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Nash powered through the conditions to take the victory. © Bart Hazen

Nash powered through the conditions to take the victory. © Bart Hazen

Reigning Czech Cyclocross Champions Zdenek Stybar (Telenet –  Fidea Cycling Team) and Katerina Nash (Luna Pro Team) took wins in the seventh World Cup stop of the season, in Roubaix, France. Stybar’s victory was his third of the season, while Nash took home the first World Cup victory of her career in only her second career World Cup start.

Meredith Miller was the top American in Roubaix finishing 12th. © Bart Hazen

Meredith Miller was the top American in Roubaix finishing 12th. © Bart Hazen

Katerina Nash took the first World Cup of her quickly exploding career, holding off a determined Hanka Kupfernagel (Itera – Stevens) and World Champion Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit). Vos looked to be steaming away to another World Cup victory before Nash and Kupfernagel teamed up to track down the reigning World Champ. From there, the two shed the woman they worked so hard to chase down, and the race was down to two. Nash used the final lap to slip away from Kupfernagel and sew up the biggest win of her career. Nash further bolstered her credentials as a strong World Championship favorite, where she’ll have home turf advantage in Tabor, Czech Republic.

American national champ Katie Compton, who led the World Cup standings coming into Roubaix, missed the start due to the leg cramp issues that have plagued her career. The bye drops Compton to third in the overall standings, as Van den Brand now holds the lead with Marianne Vos in second.

Stybar rolls across the line for the victory in Roubaix.

Stybar rolls across the line for the victory in Roubaix. © Bart Hazen

Zdenek Stybar profited from strong bike riding and a little help from his teammates, en route to his third World Cup victory of the season. Stybar and his Telenet – Fidea teammate Bart Wellens attacked a large leading group containing World Champion Neils Albert (BKCP – Powerplus), Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet – Colnag0), Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb – Revor), Erwin Vervecken (Revor – Baboco), Gerben De Knegt (Rabobank) and Steve Chainel (BBox – Bouyges Telecom) and quickly exerted their advantage. Behind, only Nys, Vantornout and Vervecken could respond, and by that point, Stybar had emerged on his own. His work done, Wellens faded back to the chasing three, content that Stybar’s gap was unassailable. As the chase group crossed the line for one to go, Vantornout sprung away on the attack and managed to build enough of a gap to hold on for second. Nys rolled across for third. With his win, Stybar assumes the UCI World Cup lead with only one round left to race.

Video Highlights:

For full video coverage, see the two part video coverage of the Roubaix World Cup here.

Elite Men’s Results

9 Laps / Tours – Distance: 21.095 km – Average / Moyenne: 20.31 km/h
Place Bib Rider Team Country Time pts
1 22 STYBAR Zdenek TELENET – FIDEA CZE 1:02:19 80
2 3 VANTORNOUT Klaas SUNWEB – REVOR BEL +00:08 70
3 2 NYS Sven LANDBOUWKREDIET BEL +00:16 65
4 6 VERVECKEN Erwin — BEL +00:25 60
5 9 WELLENS Bart TELENET – FIDEA BEL +00:38 55
6 36 DE KNEGT Gerben RABOBANK NED +01:00 50
7 5 AERNOUTS Bart RABOBANK BEL +01:12 48
8 1 ALBERT Niels BKCP – POWERPLUS BEL +01:32 46
9 13 CHAINEL Steve BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM FRA +01:43 44
10 45 FRANZOI Enrico BKCP – POWERPLUS ITA +01:55 42
11 4 PAUWELS Kevin TELENET – FIDEA BEL +02:03 40
12 8 VANTHOURENHOUT Sven SUNWEB – REVOR BEL +02:12 39
13 7 VANTHOURENHOUT Dieter BKCP – POWERPLUS BEL +02:41 38
14 68 WALSLEBEN Philipp BKCP – POWERPLUS GER +03:02 37
15 23 SIMUNEK Radomir BKCP – POWERPLUS CZE +03:03 36
16 41 VAN GILS Wilant — NED +03:06 35
17 15 GADRET John AG2R LA MONDIALE FRA +03:13 34
18 54 PAGE Jonathan Planet Bike USA +03:20 33
19 32 HEULE Christian — SUI +03:26 32
20 62 GIL Mariusz — POL +03:34 31
21 12 MOUREY Francis FRANÇAISE DES JEUX FRA +03:37 30
22 26 DLASK Petr TELENET – FIDEA CZE +03:41 29
23 38 VAN AMERONGEN Thijs — NED +03:53 28
24 37 AL Thijs — NED +04:44 27
25 16 BAZIN Nicolas — FRA +04:50 26
26 19 LABBE Arnaud — FRA +05:18 25
27 24 BINA Martin — CZE +05:26 24
28 63 CICHOSZ Marek LEGIA – FELT POL +05:27 23
29 46 BIANCO Marco — ITA +05:30 22
30 17 DEREPAS David — FRA +05:31 21
31 40 VAN LEEUWEN Patrick — NED +05:32 20
32 14 COLOMBATTO Laurent — FRA +05:43 19
33 72 DRUCKER Jean-Pierre CONTINENTAL TEAM DIFFERDANGE LUX +06:22 18
34 71 PARBO Joachim — DEN +06:41 17
35 25 ZLAMALIK Martin — CZE +06:55 16
36 33 WILDHABER Marcel — SUI +07:04 15
37 49 URSI Fabio — ITA +07:19 14
38 35 LANG René — SUI +07:33 13
39 56 TREBON Ryan Kona / FSA USA +07:42 12
40 20 CHEVALLIER Jérome — FRA +07:56 11
41 28 BAMBULA Ondrej — CZE -1LAP 10
42 31 KYZIVAT Vladimir — CZE -1LAP 9
43 64 DARVELL Magnus — SWE -1LAP 8
44 65 GARRIGAN Mike — CAN -2LAP 7
45 59 GLAJZA Robert — SVK -2LAP 6
46 34 MOSER Andreas — SUI -2LAP 5
47 42 HARTOGS Ivar — NED -2LAP 4
48 73 BAUSCH Gusty — LUX -2LAP 3
49 55 DRISCOLL James Cannondale / CyclocrossWorld USA -2LAP 2
50 43 VAN HEESWIJK Roy — NED -3LAP 1
51 67 TSUJIURA Keiichi — JPN -3LAP
52 60 HARING Martin — SVK -4LAP
53 66 BOX Erik — CAN -4LAP
54 74 BOLD-ERDENE Boldbaatar — MGL -5LAP
55 75 NARANBAT Ariunbold — MGL -5LAP
DNF 57 WELLS Troy Clif Bar USA DNF6
DNF 58 BARENYI Milan — SVK DNF6
DNF 53 FIELD Ian — GBR DNF5
DNF 50 FONTANA Marco Aurelio — ITA DNF4
DNS 61 METLICKA Vaclav — SVK DNS

Elite Women’s Results

5 Laps / Tours – Distance: 11.735 km – Average / Moyenne: 17.21 km/h
Place Bib Rider Team Country Time pts
1 53 NASH Katerina Luna Pro Team CZE 0:40:55 60
2 44 KUPFERNAGEL Hanka — GER +00:13 50
3 1 VOS Marianne NEDERLAND BLOEIT NED +00:52 45
4 2 VAN DEN BRAND Daphny — NED +01:31 40
5 3 VAN PAASSEN Sanne — NED +01:52 35
6 16 MANI Caroline VIENNE FUTUROSCOPE FRA +02:03 30
7 24 LECHNER Eva — ITA +02:28 28
8 5 HORMES Reza — NED +02:44 26
9 15 FERRIER-BRUNEAU Christel VIENNE FUTUROSCOPE FRA +02:55 24
10 45 BRANDAU Elisabeth — GER +03:08 22
11 20 FERRAND PREVOT Pauline — FRA +03:22 20
12 13 MILLER Meredith Cal Giant Berry USA +03:34 19
13 34 CANT Sanne — BEL +03:48 18
14 11 DOMBROSKI Amy Schlamm / Primus Mootry USA +03:55 17
15 21 WYMAN Helen — GBR +03:59 16
16 6 DE BOER Sophie — NED +04:07 15
17 52 HAVLIKOVA Pavla — CZE +04:16 14
18 35 VANDERBEKEN Joyce — BEL +04:21 13
19 4 VAN RIJEN Linda — NED +04:46 12
20 22 DAY Gabriella — GBR +05:21 11
21 19 DEMARET GUICHARDOT Maureen — FRA +05:29 10
22 54 KYPTOVA Jana — CZE +05:50 9
23 12 BRUNO ROY Maureen MM Racing p/b Seven USA +05:52 8
24 7 GRIMBERG Arenda — NED +06:24 7
25 37 DE BIE – LEYTEN Nicole — BEL +06:48 6
26 49 LEUMANN Katrin — SUI +06:53 5
27 17 CHAINEL-LEFEVRE Lucie — FRA +06:53 4
28 60 NAUMANN Agnes — GER +08:05 3
29 36 BOBER Nancy — BEL +08:15 2
30 59 WASIUK Marzena — POL +08:35 1
31 40 VAN LOY Ellen — BEL +08:52
32 55 MIKULASKOVA Martina — CZE +09:21
33 48 TOYOOKA Ayako — JPN +09:29
34 51 SAGESSER Jennifer — SUI +10:06
35 57 GODART Suzie FENIXS – PETROGRADETS LUX +10:08
36 47 JURANEK Susanne — GER -1LAP
37 56 PIRZKALLOVA Zuzana — CZE -1LAP
38 42 VERMEIREN Katrien — BEL -1LAP
39 38 THIJS Katrien — BEL -1LAP
23 HARRIS Nikki — GBR DNF5
14 VARDAROS Christine Champion System – Zannata USA DNF3

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