"My start was super good" - Lucinda Brand an impressive second in return to action following injury
Cyclocross
In her first Cyclocross race of the campaign, Lucinda Brand showed little signs of rustiness. The 34-year-old Dutchwoman returned to action by taking a very respectable second-placed finish on Sunday afternoon in Dendermonde.
“I'd have signed up for this right before the start,” the Baloise Trek Lions star said afterwards in her post-race interview. “Although I only thought about second place halfway through the race. My start was super good, but I found myself quite disappointed.”
Cyclocross World Champion back in 2021, Brand has had a long fight back from injury but immediately flew out the blocks on her UCI World Cup return. “It was difficult to get into my rhythm," she assesses. "At first I thought for a moment: oh, I might be slowly dying. However, I was able to maintain a good pace afterwards. After my start, I took it easy for the difficult sections.”
“It was really a super tough match. I didn't know beforehand exactly where I would be. So my start was good, but actually a bit too good,” Brand concludes, after finish nearly a minute behind Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado. “I then caught my breath for a moment, but that is also part of the first race back. However, I managed to keep it going.”
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🥇 Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado earns her third win of the season in Dendermonde! Lucinda Brand takes second while British champion Zoe Backstedt completes the podium in third 🥈🥉 #CXWorldCup | @UCI_CX
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