This weekend has seen the gap for most of the cyclocross national championships to take place. There’s a couple of exceptions but the majority of national jerseys have been handed out. For some, it’s their first elite national victory. 18-year-old Line Burquier taking the victory in France feels like the confirmation that she’s going to go on to have a great career. She had a great battle in Liévin with A.S. Bike teammate Hélene Clauzel, with just 14 seconds separating them.
For others, it’s just one victory amongst many. Sanne Cant has extended her own record to a barely credible 13 national cyclocross championships in a row. Christine Majerus is on her own long streak with 12 victories in the Luxembourger championships. For Marianne Vos, it was her 7th national championship but the first since the 2016-2017 season. Other young talents retained their jerseys. Unsurprisingly, one was Kata Blanka Vas in Hungary who won by almost 6 minutes. Harriet Harnden took a narrow victory in the British Championship ahead of Annie Last and Anna Kay. Kay continues her run of 3 straight podiums and a future national championship is surely on the cards with a friendly course.
Below is a list of the newly-crowned women’s cyclocross national champions, some are known to us from road cycling. Such as Sweden’s Clara Lundmark and Norway’s Mie Bjørndal Ottestad. But as always, there are plenty of cyclocross specialists winning too.
List of National Cyclocross Champions 2021-2022
Belgium
Sanne Cant
Netherlands
France
Line Burquier
Italy
Silvia Persico
Spain
Lucia Gonzalez Blanco
Switzerland
Alessandra Keller
Germany
Elisabeth Brandau
Czech Republic
Kristyna Zemanova
United Kingdom
Harriet Harnden
Denmark
Caroline Bohé
Poland
Dominika Wlodarczyk
Luxembourg
Christine Majerus
Austria
Nadja Heigl
Hungary
Kata Blanka Vas
Portugal
Ana Mafalda Sá Santos
Ireland
Maria Larkin
Norway
Mie Bjørndal Ottestad
Sweden
Clara Lundmark
Slovakia
Tereza Kurnicka
Japan
Kasuga Watabe
United States
Clara Honsinger
