Kateřina Hanušová-Nashova becomes first Czech to win women’s World Cup event

Czech cyclo cross competitor Kateřina Hanušová-Nashova has become the first Czech woman to win a World Cup event. The former cross country skier took the title at Roubaix, northern France, on Sunday. Second place went to four times world champion, Germany’s Hanka Kuperfernagel. The win makes Hanušová-Nashova one of the favourites for the world title event at Táboř in a fortnight. Czech Zdeněk Štybar won the men’s competition at Roubaix.