KC: Yeah, and I think that speaks a lot about the ’cross racing in the U.S. VN: How about your American compatriots Rachel Lloyd and Georgia Gould? They had some success during the Christmas week races. If it’s a fast course then she’ll do OK, but if it’s going to be a heavy, muddy one I think she’ll struggle. If it comes down to a group of us, she’s going to be really hard to beat. I can get through that stuff much better than her, but Vos is one hell of a fast sprinter. KC: In the mud and sand I’m definitely stronger. On the faster, twisting courses with lots of flow she really excels. It’s actually pretty fun to ride behind her because she can ride through turns so smooth. Daphny is so small she can just fly around tight turns. She’s good at playing the position game, and I just have to try and not let her get those positions.īut in the twisty turns and windy stuff she’s really good.
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But she’s a really smart racer and always tries to zip in front of me before sand or stairs, which is frustrating. KC: In straight-line power sections and running sections I’m stronger than her. VN: How about Daphny Van den Brand - where are her strengths and weaknesses compared to yours?Ĭompton scored yet another stars-and-stripes jersey in November. I’m never going to be as good as her at putting out brute strength in a straight line. She’s a great time trailer, and I’ve never been good at that. On those flat straightaways she can make me suffer. KC: She’s got more raw horsepower than I do in general. VN: Where is Kupfernagel stronger than you? But Hanka and I are going to be at the front in the mud races. I mean, between me and Hanka and Daphny, we’re all pretty damn good at the technical stuff. We’re both fairly similar riders in mud, and I think a lot of times it just comes down to who is riding better that day.
I can make her suffer a little in those sections. I’m stronger than her on the run ups and stair sections, which at first really surprised me. Katie Compton: I feel like we’re pretty evenly matched. VeloNews: How do you feel you fare against defending world champ Hanka Kupfernagel? Where are you stronger than her? VeloNews caught up with Compton the day before she traveled back to Europe to get her perspective on how she matches up against the three.
The bloc of racing gave Compton another taste of racing against the world’s three best European riders: German Hanka Kupfernagel and Dutchwomen Daphny Van den Brand and Marianne Vos. Just last month Compton (Spike Shooter) had her best ever run of European racing, racking up a slew of UCI podium finishes, including a win at the World Cup in Nommay, France. Katie Compton is America’s best hope to bring home hardware from this year’s UCI Cyclocross world championships, which will be held in Hoogerheide, the Netherlands, on January 31-February 1. Compton will face some serious competition from Van den Brand and Kupfernagel.
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