I`ve been doing worldcup races in Madrid three times before, so I`m familiar with the course in Casa Del Campo witch is a park just outside the center of Madrid. But I`ve never done a worlcup there in muddy contitions like this weekend, so diffent from the other years with a dry dusty course and hot weather,

We had rain for two days before the race, mostly rainshowers so It looked like It was going to dry out. But during the night before the raceday It was raining quit heavy and the UCI decided to cut down one lap for the womens race. I was not so happy about that at the startline!

I knew I had to be in the front from the start of the race and with one lap shorter than expected I just went for It from the start. Never before have I been crossing the finishline first after a lap alone in a worldcup! My legs felt good and I wanted to do a good race again after suffering in Houffalize.

I`m happy about how the race developed even though Marga Fullana and Marie-Helen Premont cought me early on the second lap. We where a trio riding together, It was going to be a fight between us three girls since the gap from the girls behind us got bigger every lap. It`s two awsome riders that I do respect but I could not respect during the race. I gave It all from the start did my best to get my first worldcup victory. At the final lap I knew that Fullana would go for a attack at one of the climbings infront of her homecrowd, I was suffering more than those two grils, so they got at small gap with a half lap to go. Finisheing 3rd again 15sec behind Marga Fullana I`ve to say I`m proud of my race and not to mention my start speed☺