After a slow start, Sanne Cant (IKO Beobank) watched as the other favorites took turns hitting the ground, and kept patient and upright to ride away from her fallen competitors.
Kaitie Keough (Cannondale p/b Cyclocross World) took the holeshot early. Typical holeshot queen Ellen van Loy (Telenet Fidea), perhaps feeling out of place in the chase, took her customary turn at the front after the “Little Zolder” woods, and stretched her gap into an impressive margin, only to see it evaporate in the hot conditions after falling on a downhill camber. Keough would return to the front, but would take her turn on the ground shortly after.
One by one, bikes and riders tumbled. Helen Wyman (Kona) and World Cup Leader Katerina Nash (Clif Bar Pro Team) stumbled in the pits doing bike exchanges, while Nash, Keough and Katie Compton (Trek – Panache) took spills on downhills and in the woods.
Cant looked to be completely recovered after a dramatic, over-the-bars crash in the UCI C2 Trek CX Cup race on Friday.
The race for second was an exciting one, with Wisconsin local Keough escaping from a big group of Sophie de Boer (Bree Park), bunnyhopping Ellen Noble (Aspire) and Van Loy and Caroline Mani (Van Dessel).
Compton, who was stung by a bee yesterday, suffered with allergy problems in the heat.
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After a tough crash on Friday, Sanne Cant is all smiles after her World Cup Waterloo win on Sunday.
2017 World Cup Waterloo Elite Women’s Brief (Unofficial Results):
- Sanne Cant
- Kaitie Keough
- Ellen Noble
- Sophie de Boer
- Caroline Mani
- Katerina Nash
- Ellen van Loy
- Emma White
- Christel Ferrier-Bruneau
- Maud Kaptheijns
2017 World Cup Waterloo Results - Elite Women
| Pos | Nr | Name / UCI MTB Team | NAT | YOB | Time | Gap | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1 | CANT Sanne BEOBANK-CORENDON | BEL | 1990 | 43:13 | - | 80 | ||
| 2. | 7 | KEOUGH Kaitlin Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld | USA | 1992 | 43:23 | +0:10 | 70 | ||
| 3. | 6 | NOBLE Ellen ASPIRE RACING | USA | 1995 | 43:29 | +0:16 | 65 | ||
| 4. | 37 | DE BOER Sophie PARKHOTEL VALKENBURG - DESTIL CYCLING TEAM | NED | 1990 | 43:31 | +0:18 | 60 | ||
| 5. | 24 | MANI Caroline | FRA | 1987 | 43:37 | +0:24 | 55 | ||
| 6. | 41 | NASH Katerina CLIF PRO TEAM | CZE | 1977 | 43:43 | +0:30 | 50 | ||
| 7. | 2 | VAN LOY Ellen TELENET FIDEA LIONS | BEL | 1980 | 43:49 | +0:36 | 48 | ||
| 8. | 8 | * WHITE Emma Cannondale p/b CyclocrossWorld | USA | 1997 | 43:57 | +0:44 | 46 | ||
| 9. | 28 | FERRIER BRUNEAU Christel SAS - MACOGEP | CAN | 1979 | 44:02 | +0:49 | 44 | ||
| 10. | 38 | KAPTHEIJNS Maud CRELAN - CHARLES | NED | 1994 | 44:06 | +0:53 | 42 | ||
| 11. | 11 | ANDERSON Elle | USA | 1988 | 44:09 | +0:56 | 40 | ||
| 12. | 10 | MCFADDEN Courtenay | USA | 1985 | 44:13 | +1:00 | 39 | ||
| 13. | 42 | LECHNER Eva CLIF PRO TEAM | ITA | 1985 | 44:46 | +1:33 | 38 | ||
| 14. | 12 | ANTHONY Crystal | USA | 1980 | 44:57 | +1:44 | 37 | ||
| 15. | 14 | KEMMERER Arley | USA | 1984 | 45:10 | +1:57 | 36 | ||
| 16. | 25 | CHAINEL Lucie TEAM CHAZAL CANYON | FRA | 1983 | 45:16 | +2:03 | 35 | ||
| 17. | 45 | GOMEZ VILLAFANE Sofia | ARG | 1994 | 45:19 | +2:06 | 34 | ||
| 18. | 39 | * NAGENGAST Fleur TELENET FIDEA LIONS | NED | 1998 | 45:21 | +2:08 | 33 | ||
| 19. | 34 | BRAMMEIER Nikki BOELS DOLMANS CYCLINGTEAM | GBR | 1986 | 45:23 | +2:10 | 32 | ||
| 20. | 26 | ROCHETTE Maghalie CLIF PRO TEAM | CAN | 1993 | 45:25 | +2:12 | 31 | ||
| 21. | 4 | FRANCK Alicia MARLUX - NAPOLEON GAMES | BEL | 1994 | 45:27 | +2:14 | 30 | ||
| 22. | 15 | NAUMAN Amanda | USA | 1989 | 45:45 | +2:32 | 29 | ||
| 23. | 40 | LANGVAD Annika SPECIALIZED RACING | DEN | 1984 | 46:04 | +2:51 | 28 | ||
| 24. | 27 | * WEST Ruby | CAN | 1999 | 46:04 | +2:51 | 27 | ||
| 25. | 35 | WYMAN Helen KONA FACTORY TEAM | GBR | 1981 | 46:13 | +3:00 | 26 | ||
| 26. | 9 | FAHRINGER Rebecca | USA | 1989 | 46:26 | +3:13 | 25 | ||
| 27. | 3 | SELS Loes CRELAN - CHARLES | BEL | 1985 | 46:33 | +3:20 | 24 | ||
| 28. | 16 | KACHOREK Emily | USA | 1980 | 46:38 | +3:25 | 23 | ||
| 29. | 13 | GILBERT Sunny | USA | 1979 | 46:46 | +3:33 | 22 | ||
| 30. | 36 | CRUMPTON Bethany | GBR | 1994 | 46:47 | +3:34 | 21 | ||
| 31. | 22 | GROSS Rebecca | USA | 1980 | 47:14 | +4:01 | 20 | ||
| 32. | 19 | MALIK Jennifer | USA | 1991 | 47:16 | +4:03 | 19 | ||
| 33. | 20 | FINCHAMP Hannah CLIF PRO TEAM | USA | 1995 | 47:23 | +4:10 | 18 | ||
| 34. | 29 | ELLIOTT Natasha GARNEAU-EASTON P/B TRANSITIONS LIFECARE | CAN | 1978 | 47:27 | +4:14 | 17 | ||
| 35. | 18 | WRIGHT Julie | USA | 1986 | 47:54 | +4:41 | 16 | ||
| 36. | 17 | MAXIMENKO Cassandra | USA | 1983 | 48:05 | +4:52 | 15 | ||
| 37. | 21 | * SWARTZ Emma | USA | 1997 | 48:21 | +5:08 | 14 | ||
| 38. | 43 | HURST Kim | NZL | 1979 | 49:22 | +6:09 | 13 | ||
| 39. | 30 | * KELLY Siobhan | CAN | 1996 | 50:23 | +7:10 | 12 | ||
| 40. | 33 | SCHAPPERT Anna | CAN | 1991 | 50:35 | +7:22 | 11 | ||
| 41. | 44 | LARKIN Maria | IRL | 1987 | 50:54 | +7:41 | 10 | ||
| 42. | 5 | COMPTON Katherine | USA | 1978 | 52:04 | +8:51 | 9 | ||
| 43. | 31 | * LEONARD Erica | CAN | 1998 | -1 LAP | 8 | |||
| 44. | 32 | * WARD Evelyne | CAN | 2001 | -2 LAP | 7 |
