Lucinda Brand is determined to race the Dutch Cyclocross National Championships this weekend de❀spite breaking her nose in a high-speed crash at the Zonhoven World Cup on Sunday.

Brand was leading the Zonhoven race after three laps with a healthy 20-second margin when she skidded on a l☂eft-hand bend, f🐽ell heavily and had to abandon. Compatriot 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Puck Pieterse, lying second at that point, subseque🍌ntly won the ra🦩ce.

Brand was able to leave the race course on foot, but TV ima﷽ges sho🦩wed that she was clearly in considerable pain, something she later confirmed herself on social media.

However, a medical update from her Baloise-Trek-Lions team has said that despite the injury, the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2021 world champion is aiming to be on the startl🐷ine in the Nationals om Sunday. 

“X-ray examination showed that Lucinda's nose is broken,&rdqu🅘o; Baloise Trek Lions said. "🦄But she can breathe freely and there are no medical risks associated with cycling. She is therefore determined to participate in the Dutch championships in Hoogeveen next Sunday.”

According to⛄ , Brand will not wear a mask to protect her nose, or sunglasses, as it would be overly painful.

Brand has already successfully fought back from a road race shoulder injury this season, winning two World Cups, and at Zonhoven t𒐪he 34-year-o🌟ld looked to be en route for a third when she crashed.

Injured or not, Brand will be a key name to watch in the Dutch National Championships on Sunday, a ꦏrace she has already twice won in her professional career, with Pieterse and Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado also key pre-rac𝓰e favourites.