Start List: Elite Women’s 2018 World Championships in Valkenburg-Limburg

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Defending World Champion Sanne Cant (Belgium) heads up the start list for the Elite Women’s race at this weekends 2018 Cyclocross World Championships in Valkenburg-Limburg in the Netherlands. With competitive racing in the field all season, the Elite Women’s tilt is expected to be perhaps the most interesting race of the entire weekend. Any number of riders, in addition to Cant, have a real shot at winning the race.

Sanne Cant is looking to defend her rainbow stripes in Valkenburg. 2018 Telenet UCI World Cup Nommay. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

The six-rider U.S. team includes Katie Compton, Kaitie Keough, Ellen Noble, Elle Anderson, Courtenay McFadden and Rebecca Fahringer. The three Canadian riders are Christel Ferrier-Bruneau, Maghalie Rochette and Mical Dyck, the lone Australian in Stacey Riedel and Chicago resident Maria Larkin will be racing for Ireland.

Elle Anderson will be joining the U.S.-based riders on the Worlds team. 2018 Telenet UCI World Cup Nommay. © B. Hazen / Cyclocross Magazine

Unfortunately, mountain bike World Champion Jolanda Neff (Switzerland) will not be racing after suffering multiple fractures when she crashed at Sunday’s Hoogerheide World Cup.

The full start list is below.

The Women’s race begins at 9 a.m. Eastern on Saturday. Stay tuned for more on watching this weekend’s racing.

For more from Valkenburg-Limburg, see our dedicated 2018 World Championships page.

Elite Women's Start List: 2018 World Championships