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Lucinda Brand withdraws from Superprestige Niel after first-lap injury

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Lucinda Brand withdrew from the Superprestige race in Niel after being injured in the first lap. The Dutch world champion had won five cyclo-cross races this season.

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Lucinda Brand abandoned the Superprestige cyclo-cross race in Niel after suffering an injury in the first lap, ending the race early for the world champion and pre-race favourite.

The 37-year-old Dutch rider had won five cyclo-cross races this season. On Saturday, she was awarded the European title after the jury penalised Luxembourg’s Marie Schreiber, ruling that Schreiber had impeded Brand in the final sprint.

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