a chaotic first lap of racing, with Kata Blanka Vas leading, Brand skipped a bike change and left everyone wishing they did the same.
The current rainbow jersey wearer had a blistering second lap to permanently gap her competitors.
The gap grew by more than ten seconds per lap for the next four laps, and soon it was a race for second.
Hungary’s Vas and the Netherland’s Yara Kastelijn were locked in a battle for second, while defending UEC champ Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado joined the two and made it a three-woman race for the final two podium steps.
Alvarado faded late, while Vas surged on the last lap to take silver with Kastelijn making it two Dutch on the podium.
Full results below. See the results from the Junior Women’s race and thrilling U23 Men’s race here.
2021 UEC European Cyclocross Championships Results: Elite Women
Pos | Nr | Name / UCI MTB Team | NAT | Time | Gap |
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1 | 2 | BRAND Lucinda | NED | 48:22 | - |
2 | 24 | VAS Kata Blanka | HUN | 49:18 | +0:56 |
3 | 4 | KASTELIJN Yara | NED | 49:24 | +1:02 |
4 | 1 | ALVARADO Ceylin Del Carmen | NED | 49:51 | +1:29 |
5 | 5 | BETSEMA Denise | NED | 50:23 | +2:01 |
6 | 10 | CLAUZEL Hélène | FRA | 50:43 | +2:21 |
7 | 3 | WORST Annemarie | NED | 50:56 | +2:34 |
8 | 12 | ARZUFFI Alice Maria | ITA | 51:12 | +2:50 |
9 | 13 | PERSICO Silvia | ITA | 51:20 | +2:58 |
10 | 15 | CANT Sanne | BEL | 51:26 | +3:04 |
11 | 8 | VAN DER HEIJDEN Inge | NED | 51:42 | +3:20 |
12 | 6 | VAN ALPHEN Aniek | NED | 51:53 | +3:31 |
13 | 11 | LECHNER Eva | ITA | 52:05 | +3:43 |
14 | 16 | FRANCK Alicia | BEL | 52:44 | +4:22 |
15 | 17 | VERHOEVEN Suzanne | BEL | 53:04 | +4:42 |
16 | 19 | BARHOUMI Zina | SUI | 53:57 | +5:35 |
17 | 7 | BAKKER Manon | NED | 54:17 | +5:55 |
18 | 21 | BRANDAU Elisabeth | GER | 54:40 | +6:18 |
19 | 20 | KRÄHEMANN Lara | SUI | 54:54 | +6:32 |
20 | 9 | CLAUZEL Perrine | FRA | -1 LAP | |
21 | 18 | TRUYEN Marthe | BEL | -1 LAP | |
22 | 14 | CASASOLA Sara | ITA | -1 LAP | |
23 | 22 | HEIGL Nadja | AUT | -2 LAP | |
24 | 25 | BOROWIECKA Barbara | POL | -3 LAP | |
25 | 26 | BIALEK Antonina | POL | -3 LAP | |
26 | 23 | SALMELA Kajsa | FIN | -3 LAP |