Marie Schreiber Triumphs at Elite Ladies’ Ethias Pass Maldegem Amidst Dramatic Disqualifications

Marie Schreiber (Crew SD Worx-Protime) glided throughout the slippery dust at Parkcross a mid-week C2 contest in Maldegem and received the penultimate spherical of the Precise Pass sequence.

Crelan-Corendon teammates Inge van der Heijden and Sara Casasola rounded out the rostrum, the Dutch rider 16 seconds again and the Italian some other 5 seconds later. 

The drama of the race spread out neatly in the back of the rostrum finishers when Belgian Jinse Peeters (De Ceuster-Bouwpunt) and Dutchwoman Manon Bakker (Crelan-Corendon) had been disqualified after bumping in a nook and hitting each and every different. 

At the 6th of the seven laps, Peeters held the interior place as 3 riders approached a 90-degree left-hand nook. Bakker moved beside Peeters to make a cross, and the Belgian used her proper arm to push Bakker clear of shut proximity. 

The shove brought about the Dutch rider to unclip to stay from crashing, with Bakker then slapping Peeters at the shoulder whilst she attempted to regain keep an eye on, however misplaced place within the small crew. 

Peeters idea Bakker had made a perilous transfer to hinder her procedure. Race officers reviewed the pictures on the finish of the race and deemed each riders could be penalised, leading to DQs.

In the meantime, the 21-year-old Schreiber celebrated her 6th elite cyclocross victory for the season, together with a 3rd Luxembourg nationwide championship in January. In Liévin on the Global Championships final weekend she landed at the podium for the primary time, incomes the silver medal within the U23 department. 

“I felt the strongest, it’s nice to finish the season with a victory,” mentioned Schreiber, who will now transition to the street for SD Worx-Protime. 

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