UCI World Cup 6 – Rome

2012/13 Action

In 2012/13 competitors moved away from the rain and cold of northern Europe to the better weather of Italy. This created close action and longs streams of riders. Kevin Pauwels, Niels Albert and Klaas Vantornout had a good advantage over the rest with a few laps to go. Whilst home hero Marco Fontana and French rider Francis Mourey were never too far off the leaders and when Vantornout ran into trouble on the last lap, they were on hand to benefit.

2012/13 winner Kevin Pauwels in short sleeves. Pic by Balint Hamvas – buy his book!

In the women’s race Katie Compton did much of the early running as she and Marianne Vos went clear. With four laps undertaken Vos attacked and built a winning lead. In the final laps Sanne van Paassen drew closer to 3rd placed Katerina Nash who did enough maintain her podium spot. Katie Compton ‘s 2nd place gave her the 2012/13 UCI World Cup title.

UCI World Cup 6- Rome 2012/13 Summary
UCI World Cup 6- Rome 2012/13 Last Lap

1 Kevin Pauwels 1:01:17
2 Niels Albert +00:16
3 Marco Fontana +00:22
4 Francis Mourey +00:27
5 Klaas Vantornout +00:32
6 Lars Van Der Haar +00:50
7 Radomir Simunek +00:51
8 Bart Aernouts +00:53
9 Marcel Wildhaber +01:02
10 Twan Van Den Brand +01:10

Elite Women

1 Marianne Vos 39:38
2 Katie Compton 0:24
3 Katerina Nash 1:08
4 Sanne van Paassen 1:15
5 Sanne Cant 1:22
6 Helen Wyman 1:37
7 Sabrina Stultiens 1:46
8 Lucie Chainel-Lefevre 1:48
9 Ellen Van Loy 2:02
10 Eva Lechner 2:03
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22 Gabby Day 0:04:05

UCI World Cup 6- Rome website