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Cyclo-Cross World Cup #9 - CDM
Milan, Italy, January 25, 2009
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Race 1 - January 25: Elite Women, 40 minutes
Van Den Brand defeats World Champ
By Peter Hymas
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Daphny Van Den Brand held off World Champion Hanka Kupfernagel to win the final round of the World Cup in Milan. Van Den Brand controlled the race from start to finish with only Kupfernagel able to match the power and bike handling skills of Van Den Brand on the quick, technical circuit. French Champion Maryline Salvetat kept the leading duo in check, but was unable to make contact and finished in third place.
Christel Ferrier-Bruneau matched the pace of Van Den Brand and Kupfernagel on the opening laps but couldn't maintain their tempo and left her compatriot Salvetat to take up the chase. Ferrier-Bruneau recovered from her early effort and finished fourth in a tight finish against Rachel Lloyd, Marianne Vos and Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel.
Van Den Brand separated herself from the field early in the first lap and set the tempo nearly the entire race. Kupfernagel was slower to start, but joined the surging Van Den Brand on the second lap. Kupfernagel tested Van Den Brand on the brief sections of pavement, but found herself fighting to maintain Van Den Brand's wheel on the punchy climbs and twisting, technical sections that dominated the circuit. Van Den Brand led Kupfernagel for virtually the entire last lap and made sure she arrived first out of the last corner with a slight gap in order to neutralize Kupfernagel's sprint on the short finishing stretch.
Hanka Kupfernagel already wrapped up the overall World Cup title the previous weekend in Roubaix, France and entered today's final event with an unassailable lead. Kupfernagel maintained her World Cup streak of never finishing worse than second with a second place finish to conclude her World Cup campaign. Daphny Van Den Brand secured second place overall in the World Cup with her second victory of the series in Milan. Katie Compton did not compete in Milan, choosing to remain in Belgium to train for the upcoming world championships, but had acquired enough points to guarantee a third place overall finish without racing the final round.
Photography
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Images by Riccardo Scanferla
- Daphny van den Brand (ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida) wins the World Cup round in Milan.
- Daphny van den Brand (ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida) tops the World Cup round in Milan with Hanka Kupfernagel (Itera-Stevens) and Maryline Salvetat (VSLL Castres), l & r.
Images by Dave McElwaine/www.trailwatch.net
- Hanka Kupfernagel relaxing in her team van before the race
- Hanka Kupfernagel at the start line
- Gabriella Day (Vision 1), Canadian Champion Wendy Simms (Kona) , and Sue Butler (Mona Vie)
- Helen Wyman (Bioracer) heading to the line
- The Italian pastries are keeping the fans happy
- The awards presenters practicing their smiles
- Saskia Elemans gets the hole shot at the women's start
- Daphney Van Den Brand leading the race early
- Christei Ferrier-Bruneau riding 4th place where she would finish
- Wendy Simms (Kona) cresting a small rise
- Canada's Natasha Elliot descending
- Sue Butler (Mona Vie) climbing a short steep hill
- Daphney Van Den Brand rounding some S-Turns in 1st place
- Hanka Kupfernagel chasing Van Den Brand
- Christei Ferrier-Bruneau riding the S-Turns
- Rachael Lloyd (California Giant Berry) riding in 5th place
- Pavla Havlikova (Czech Republic) rounding a corner in 3rd position
- Hanka Kupfernagel barely making it up a steep climb
- Rachael Lloyd (California Giant Berry) forced off her bike on a steep climb
- Marianne Vos descending a hill in 7th place
- Caroline Mani rounding a corner in 12 place
- Lucie Lefevere cornering
- Gabriella Day (Vision 1) about to start a steep descent
- Helen Wyman (Bioracer) streaking to an 8th place finish
- Daphney Van Den Brand wins with Kupfernagel close behind
- Hanka Kupfernagel finishing in second place
- Rachael Lloyd (California Giant Berry) finishing fifth
Images by Davide Tricarico/ladiescycling.net
- The two faces of world champion Hanka Kupfernagel (Itera-Stevens).
- Daphny van den Brand (ZZPR.nl) was in high spirits ahead of the race.
- The women's race gets underway in Italy.
- The women's race didn't get off to the best start.
- Joyce Vanderbeken (J&G) and Veronica Alessio (Team Colnago Arreghini) went down.
- Czech champion Pavla Havlikova (KC Kooperativa) raced elbow-to-elbow with Canadian champion Wendy Simms (Kona).
- Dutch rider Marianne Vos (DSB Bank) is a champion for all disciplines: cyclo-cross, track and road racing.
- Italian champion Eva Lechner (C.S. Esercito - Colnago Cap) finished 18th, the first of the Italian riders.
- Daphny van den Brand (ZZPR.nl) had to remove the mud from her eyes.
- Hanka Kupfernagel (Itera-Stevens) tries to detach Daphny van den Brand (ZZPR.nl).
- Maryline Salvetat (France-Midi Pyrenées) finished in third place, which was also her start number.
- Francesca Cucciniello (Selle Italia Guerciotti) also finished in the same position as her start number, in 22nd.
- Daphny van den Brand (ZZPR.nl) and Hanka Kupfernagel (Itera-Stevens) riding alone at the front.
- Maryline Salvetat (France-Midi Pyrenées), the French champion, riding alone in third place.
- Joyce Vanderbeken (J&G) is the Belgian champion.
- Dutch rider Daphny van den Brand (ZZPR.nl) changes her bike...
- ...and jumps straight back into the saddle.
- Daphny van den Brand (ZZPR.nl) starts to celebrate as she wins the race...
- ...beating Hanka Kupfernagel (Itera-Stevens).
- Daphny van den Brand (ZZPR.nl) on the podium.
- Podium (L-R): Hanka Kupfernagel (Itera-Stevens), Daphny van den Brand (ZZPR.nl) and Maryline Salvetat (France-Midi Pyrenées).
- Daphny van den Brand (ZZPR.nl) enjoys a champagne shower.
- Hanka Kupfernagel (Itera-Stevens) won the Cyclo-cross World Cup.
- Hanka Kupfernagel (Itera-Stevens) showing her trophy.
Results
1 Daphny van den Brand (Ned) ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida 43.13 2 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Itera-Stevens 0.02 3 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) VSLL Castres 0.29 4 Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) 1.05 5 Rachel Lloyd (USA) California Giant Cycling Team 1.06 6 Marianne Vos (Ned) DSB Bank Ladies Cycling-Team - VVHP 1.08 7 Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel (Ned) 1.09 8 Helen Wyman (GBr) Vision 1.50 9 Sanne Cant (Bel) A.D.S. Selle Italia Guerciotti 2.07 10 Sanne van Paassen (Ned) ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida 2.15 11 Pavla Havlikova (Cze) KC Kooperativa SG Jablonec 2.27 12 Caroline Mani (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 2.40 13 Nadia Triquet-Claude (Fra) 14 Wendy Simms (Can) Kona Cyclocross Team 15 Joyce Vanderbeken (Bel) J&G Cycling Team 2.47 16 Katrin Leumann (Swi) goldwurst-power Sputnik 2.56 17 Reza Hormes (Ned) Team ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida 3.06 18 Eva Lechner (Ita) C.S. Esercito - Colnago Cap 3.26 19 Saskia Elemans (Ned) Team Flexpoint 3.30 20 Lucie Lefevre (Fra) CC Etupes le Doubs pays de Montbéliard 3.38 21 Susan Butler (USA) MonaVieCannondale.com 4.02 22 Francesca Cucciniello (Ita) Selle Italia Guerciotti A.S.D. 4.36 23 Gabriella Day (GBr) Vision 24 Natasha Elliott (Can) EMD Serono-Stevens 4.37 25 Milena Cavani (Ita) Marchiol Ima Famila 5.21 26 Evelyn Staffler (Ita) 5.48 27 Veronica Alessio (Ita) Team Colnago Arreghini 6.44 One lap behind 28 Nicoletta Bresciani (Ita) Team Colnago Cap Arreghini 29 Daniela Bresciani (Ita) Team Colnago Cap Arreghini 30 Elisabetta Borgia (Ita) Selle Italia Guerciotti A.S.D. DNF Veerle Ingels (Bel) AVB - Cycling Team DNF Suzie Godart (Lux) CCI Differdange DNS Lise-Marie Henzelin (Swi) Campione Celeste Final World Cup standings 1 Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Itera-Stevens 420 pts 2 Daphny van den Brand (Ned) ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida 365 3 Katherine Compton (USA) Spike 270 4 Maryline Salvetat (Fra) VSLL Castres 244 5 Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (Fra) 235 6 Pavla Havlikova (Cze) KC Kooperativa SG Jablonec 229 7 Helen Wyman (GBr) Vision 206 8 Sanne van Paassen (Ned) ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida 195 9 Saskia Elemans (Ned) Team Flexpoint 180 10 Nadia Triquet-Claude (Fra) 163 11 Marianne Vos (Ned) DSB Bank Ladies Cycling-Team - VVHP 158 12 Sanne Cant (Bel) A.D.S. Selle Italia Guerciotti 152 13 Caroline Mani (Fra) Vienne Futuroscope 145 14 Wendy Simms (Can) Kona Cyclocross Team 144 15 Rachel Lloyd (USA) California Giant Cycling Team 117 16 Joyce Vanderbeken (Bel) J&G Cycling Team 112 17 Veerle Ingels (Bel) AVB - Cycling Team 109 18 Reza Hormes (Ned) Team ZZPR.nl-Destil-Merida 89 19 Gabriella Day (GBr) Vision 88 20 Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel (Ned) 81 21 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Team Ton Van Bemmelen Sports-Merida 68 22 Georgia Gould (USA) 67 23 Eva Lechner (Ita) C.S. Esercito - Colnago Cap 61 24 Jana Kyptova (Cze) Johnson Controls AS MB 50 25 Katerina Nash (Cze) 45 26 Abke Francissen (Ned) Team Brabant 2000 43 27 Veronica Alessio (Ita) Team Colnago Arreghini 42 28 Susan Butler (USA) MonaVieCannondale.com 41 29 Nikki Harris (GBr) Sprinters Malderen 34 30 Linda Van Rijen (Ned) 32 31 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) RTC De Stofwolk 31 32 Katrin Leumann (Swi) goldwurst-power Sputnik 27 33 Natasha Elliott (Can) EMD Serono-Stevens 25 34 Mika Ogishima (Jpn) 25 35 Birgit Hollmann (Ger) BRC Zugvogel Berlin 22 36 Elke Riedl (Aut) Team Vorarlberg Corratec 19 37 Daniela Bresciani (Ita) Team Colnago Cap Arreghini 19 38 Loes Sels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Thompson Lad 16 39 Laura Van Gilder (USA) 15 40 Gertie Willems (Bel) Wielerclub De Sprinters Malderen 13 41 Jitka Skarnitzlova (Cze) 12 42 Lise Müller (Swi) BMC-Seppey-Teker-Hottinger 12 43 Lucie Lefevre (Fra) CC Etupes le Doubs pays de Montbéliard 11 44 Deidre Winfield (USA) 10 45 Francesca Cucciniello (Ita) Selle Italia Guerciotti A.S.D. 9 46 Christine Vardaros (USA) 9 47 Nicolle De Bie-Leyten (Bel) AVB - Cycling Team 9 48 Nancy Bober (Bel) Casa Verde Race Factory 8 49 Susanne Juranek (Ger) RSC Oldenburg v. 196 8 50 Milena Cavani (Ita) Marchiol Ima Famila 6 51 Sabrina Schweizer (Ger) Rad-Union 191 6 52 Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Fra) AC Bazancourt Reims 6 53 Jennifer Sagesser (Swi) 6 54 Evelyn Staffler (Ita) 5 55 Zuzana Vojtasova (Svk) 5 56 Tessa Van Nieuwpoort (Ned) Team Flexpoint 5 57 Martina Zwick (Ger) 4 58 Maureen Guichardot (Fra) 4 59 Marzena Wasiuk (Pol) Primus Lódz 4 60 Anne Arnouts (Bel) Redsun Cycling Team 4 61 Nicoletta Bresciani (Ita) Team Colnago Cap Arreghini 3 62 Francis Keizer (Ned) 3 63 Jana Süß (Ger) 1a-crossteam 2 64 Elisabetta Borgia (Ita) Selle Italia Guerciotti A.S.D. 1 65 Katrien Pauwels (Bel) Empella Czech Team 1
