December 18/22 15:23 pm - Rochette 5th at CX Worlc Cup #10
Posted by Editoress on 12/18/22
Round 10 of the Cyclocross World Cup was a cold, snow covered and icy affair in Val di Sole, Italy.
Maghalie Rochette (Specialized / Feedback Sports) has returned to World Cup racing after being ill most of the latter part of 2022.
In her post race report Maghalie reported that the course had been groomed post training ride, making it more rideable but hardpacked, fast and slippery. This proved to be disastrous for World Cup leader Fem Van Empe who crashed hard and wasn't able to finish.
"There was chaos everywhere around but I remained calm. Riders crashed in front of me, I crashed a few times, I passed some people and I got passed. In the cold, if you get panicky, it's really hard to keep breathing, and I knew this from my poor performance at Essen last week. So being calm was key for me, every time I was descending, I was breathing deeply. If it climbed, I pedalled as hard as I could. Quickly, I found myself in 5th place. Then, I passed Manon Bakker and was in 4th. We exchanged position a few times, but when I made a mistake (while trying to bridge the gap to her) and crashed into a fence, she got a bigger gap on me. The gap fluctuated from 15 to 6 seconds, but I could never quite close it."
"This course was tricky. If you went too fast, it became easy to crash, and you can’t really stand up on your bike and do a full gas attack in the snow, so I was never able to do one huge sprint to fully catch up to her. On the last lap, we suddenly saw 3rd position in sight; Silvia Persico from Italy. I clearly remembered how great it had felt to finish on the podium at that event last year, so I tried all I could to get there. Through the loud sounds of Jai! Vai! Vai! and chain saw motor from the Italian fans, the battle was on. Manon Bakker caught up to Silvia and as she did, Silvia crashed on the last corner…I got up to her as she jumped back on her bike on the pavement and we had a full on sprint for 4th place. Photo finish!"
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Results
| Elite Women, 18.07 km (start loop + 6 laps) | |
| 1 Puck Pieterse * (Ned) Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:50:14 |
| 2 Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Ned) Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:44 |
| 3 Manon Bakker (Ned) Crelan - Fristads | 1:26 |
| 4 Silvia Persico (Ita) Italy | 1:34 |
| 5 Maghalie Rochette (Can) Specialized / Feedback Sports | 1:34 |
| 6 Marie Schreiber * (Lux) Tormans Cyclo Cross Team | 3:33 |
| 7 Hélène Clauzel (Fra) AS Bike Racing | 4:07 |
| 8 Sara Casasola (Ita) Selle Italia - Guerciotti - Elite | 4:10 |
| 9 Sidney McGill (Can) Canada | 4:16 |
| 10 Kristyna Zemanová * (Cze) Brilon Racing Team Mb | 4:17 |
| 11 Nadja Heigl (Aut) KTM Alchemist powered by Brenta Brakes | 4:21 |
| 12 Eva Lechner (Ita) Italy | 4:27 |
| 13 Fleur Moors * (Bel) Belgium | 4:33 |
| 14 Alicia Franck (Bel) Belgium | 4:36 |
| 15 Katerina Hladíková * (Cze) Brilon Racing Team Mb | 4:51 |
| 16 Perrine Clauzel (Fra) AS Bike Racing | 5:03 |
| 17 Valentina Corvi * (Ita) Trinx Factory Team | 5:09 |
| 18 Laura Verdonschot (Bel) Belgium | 5:19 |
| 19 Taylor Kuyk-White (USA) Nice Bikes | 5:43 |
| 20 Francesca Baroni (Ita) Pissei - Groep T.O.M | 5:48 |
| 21 Kata Blanka Vas (Hun) Team SD Worx | 5:53 |
| 22 Xaydee Van Sinaey * (Bel) Belgium | 5:58 |
| 23 Lucia Bramati * (Ita) Trinx Factory Team | 6:05 |
| 24 Caitlin Bernstein (USA) Nice Bikes | 6:07 |
| 25 Alessia Bulleri (Ita) Cycling Cafe' Racing Team | 6:53 |
| 26 Barbora Jerábková * (Cze) Brilon Racing Team Mb | 7:06 |
| 27 Carlotta Borello * (Ita) Italy | 7:29 |
| 28 Electa Gallezot * (Fra) Podiocom CX | 7:33 |
| 29 Marta Zanga * (Ita) Ktm Protek Elettrosystem | -1 Lap |
| 30 Rebecca Gariboldi (Ita) Italy | -1 Lap |
| 31 Xan Crees (GBr) Team Spectra Wiggle p/b Vitus | -1 Lap |
| 32 Giada Borghesi * (Ita) Italy | -1 Lap |
| 33 Jinse Peeters (Bel) Proximus - Alphamotorhomes - Doltcini Ct | -2 Laps |
| 34 Kiona Crabbé * (Bel) Crelan - Fristads | -2 Laps |
| 35 Fabienne Kipfmüller * (Sui) Switzerland | -2 Laps |
| 36 Anna Oberparleiter (Ita) Italy | -2 Laps |
| 37 Letizia Borghesi (Ita) EF Education - Tibco - SVB | -2 Laps |
| 38 Clea Seidel * (Ger) Ceratizit - Wnt Pro Cycling Team | -2 Laps |
| 39 Sara Cueto Vega (Esp) Unicaja Banco - Gijon | -3 Laps |
| 40 Corey Coogan Cisek (USA) United States Of America | -3 Laps |
| 41 Evelyne Trepte (Sui) Switzerland | -3 Laps |
| 42 Prisca Jaquet * (Sui) Switzerland | -3 Laps |
| DNF Fem Van Empel (Ned) Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal | |
| *=U23 | |
| Elite Men, 24.07km (start loop + 8 laps) | |
| 1 Michael Vanthourenhout (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal | 0:57:59 |
| 2 Niels Vandeputte (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:39 |
| 3 Kevin Kuhn (Sui) Tormans Cyclo Cross Team | 0:42 |
| 4 Laurens Sweeck (Bel) Crelan - Fristads | 0:44 |
| 5 Timon Rüegg (Sui) Cross Team Legendre | 1:20 |
| 6 Vincent Baestaens (Bel) Belgium | 2:37 |
| 7 Pim Ronhaar (Ned) Baloise Trek Lions | 2:51 |
| 8 Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Deceuninck | 3:14 |
| 9 Thijs Aerts (Bel) Baloise Trek Lions | 3:19 |
| 10 Corne Van Kessel (Ned) Tormans Cyclo Cross Team | 3:19 |
| 11 Victor van de Putte (Bel) Deschacht-Hens-Maes | 3:20 |
| 12 Stan Godrie (Ned) Netherlands | 3:41 |
| 13 Toon Vandebosch (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck | 3:53 |
| 14 Nicolas Samparisi (Ita) KTM Alchemist powered by Brenta Brakes | 3:55 |
| 15 Filippo Fontana (Ita) Cs Carabinieri - Cicli Olympia Vittoria | 3:59 |
| 16 Lander Loockx (Bel) Deschacht-Hens-Maes | 4:00 |
| 17 Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Alpecin-Deceuninck | 4:08 |
| 18 Witse Meeussen (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal | 4:10 |
| 19 Federico Ceolin (Ita) Beltrami Tsa Tre Colli | 4:57 |
| 20 Martin Groslambert (Fra) France | 4:58 |
| 21 Nathan Bommenel (Fra) AS Bike Racing | 5:02 |
| 22 Matteo Oppizzi (Sui) Switzerland | 5:06 |
| 23 David Menut (Fra) AS Bike Racing | 5:14 |
| 24 Gilles Mottiez (Sui) Cross Team Legendre | 5:15 |
| 25 Marcel Meisen (Ger) Germany | 5:23 |
| 26 Gioele Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia - Guerciotti - Elite | 5:26 |
| 27 Rémi Lelandais (Fra) Cross Team Legendre | 5:36 |
| 28 Jens Adams (Bel) Belgium | 6:32 |
| 29 Marco Pavan (Ita) Italy | -1 Lap |
| 30 Nicolas Bard (Sui) Switzerland | -1 Lap |
| 31 Filippo Agostinacchio (Ita) Selle Italia - Guerciotti - Elite | -2 Laps |
| 32 Antonio Folcarelli (Ita) Italy | -2 Laps |
| 33 Théo Thomas (Fra) Sebmotobikes Cx Team | -2 Laps |
| 34 Florian Hamm (Ger) Germany | -2 Laps |
| 35 Cristian Calligaro (Ita) KTM Alchemist powered by Brenta Brakes | -3 Laps |
| 36 Emanuele Huez (Ita) Cs Carabinieri - Cicli Olympia Vittoria | -3 Laps |
| 37 Noé Castille (Fra) Cross Team Legendre | -3 Laps |
| 38 Michael Gaßner (Ger) Germany | -3 Laps |
| 39 Gabriele Cerato (Sui) Switzerland | -3 Laps |
| 40 Tommaso Bergagna (Ita) Italy | -3 Laps |
| 41 Thierry Gafner (Sui) Switzerland | -4 Laps |
| 42 Fabio Bassignana (Ita) Trinx Factory Team | -4 Laps |
| 43 Dimitri Morard (Sui) Switzerland | -5 Laps |
| 44 Cristian Cominelli (Ita) Cycling Cafe' Racing Team | -5 Laps |
| 45 Josep Termens Nadal (Esp) Cannondale Tb | -6 Laps |
| DNF Eli Iserbyt (Bel) Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal | |
| DNF Lorenzo Masciarelli (Ita) Pauwels Sauzen - Bingoal |
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