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Cycling - 28. February 2018.

Kirsten Wild takes spectacular home victory in World Championship Scratch Race

Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s has taken a spectacular victory in the UCI World Championship Track Race on her home velodrome in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. The 35-year-old Dutchwoman chased down a two-rider breakaway with five laps of the 10km race remaining, then rode alone for more than a kilometre to take cross the line solo. Such was the margin of victory, in a race that more usually ends in a sprint, that Wild was able to sit up and celebrate with half a lap remaining.

Former black and orange rider Jolien D’hoore took the silver medal for Belgium, with 2016 road World Champion Amelie Dideriksen taking bronze for Denmark.

Wiggle High5’s Katie Archibald (Great Britain) took fifth place, while defending champion Rachele Barbieri (Italy) was ninth.

“It’s really, really nice to win before my own people, on my own track. It’s amazing!” Wild told the UCI afterwards. “It’s the best riders in the World that are competing, and I can’t believe that I won with a solo. It’s really cool.”

As a sprinter Will could have been forgiven for hiding herself in the bunch and relying on her fast finish, but the late break - and maybe the lift given her by the roaring Dutch crowd - meant that she was to take a far more spectacular and memorable victory.

“Actually my plan was to stay really calm in the peloton and wait for the sprint, but it didn’t go according to my plan!” she laughed. “But it worked really well!”

This World title is Wild’s second in the Scratch Race, with the Dutchwoman having taken the rainbow jersey in Paris, in 2015.

This is amazing to win here in Apeldoorn, I have no words.

Result
1. Kirsten Wild (Netherlands)

2. Jolien D’hoore (Belgium)
3. Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark)

6. Katie Archibald (Great Britain)
9. Rachele Barbieri (Italy)

Photo: UCI

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