{"id":237136,"date":"2026-04-06T13:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/ronde-de-mouscron-clara-copponi-blasts-away-opposition-to-clinch-powerful-bunch-sprint-victory\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:26:16","slug":"ronde-de-mouscron-clara-copponi-blasts-away-opposition-to-clinch-powerful-bunch-sprint-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/ronde-de-mouscron-clara-copponi-blasts-away-opposition-to-clinch-powerful-bunch-sprint-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronde de Mouscron: Clara Copponi blasts away opposition to clinch powerful bunch sprint victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-86db4437-f852-4d79-993e-56f88179e429\"><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/clara-copponi\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/clara-copponi\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/clara-copponi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clara Copponi<\/a> finished off the work of a dominating Lidl-Trek squad in style at the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/races\/ronde-de-mouscron-2023\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/races\/ronde-de-mouscron-2023\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/races\/ronde-de-mouscron-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ronde de Mouscron<\/a> on Monday, blasting up the final straightaway to easily clinch her fifth victory of the season in a bunch sprint.<\/p>\n<p>Faultlessly led out at distance by teammate Margo Vanpachtenbeke, the 27-year-old finished clearly ahead of last year&#8217;s winner Susanne Andersen (Uno X-Mobility) and Spain&#8217;s Alicia Gonzalez (St Michel-Preference Home-Auber93).<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-86db4437-f852-4d79-993e-56f88179e429-2\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Run on relentlessly flat terrain in sunny weather, the one-day race saw some early attackers but Lidl-Trek were determined this was going to come down to a bunch sprint, and Copponi responded perfectly with the fifth victory of her career and first of 2026.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-continues-below block py-2 text-sm\">Article continues below <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"inline-block w-2.5 h-2.5 ml-2\" fill=\"currentColor\" preserveaspectratio=\"xMidYMid meet\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 1000\"><path d=\"M1000 100L500 900 0 100h1000z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pb-0 pt-2 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 !text-base uppercase sm:text-sm font-bold&#10;        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">For the opening segment of the 125km event, with five laps around Mouscron, the bunch remained together until Uneken Lonneke (VolkerWessels) opened a gap after around an hour of racing. The winner of the MidWest Cycling Classic from a small group sprint a few weeks back, her effort to go solo was crushed after just seven kilometres<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The race pounded on, Lidl-Trek taking command of the peloton, then a collective acceleration by UAE Team ADQ saw Febe Jooris head away some 30 kilometres from the line in pursuit of a solo win. Ten kilometres later, though, it was all over for the Belgian racer, as the peloton gathered pace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Attack after attack rained down, with Manon de Boer (Citymesh-Customm) the next to try her luck on the flat course in Belgium&#8217;s Far West. But Mouscron has always been won in sprints in its five previous editions and this was going to be no exception.<\/p>\n<p>Lidl-Trek were present yet again in numbers in the closing kilometres, only for Uno X-Mobility, riding for last year&#8217;s winner Andersen, to take over along with Lotto-Intermarch\u00e9. The three teams bossed the front of the peloton as it headed out of the countryside and back into Mouscron for the last time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-K6TiBNAFYS74Eq6crXngw9\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-K6TiBNAFYS74Eq6crXngw9 slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">On the slightly rising gradient to the finish, however, Copponi clinched the victory, blasting out early and keeping the pace high. There was literally no reaction possible to successfully counter-attack such a strong charge, with the Frenchwoman crossing the line several bike lengths ahead of the opposition.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-results\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-results\"><span>Results<\/span><\/h3>\n<p id=\"elk-67879b4e-e401-4bbd-ba8b-eeac696a493f\"><em><strong>Results powered by <\/strong><\/em><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/firstcycling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-url=\"https:\/\/firstcycling.com\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\"><em><strong>FirstCycling<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-6dad9043-54ee-4010-91b7-d542d0c6af26\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><iframe allow=\"\" height=\"410\" width=\"100%\" id=\"\" style=\"\" class=\"position-center\" data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/firstcycling.com\/widget\/?r=13593&amp;y=2026&amp;lang=EN\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/womens-cycling\/ronde-de-mouscron-clara-copponi-blasts-away-opposiiton-to-clinch-powerful-bunch-sprint-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clara Copponi finished off the work of a dominating Lidl-Trek squad in style at the Ronde de Mouscron on Monday, blasting up the final straightaway to easily clinch her fifth victory of the season in a bunch sprint. Faultlessly led out at distance by teammate Margo Vanpachtenbeke, the 27-year-old finished clearly ahead of last year&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":237137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6804],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-237136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}