Katerina Nash (Clif Pro Team) returned to the Jingle Cross World Cup ready to avenge the mechanical that knocked her off the podium in 2016. Nash came out swinging and dropped her rivals two laps into the race on the famed Mount Krumpit climb, building an insurmountable lead to win the first UCI Cyclo-Cross World Cup of the season.
Though happy with her win and current fitness Nash was already thinking of mechanics she wanted to tweak.
"There is a little bit of work to do on remounts and dismounts," Nash said. "It is my first cross race of the season, but I will keep working on a few little details."
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Jingle Cross, which started out as a November race with a Christmas-Grinch theme, is renown for the various routes it takes up Mount Krumpit, a long and steep ascent up a grassy hill, which frequently cracks the race open. The descent down Mount Krumpit is equally challenging as dry or muddy conditions require both skill and concentration to navigate the fast, steep dive to the base of the hill.
A rainstorm Saturday night briefly alleviated hot temperatures and the dry bumpy course but by the time the women's race started on Sunday temperatures had once again climbed into the tropical zone.
Sophie De Boer (ParkHotel Valkenburg - Destil Cycling Team) drew first blood taking the holeshot before ceding the lead to Eva Lechner (Clif Pro Team.)
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