Eva Lechner (Team Colnago-SudTirol) took command of the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup standings on Sunday afternoon, emerging victorious at Valkenburg In absence of former leader Katerina Nash (Luna Pro Team).
Lechner rode away from her last rival Nikki Harris (Young Telenet-Fidea) on the penultimate lap and completed a two-lap long solo ride on the famous Cauberg, clinching a fist as she crossed the line. Harris crashed hard on the final lap and the British rider missed out on a World Cup podium finish. Instead it was a delighted 23-year-old Kaitlin Antonneau (Cannondale p/b Cyclocrossworld.com) who worked her way to second place ahead of in-form Pavla Havlikova (MRM-Avalon Pro Cycling).
“It was really hard for me, I was suffering a lot with the jetlag after coming from the Olympic test event in Rio," Lechner said after her win – her second World Cup victory after last season's success in Hoogerheide.
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"I’m so happy that I still managed to win. I was fighting a lot. It was a bonus to have MTB experience as it was technical. There was a lot of mud.”
Lechner now leads the World Cup after two rounds on 110 points, with Sanne Cant (Enertherm-BKCP) second on 85 and Antonneau third on 65.
A disappointed Harris eventually crossed the finish line in Valkenburg in sixth place. For three out of five laps she had been able to fight up against Lechner but an off-camber descent put her in trouble twice in the final two laps.
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