For those of you that didn’t know Welsh road rider Nicole Cooke is a former Junior World Cross Country Champion. Well in Belgium last weekend, at the first round of the MTB world cup, she may have confused a few people on the start line. She then put all her road strength into the first few laps to get into the top ten, but faded in the muddy conditions to finish a creditable 13th. Riding in GB colours this is a part of her plan to diversify to find her strength for the future.
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Results – World Cup XC round 1 – Spa Francorchamps, Belgium – April 24 2005
1 Marie-Helene Premont (Can) Rocky Mountain Business Objects 1.25.26
2 Gunn-Rita Dahle (Nor) Multivan Merida Biking Team 0.43
3 Irina Kalentieva (Rus) Multivan Merida Biking Team 3.01
4 Sabine Spitz (Ger) Specialized 4.05
5 Maja Wsoszczowska (Pol) Lotto PZ U S.A 4.24
6 Margarita Fullana (Spa) Be One 4.27
7 Mary Mcconneloug (USA) Seven Cycles 6.16
8 Bernardine Boog-Rauwerda (Ned) Netherlands National 6.45
9 Sabrina Enaux (Fra) Lapierre International 6.54
10 Katrin Leumann (Swi) Fischer – BMC 7.16
11 Maria Ostergren (Swe) 7.26
12 Annabella Stropparo (Ita) A.S. Spreafico Olympus 7.40
13 Nicole Cooke (GBr) 8.40
