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(Article courtesy of Tim Rowe, MTBA XC Riders Rep)

 

 

The World cup XCO U23 Women's event in Houffilize Belgium saw Henderson finish in an excellent 3rd place (+23 seconds) 

Bec started 6th and progressed her way through the pack to poach 3rd place from Jolnda Neff who had been leading until the final lap.

 

Rebbecca now sits 3rd in the XCO WU standings.

 

1	BELOMOYNA Yana	UKR	BI&ESSE - INFOTRE PROTEK	160
2	ANOSHINA Ekaterina	RUS	TEAM PROTEK	160
3	HENDERSON Rebecca	AUS		95
4	MITTERBAUER Lisa	AUT	BIKEPARK.CH SCOTT	80
5	BENKO Barbara	HUN	FOCUS MIG TEAM	80

 

In the Men's XCE, Paul Van der Ploeg had a spill and sneaked in to the next round with 32 qualifying. Paul's races are at 35min (1/32), 1:03 (1/16), 1:18 (1/8) and 1:36 (Small Final).

 

To keep updated with Paul's racing throughout the coming months please follow his blog http://www.paulvanderploeg.com/2012/04/clawing-onto-podium-in-belgium-world.html

The next XCO and XCE World Cup round is at Nove Mesto Na Morave (Czech Republic) on May 12/13 where Paul hopes to emulate his performance of 2nd place last year.