Aniek Van Alphen wins the De Noordzeecross in Gistel, Women Elite race of the Telenet Superprestige

Aniek Van Alphen wins the Women Elite race of the Telenet Superprestige - De Noordzeecross, held in Gistel (Belgium) on 5 November 2026. The Dutch rider of FENIX-PREMIER TECH completes the circuit in 0:46:35, ahead of all her rivals in the finishing order of a lap race that saw 26 riders classified at the start. For the twenty-seven-year-old Dutchwoman it is her first seasonal victory in Women Elite cyclocross: with this race her tally rises to 6 races contested, 1 victory and 5 podiums. A path of growth confirmed by the previous races, where she had been 2nd at the Telenet Superprestige - Vlaamse Druivencross on 25 October, 3rd at the Internationale Cyclocross Heerderstrand on 24 October and 2nd at the Nacht van Woerden on 20 October. Behind her, on the podium in Gistel, steps Inge Van Der Heijden, her teammate at FENIX-PREMIER TECH: also twenty-seven years old, in this cyclocross season she now counts 6 races, 0 victories and 2 podiums, with 10th place at the X2O Badkamers Trofee - Koppenbergcross on 1 November, 3rd at the Telenet Superprestige - Vlaamse Druivencross on 25 October and 4th at the Nacht van Woerden on 20 October. Third place goes to Denise Betsema, thirty-three years old, of DE CEUSTER BOUWKRANEN, who in this season has collected 4 victories and 9 podiums in 12 races: in the previous races she had been 6th at the X2O Badkamers Trofee - Koppenbergcross on 1 November, 5th at the Telenet Superprestige - Vlaamse Druivencross on 25 October and 2nd at the Internationale Cyclocross Heerderstrand on 24 October. Completing the top ten of the finishing order are Hélène Clauzel (FR), Amandine Fouquenet (FR), Leonie Bentveld (NL), Rebecca Gariboldi (IT), Julie Brouwers (BE) and Oda Laforce (NO).