UCI Cyclocross World Cup Resumes in Tabor; Yzerbito and Nash Defend Series Leadership

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UCI Cyclocross World Cup Resumes in Tabor; Yzerbito and Nash Defend Series Leadership

Following last weekend's UEC Cyclocross European Championships in Italy, the fourth round of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup will be held this Saturday in Tabor, Czech Republic.

Iserbitt finished only second behind Mathieu Van der Pol (Corendon Circus), who raged at the European Championships in Silber, but he clearly has the confidence and form to win all three races so far this season on the World Cup.

Van der Pol, however, will start the first World Cup of the 2019/20 campaign targeting individual success rather than overall victory.

Van der Poel, last year's winner in Tabor, enters the race with the emotional loss of his grandfather, French legend Raymond Pridor, who died on Wednesday.

In the elite women's race, Nash will start the race cheered on by the local crowd in Tabor, but will no doubt be pushed hard by Pan American champion Magali Rochette (Canada).

Magali Rochette of Specialized Feedback Sports won the World Cup opener in Iowa City, USA, by just seven seconds over Nash.

Both riders will face Annemarie Worst of 777.be, who won the third round in Bern, Switzerland, last month, and Lucinda Brand (Telenet Baloise Lions), who beat Worst to victory in Tabor last year.

Twenty-four hours after Tabor, Van der Pol and Iserbeet will clash for the second time in the second round of the DVV Trophy Series, the Flandrien Cross in Hamme, Belgium.

Dashing from the Czech Republic to Belgium, Iserbito will be looking to defend his overall lead after dominating Trinity Racing's Tom Pidcock in the opening round (Koppenberg Cross in Oudenaarde) and winning on the famous cobbled Koppenberg climb.

Recently crowned European champion Yara Kastelin won the elite women's Koppenberg Cross to take the top spot in the DVV Trophy women's standings ahead of 777.be teammates Worst and Alice Maria Altshuffi.

Meanwhile, at the Rockland County Supercross Cup in Suffern, NY, the newly crowned elite men's Pan American cyclocross champion Kelly Warner (Kona) and the Cannondale duo in the men's race on Saturday and Sunday, Curtis White and Steven Hyde will compete.

On the women's side, the pairing of Rebecca Fahringer of Kona and Ruby West and Courtenay McFadden of Pivot Maxxis will compete. Last year, West won the first day, while Farlinger won the second race on Sunday.

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