A commanding show of energy by Zoe Bäckstedt has clinched the Briton a solo victory within the 2023 European Cyclo-cross Championships U23 Girls’s race forward of Marie Schreiber (Luxembourg) and Kristyna Zemanova (Czech Republic).
Fifth in the identical occasion final yr, 12 months on Backstedt was merely unstoppable, breaking away early and crossing the end line a full 34 seconds away from her closest rival.
Already the present British Nationwide Cyclo-cross champion and former Junior World Champion in the identical self-discipline, Bäckstedt’s newest European triumph comes after taking the U23 Time Trial Euro’ title earlier this autumn.
On Sunday’s cyclo-cross race, an early transfer of 4 containing Schreiber, Bäckstedt, Lucia Bramati (Italy) and Dutch rider Léonie Bentveld shortly shrank to a duo of the highest two podium finishers.
Schreiber then made a lone bid for freedom on the second lap, however she was shortly superceded by Bäckstedt, who moved forward solo of her closest rival.
Such was her dominance that the Briton was clearly en path to the win, with the one problem to be resolved who can be becoming a member of her on the rostrum and the final lap changing into a victory lap of honour for Bäckstedt in all however identify.
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