Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado won her second World Cup race of the season in a spectacular comeback in Zonhoven, Belgium. A hard-fought end with Zoe Bäckstedt and Lucinda Brand, who she caught up with in the second half of the race.
The Dutch FENIX-Deceuninck rider, who was sick the day before during a race in Hulst, was surprised with her eighth victory of the season. “I was feeling very cold during the first two laps today, then I picked up the pace and naturally warmed up,” Alvarado said in an interview. “Today is not yesterday, when I vomited out everything in me twenty minutes before the race in Hulst. I didn’t expect to win today, so that’s an even better victory.”
Her teammates Puck Pieterse and Marthe Truyen finished fifth and 32nd, respectively.
