By Susan Westemeyer
20 year-old Steffi Pohl (Team Getränke Hoffman) took the biggest victory of her career to date when she won the ꦍmother of all cyclo-cross races in Overijse, Belgium on Sunday. The young German talent outsprinted her Dutch counterpart Saskia Elemans (WV de Meteoor) to win after a tough battle in the testing conditions. 🌺Pohl crashed hard during the race while leading on her own, the fall left her bruised and battered but was not enough to stop her from claiming victory.
"It was a pretty hard race," Pohl said. "The ground was frozen hard. I got in to the lead early and built up a lot of space between me and the followers. Then I crashed hard, unfortunately, and hurt my arm, and the others caught up with me. I pulled all﷽ my strength together and was able to get away with Elem♐ans. Then I was able to take the sprint."
Belgian, Sanne Cant (ASD Selle Italia Guerciotti), did 📖enough to secure the third step on the podium as she crossed the line six seconds clear of Helen Wyman (Great Britain) while💧 Daphny van den Brand (ZZPR.nl) finishing a further 17 seconds back in fifth.
Torsten Wittig, sports director of Team Getränke Hoffman was pleased withജ his young charges w✤in. "She was fantastic. Winning this classic shows not only her best form but also Steffi's super self-confidence," he said.
