CX Hoogerheide 2022 WE – Preview

By @EchelonsHub

The Course

It is the final round of the World Cup. This season the finale takes place in Hoogerheide, where the land is flat and the winter is harsh, however the riders seem to be in luck avoiding the rain this weekend, although the forecast points to a slight possibility this night the track should nevertheless be dry and this will be a very fast race as always.

The route is fairly simple when it comes to how sharp a cyclocross race can get, with the weather collaborating we are expecting a fast race that is likely to be decided in the final laps as creating gaps won’t be easy, the track isn’t easy as it presents quite a lot of natural technical features and an incredibly winding route, which includes the ascent and descent of a few banks, a few tight corners which require a big acceleration out of and a big stair run, and into the finish there is a slight asphalted ascent that will make a possible sprint finale quite a grueling one, aswell as being a platform for attacking during the race. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz2csBLoCSU

There is no recon video but the circuit is the same as it’s last edition, and you can see it in this video from 9:00-16:50.

The Startlist

1.Lucinda Brand 2.Marianne Vos 3.Denise Betsema 4.Fem van Empel
5.Puck Pieterse 6.Shirin van Anrooij 7.Inge van der Heijden 8.Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado
9.Yara Kastelijn 10.Manon Bakker 11.Aniek van Alphen 12.Leonie Bentveld
13.Maud Kaptheijns 14.Lauren Molengraaf 15.Silvia Persico 16.Eva Lechner
17.Gaia Realini 18.Lucia Bramati 19.Francesca Baroni 20.Valentina Corvi
21.Federica Venturelli 22.Marta Zanga 23.Sanne Cant 24.Alicia Franck
25.Marion Norbert Riberolle 26.Suzanne Verhoeven 27.Ellen van Loy 28.Laura Verdonschot
29.Marthe Truyen 30.Kiona Crabbe 31.Karen Verhestraeten 32.Julie Bouwers
33.Taylor Kuyk-White 34.Corey Coogan Cisek 35.Jennifer Malik 36.Allison Arensman
37.Line Burquier 38.Helene Clauzel 39.Perrine Clauzel 40.Amandine Fouquenet
41.Anais Morichon 42.Lea Bonnafous 43.Aida Nuno 44.Marta Beti
45.Laura Mira 46.Anna Kay 47.Elisabeth Brandau 48.Judith Krahl
49.Clea Seidel 50.Marie Schreiber 51.Isabelle Klein 52.Maite Barthels
53.Layla Barthels 54.Jacqueline Schneebeli 55.Kristyna Zemanova 56.Eliska Hanakova
57.Katerina Hladikova 58.Tereza Vanickova 59.Vanda Dlasikova 60.Barbora Jerabkova
61.Julia Kopecky 62.Michelle Geoghegan 63.Kata Blanka Vas 64.Tereza Kurnicka

This is according to the official startlist, it can at times not be completely accurate.

The Favourites

Not an easy race to predict after having a big effort by some of the main favourites today, a weekend where some of the riders opted out of the X2O race and will have fresher legs for this one and who knows what difference that will make. If it does, new Dutch national champion Marianne Vos is going to be quite threatening after showing she is having big goals, on such a fast course it will suit her. Puck Pieterse, Fem van Empel and Kata Blanka Vas completed an incredibly young podium in last week’s World Cup at Flamanville, they have targeted a single race this week and will all be cards to play for tomorrow, the Dutch specially as they prefer the more explosive tracks.

The woman to beat though should still be Lucinda Brand, she has been on an incredible run and it has been very hard to defeat her, she will be racing without much pressure though but nevertheless she won’t waste a win if she is capable of it. Denise Betsema Is as consistent and will be taken into consideration, today Shirin van Anrooij finished second in an impressive performance and so will also be a contender for the win tomorrow.

Inge van der Heijden, Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado, Manon Bakker and Helene Clauzel are also strong outsiders who can be on the door of a Top5 or more if they find themselves on a good day.

Prediction Time

1st- Lucinda Brand
2nd- Marianne Vos
3rd- Shirin van Anrooij
4th- Denise Betsema
5th- Kata Blanka Vas

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Rúben Silva

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