Alvarado, Nys and Del Grosso among winners on day 2 of CX national champs
The cyclocross national championships wrapped up on Sunday with some of the marquee events including most elite races, not least a showdown among the Dutch elite women who have dominated the field this season.
Successful defending champions included Thibau Nys (Belgium), Tibor Del Grosso (Netherlands), Cameron Mason (Great Britain), Marie Schreiber (Luxembourg) and Kevin Kühn (Switzerland), along with Saturday's winners Marion Norbert Riberolle (Belgium) and Felipe Orts (Spain).
One of the most notable results of the weekend happened in France where this season's revelation Amandine Fouquenet was beaten to the elite women's title by 20-year-old Célia Gery. While over in the Netherlands, Ceylin Del Carmen Alvarado topped the podium with Puck Pieterse and Lucinda Brand. The latter explained later that she had neither the legs nor sufficient preparation to deliver on her favourite status; she did though extend her podium sweep to 62.
Overview of elite results:
- Belgium: Marion Norbert Riberolle* (Saturday) and Thibau Nys*
- Netherlands: Ceylin Del Carmen Alvarado and Tibor Del Grosso*
- Czechia (Saturday): Kristýna Zemanová* and Krystof Bazant
- France: Célia Gery and Joris Delbove
- Great Britain: Anna Flynn and Cameron Mason*
- Italy: Sara Casasola and Filippo Fontana
- Luxembourg: Marie Schreiber* and Loic Bettendorf*
- Spain (Saturday): Sofia Revert Rodriguez* and Felipe Orts*
- Switzerland: Alessandra Keller and Kevin Kühn*
*Asterisk denotes a successful title defence.
