{"id":413600,"date":"2026-02-07T22:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T22:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/413600\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T22:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T22:35:11","slug":"superprestige-middelkerke-seasons-breakthrough-rider-amandine-fouquenet-takes-final-round-as-van-alphen-wins-overall-by-tiny-margin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/413600\/","title":{"rendered":"Superprestige Middelkerke: Season&#8217;s breakthrough rider Amandine Fouquenet takes final round as Van Alphen wins overall by tiny margin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"28908668-dd3e-432a-b9f1-6b067f9b92bb\">France&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/amandine-fouquenet\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/amandine-fouquenet\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/amandine-fouquenet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amandine Fouquenet<\/a> (Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw) took victory in <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/races\/superprestige-middelkerke-2024\/races\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/races\/superprestige-middelkerke-2024\/races\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/races\/superprestige-middelkerke-2024\/races\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Middelkerke<\/a> to win the final round of the Telenet Superprestige series, narrowly missing out on the overall as Aniek van Alphen (Seven Racing) held on to take the title.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a strong fightback, Fouquenet held off a chase from <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/ceylin-del-carmen-alvarado\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/ceylin-del-carmen-alvarado\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/ceylin-del-carmen-alvarado\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado<\/a> (Fenix-Premier Tech) to take the win, her fourth of what has been a breakthrough season.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"28908668-dd3e-432a-b9f1-6b067f9b92bb-2\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/marie-schreiber\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/marie-schreiber\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/marie-schreiber\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marie Schreiber<\/a> (SD Worx-Protime) took third.<\/p>\n<p>You may like<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">The real intrigue of the day, though, was the battle for the overall Superprestige title, which came down to a tiny margin in the eighth and final round of the series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">With Van Alphen finishing in eighth, she and Fouquenet finished on the exact same points tally, with the Dutchwoman just taking the victory on series countback, having better placings overall despite Fouquenet taking more individual wins.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-results\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/>Results<\/p>\n<p id=\"64ae9cb1-3008-4a0f-ac00-29394065945d\">Results powered by <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\" 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