Compton 2nd at Zolder World Cup, Page 14th

photo: Bart Hazen

Another weekend of World Cup racing in Zolder, Belgium brought much different course conditions that last weekends near white out in Kalmthout. A fast course with some mud and a lot of pavement faced riders rather than thick snow. Only 10 points separated World Cup leader Katie Compton from second placed Daphny Van den Brand. After a frustrating start and a missed pedal Compton was forced to work her way through the field.

photo: Bart Hazen

Vos led from the gun and as the race went on Compton was able to pick off riders and move solidly into 2nd place. By race end Compton was only 25 seconds behind Vos and had a 45 second gap on 3rd place finisher Van den Brand. Katie's strong finish bolstered her lead in the World Cup points competition where she is now 15 points ahead of Van den Brand and 40 points ahead of Vos.

photo: Bart Hazen

The final 2 rounds of World Cup racing will take place January 17 in France and January 24 in Holland. Katie now returns to the US for a few weeks to recover, train, and prepare for those races and the penultimate race of the season - Worlds in Tabor on January 31.

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Jonathan Page also raced in Zolder and had a solid showing to finish 14th - once again the top American finisher.

photo: Bart Hazen

Page has been and will be racing many of the Christmas week cyclocross events in Belgium. His next race will be the Superprestige in Diegem on Sunday.

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