Brand selected to ride CX European Championships - van der Haar, van Empel and Vos lead Elite races

The European Championships in Namur will take place over the coming weekend and the main teams have decided already which riders will be represented in the respective races. The Netherlands have revealed their lineups, with the presence of Lucinda Brand a positive sign of her recovery.

The women's field, the Netherland's strength, will be flooded by talent. Fem van Empel, Marianne Vos, Denise Betsema, Annemarie Worst, Inge van der Heijden and Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado will all be candidates for the win, whilst the list also includes Lucinda Brand who is making an effort to recover in time for Namur, after suffering a hand fracture in a recon ride of the Tabor World Cup race.

Puck Pieterse and Shrin van Anrooij, second and third respectively in Maasmechelen, will lead the under-23 women's lineup. Lars van der Haar will try to revalidate his European Champion title in the men's Elite field whilst Pim Ronhaar will lead the country's ambitions in the men's under-23 race.

Men's Elite:

1. Lars van der Haar

2. Corné van Kessel

3. Ryan Kamp

4. Mees Hendrikx

5. Joris Nieuwenhuis

Women's Elite:

1. Lucinda Brand

2. Denise Betsema

3. Fem van Empel

4. Annemarie Worst

5. Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado

6. Inge van der Heijden

7. Marianne Vos

8. Aniek van Alphen

Men's Under-23:

1. Pim Ronhaar

2. Luke Verburg

3. Danny van Lierop

4. Tibor del Grosso

5. Bailey Groenendaal

6. David Haverdings

Women's Under-23:

1. Puck Pieterse

2. Shirin van Anrooij

3. Leonie Bentveld

4. Femke Gort

5. Iris Offerein

Men's Junior:

1. Guus van den Eijnden

2. Senna Remijn

3. Jelte Jochems

4. Mika Vijfvinkel

5. Floris Haverdings

6. Keije Solen

Women's Junior:

1. Lauren Molengraaf

2. Puck Langenbarg

3. Roxanne Takken

4. Bloeme Kalis

5. Sara Sonnemans