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American Katie Compton wins the Roubaix World Cup on Sunday
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American Katie Compton (Spike Shooter) won the UCI World Cup in Roubaix, France, on Sunday, bringing her a step closer to a World Championship win in two weeks in the Netherlands.
Compton beat reigning world champ Hanka Kupfernagel by nine seconds and former champ Daphny Van den Brand by 42 seconds. Marion Vos was fourth.
American Rachel Lloyd (California Giant-Specialized) was seventh.
In the men's race Erwin Vervecken won ahead of Czech rider Zdenek Stybar and Sven Nys. Jonathan Page (Planet Bike) was the top American in 30th place, followed by Ryan Trebon (Kona) in 35th. Jeremy Powers (Cyclocrossworld.com-Cannondale) did not finish.
In the junior race, American national champ Zack McDonald was third.
Compton only arrived in Europe from Colorado on Thursday. Her husband and mechanic, Mark Legg, said Compton started out in 17th place because she waited for the start gun to fire, while others, including Kupfernagel, jumped the gun. Dutch riders Marianne Vos and Daphny Van den brand quickly helped reel in Kupfernagel, however and Compton moved into fourth position.
Compton moved into the race lead on the second lap with a lap time of 7 minutes 10 seconds which was the fastest lap of the race.
With two laps to go Compton crashed on a downhill, but maintained her lead. On the last lap she opted not to take a clean bike from the pits.
"Soon after the pit, Katie's shifting deteriorated which caused her to soft pedal around to second pit for a clean bike, however (she) got stuck in a rut which popped her into the fencing where her shifter lever lodged into the fencing while her right foot was tangled up in the bike," Legg said.
Compton got moving again, and held off a late charge by Kupfernagel.
Legg reported that Compton found the race, "super fun and hard; I'm really loving racing in France. I have two wins from two starts and the French people have been really friendly and appreciative of the women's racing."
Compton did complain about the UCI decision to remove a set of stairs and a steep downhill from the women's course just before the race.
"This is a World Cup race for the highest level of competition and we should be competing on the same course as the men, very few of whom actually rode the downhill section," she said.
There is one more race in this year's World Cup, in Milan, Italy on Jan. 25. Compton, with third place in the World Cup locked up, is opting to skip Milan to focus on preparation for the worlds.
Sven Nys leads the men's World Cup rankings following Roubaix, while Compton is in third in the women's series; Rachel Lloyd is 17th. In the junior World Cup, McDonald is ninth, followed by American Luke Keough at tenth.
World Cup standings following Roubaix:
Men's:
1. Nys Sven Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 540 points
2. Wellens Bart Fidea Cycling Team 452 points
3. Stybar Zdenek Fidea Cycling Team 432 points
4. Pauwels Kevin Fidea Cycling Team 424 points
5. Vervecken Erwin Revor-Jartazi Cyclingteam 366 points
6. Al Thijs --- 363 points
7. Boom Lars Rabobank 356 points
8. Vantornout Klaas Sunweb Pro Job Cycling Team 331 points
9. Vanthourenhout Sven Sunweb Pro Job Cycling Team 331 points
10. Albert Niels Bkcp- Powerplus 315 points
Women:
1. Hanka Kupfernagel 370 points
2. Brand Daphny Van Den 305 points
3. Katherine Compton 270 points
4. Pavla Havlikova 209 points
5. Maryline Salvetat 199 points
6. Christel Ferrier-bruneau 195 points
7. Helen Wyman 180 points
8. Sanne Van Paassen 173 points
9. Saskia Elemans 168 points
10. Nadia Triquet-claude 145 points
11. Marianne Vos 128 points
12. Sanne Cant 128 points
13. Wendy Simms 127 points
14. Caroline Mani 126 points
15. Veerle Ingels 109 points
16. Joyce Vanderbeken 96 points
17. Rachel Lloyd 82 points
Junior Men:
1. Tijmen Eising (NETHERLANDS) 225 points
2. Haar Lars Van Der (NETHERLANDS) 175 points
3. Wietse Bosmans (BELGIUM) 163 points
4. Sean De Bie (BELGIUM) 138 points
5. Luca Braidot (ITALY) 96 points
6. Heijden Michiel Van Der (NETHERLANDS) 94 points
7. Daniele Braidot (ITALY) 83 points
8. Radek Polnicky (CZECH REPUBLIC) 79 points
9. Zach Mc Donald (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) 75 points
10. Luke Keough (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) 72 points
