January 28, 2007 (Hooglede-Gits, Belgium) — France’s Maryline Salvetat is the 2007 Women’s World Cyclocross Champion as Katie Compton (USA) took the silver and Laurence Leboucher (FR) won the bronze.

Germany’s Hanka Kupfernagel attacked hard early in the race leading for the first three laps. Crashes early in the race slowed some of the other favourites like Marianne Vos, while American, Katie Compton made it through the crashes and stayed with the group including the two French riders, Salvetat and Leboucher, that also included Daphny van Den Brand from the Netherlands.

The group caught Kupfernagel and left her behind, along with van Den Brand who crashed, with two laps to go. In the last lap, Salvetat gapped Compton and Leboucher. Compton finished 2nd by a few metres in the final sprint after dropping Leboucher. Canada’s Tara Ross finished 29th.

Results

1. Maryline Salvetat (France) 42:57.8
2. Katie Compton (USA) 0:01.2
3. Laurence Leboucher (France) 0:09.0
4. Daphny Van Den Brand (Netherlands) 0:31.9
5. Hanka Kupfernagel (Germany) 0:41.8
6. Christelle Ferrier-Bruneau (France) 0:43.6
7. Marianne Vos (Netherlands) 1:12.4
8. Birgit Hollmann (Germany) 1:33.6
9. Helen Wyman (Great Britan) 2:26.3
10. Linda Van Rijen (Netherlands) 2:42.1
11. Rhonda Mazza (USA) 2:49.5
12. Loes Sels (Belgium) 3:01.8
13. Susanne Juranek (Germany) 3:17.8
14. Reza Hormes-Ravenste (Netherlands) 3:27.8
15. Kerry Barnholt (USA) 3:36.1
16. Nadia Triquet-Claude (France) 3:46.7
17. Stephanie Pohl (Germany) 3:56.0
18. Sanne Cant (Belgium) 4:11.0
19. Vania Rossi (Italy) 4:14.4
20. Loes Gunnewijk (Netherlands) 4:14.6
21. Rosa Maria Bravo Soba (Spain) 4:23.5
22. Milena Cavani (Italy) 4:36.9
23. Caroline Mani (France) 4:41.7
24. Gabriella Day (Great Britain) 4:43.6
25. Ayako Toyooka (Japan) 5:00.2
26. Veerle Ingels (Belgium) 5:09.4
27. Arenda Grimberg (Netherlands) 5:22.9
28. Claudia Seidel (Germany) 5:29.3
29. Tara Ross (Canada) 5:34.4
30. Rocio Gamonal Ferrera (Spain) 5:39.5
31. Alessandra Fatato (Italy) 5:57.7
32. Deidre Winfield (USA) 6:08.4
33. Christine Vardaros (USA) 6:16.0
34. Francesca Cucciniello (Italy) 6:32.4
35. Hilde Quintens (Belgium) 6:36.1
36. Daniela Bresciani (Italy) 6:46.8
37. Ruth Moll Marques (Spain) 6:50.8
38. Nicole Kampeter (Germany) 6:54.2
39. Katrien Pauwels (Belgium) 7:13.9
40. Mika Ogishima (Japan) 7:43.9
41. Michiko Shimura (Japan) 9:00.0
42. Ikumi Tajika (Japan) 10:06.7
43. Tatjana Kaliakina (Lithuania) 1 lap
44. Kristina Strachovic (Lithuania) 1 lap
DNF Dorota Warczyk (Poland)