World Champion Fem Van Empel Drops Out in the First Round of the Koppenbergcross, Lucinda Brand Triumphs

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Lucinda Brand won the Koppenbergcross, a renowned cyclocross race in Oudenaarde, on Saturday. The Dordrecht-based rider for the Baloise Trek Lions finished alone. Fem van Empel, the winner of the past three editions, dropped out on the first lap.

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Fem van Empel from Den Bosch abandoned the Koppenbergcross race in the first lap. The cyclocross rider (23), who has won the past three editions, hit the brakes at the second pit stop and disappeared from the course, shaking her head. TV channel Sporza reported that she had learned from her team, Visma - Lease a Bike, that the young rider from Brabant had been ill for the past week. The famous cyclocross race in Oudenaarde, Belgium, was won by L…