{"id":289011,"date":"2025-11-16T21:14:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T21:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/289011\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T21:14:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T21:14:12","slug":"lucinda-brand-is-closing-in-on-the-goat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/289011\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucinda Brand is closing in on the GOAT"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lucinda Brand has reached a remarkable 50 consecutive podium finishes \u2013 two more, and she will pull ahead of compatriot Marianne Vos.<\/p>\n

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Lucinda Brand\u2019s 2024-25 season was a remarkable one for a very particular reason. It was not her most successful \u2013 that would be \u201921-22, when she was victorious on 20 of 33 race days, most of them in the rainbow bands \u2013 but it was her most consistent, with 33 podium finishes in 33 races, which made for a sweep of 41 podiums.<\/p>\n

So far this season (’25-26), the 36-year-old has made nine appearances and finished in the top two every time, only beaten on two occasions by Sara Casasola (Superprestige Overijse) and Inge van der Heijden (European Champs<\/a>). With victories at Merksplas and Hamme this weekend, Brand has made it to an impressive 50 consecutive podium finishes.<\/p>\n

“I’m not that into statistics, but this is very special,\u201d Brand said after her win at \u2018Strawberrycross\u2019 Merksplas on Saturday. \u201cFor some people it seems a matter of course, but it’s not. I’m very happy with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s poetic, really; this run of visits to the podium began where it culminated at the Hamme Flandriencross where Brand finished second to Fem van Empel in January 2024, one week after finishing fourth at UCI World Cup Benidorm, itself two weeks after the last DNF logged by the Dutch powerhouse.<\/p>\n

This bumper gallery will celebrate the remarkable consistency of a veteran hero.<\/p>\n

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Brand on her way to second at Flandriencross 2024; a week earlier, she hung her head in disappointment at finishing the Benidorm World Cup round just off the podium in fourth.<\/p>\n

The podium streak is not the most obvious accolade, but it\u2019s well worth celebrating as a mark of not just talent but dogged determination. And it\u2019s pretty rare, especially \u2013 let\u2019s face it \u2013 in the twilight years of a professional sporting career. Anyone else with such a run on their records got it done early, when they were but whippersnappers causing trouble for the old hands, but Brand started hers at the age of 34.<\/p>\n

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Brand on her way to a 50th consecutive podium finish at Hamme Flandriencross this Sunday.<\/p>\n

Other riders who have achieved such a feat include, you\u2019ll not be surprised, Marianne Vos and Mathieu van der Poel.<\/p>\n

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