The first round of the
Superprestige Cup is taking this place in Ruddervoorde and in the women's race we have had a very tight and exciting battle.
Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado has taken a convincing win in dry conditions and has begun to build on her title defense.
It was a race between four riders: Brand, Alvarado, van Empel and Sara Casasola. The first few laps saw a very strong pace and the race was split with Brand attaccking hard. However it would then slow down because the fast race didn't allow to make differences. Behind a few riders came close, but in the final two laps the pace increased dramatically again.
In the final lap ultimately, Alvarado managed to carve a gap to her rivals and took a strong win in what was the first cup race of the winter.
Lucinda Brand beat
Fem van Empel in the final sprint to finish third.
I thought the women race for 50 min yet they finished in 43 min and the lap times were 7 min / lap so why do they alway get short changed in these races? Race 50 ! I bet they could race 60 if the sponsors let them.