Marianne Vos Sport News

Strade Bianche 2022 LIVE - Chantal van den Broek-Blaak out to defend title as SD Worx boast ominous line-up

Stay tuned for live text comments from Becky Hart Ad/> WHO IS RACING STRADE BIANCHE? Strade BianchePidcock withdraws from Strade Bianche with stomach virus13 HOURS AGO Defending champion Chantal van den Broek-Blaak will feature for a super-strong Team SD Worx alongside teammates Lotte Kopecky, Demi Vollering and Ashley Moolman, while the 2019 and 2020 winner Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) will hope to build on her Omloop Het Nieuwsblad triumph from last weekend. Another Dutch star, Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma), will hope to crack the top five for the first time from a startlist that also includes the Italian 2017 winner Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo), her Dutch teammate Ellen van Dijk, Denmark’s Cecile Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope) and Poland’s Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon/Sram).

Marianne Vos sprints to defeat Lucinda Brand as Dutch claim one-two at cyclo-cross world championships

Marianne Vos beat compatriot Lucinda Brand in a sprint finish to win the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas in the United States. Third place went to Italian rider Silvia Persico, preventing Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado — another Dutch team-mate — from completing a hat-trick. Ad/> Vos was fortunate to keep in the race after almost tumbling in the second corner but was able to right her balance and she followed Brand and Alavarado.