Wyman beats Vos to win in Gieten

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'Cross world champ makes season debut

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Helen Wyman (Kona) dropped Marianne Vos and soloed to victory at Superprestige Gieten.(Image credit: Photopress.be)

European champion Helen Wyman (Kona) prevailed in her duel with world champion Marianne Vos (Rabobank Women) to take the victory at Superprestige Gieten. Belgian champion Sanne Cant (Veldritacademie Enertherm - BKCP) finished in third place to complete the podium.

While exchanging accelerations it was clear either Vos or Wyman would take the win in Gieten. Eventually Wyman pulled away on the penultimate lap in the mud from a struggling Vos, taking a prestigious win over the hard-to-beat world champion.

"It's her first race back and a tough one so I kept trying," Wyman commented on Vier. Vos agreed. "It was a very tough one. The grass didn't go smooth at all. I was able to follow Helen nicely but I'm not used to the intensity just yet. I knew I would start to struggle at one point and sure it came."

Vos now heads to South Africa and only returns to the cyclo-cross competition in late December.

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Full Results
1Helen Wyman (GBr) Kona Factory Team0:36:35
2Marianne Vos (Ned) Rabobank Women Team0:00:38
3Sanne Cant (Bel) Veldritacademie Enertherm - BKCP0:01:11
4Sanne van Paassen (Ned) Rabobank Women Team0:01:32
5Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) Rabobank Women Team0:02:13
6Pavla Havlikova (Cze) Young Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team0:02:21
7Annefleur Kalvenhaar (Ned) Giant Dealerteams0:02:54
8Reza Hormes-Ravenstijn (Ned) Orange Babies Cycling Team0:03:57
9Yara Kastelijn (Ned)0:03:58
10Jamie Bierens (Bel)Row 9 - Cell 2
11Bianca Van Den Hoek (Ned)0:05:55
12Ilona Meter (Ned)Row 11 - Cell 2
13Lotte Eikelenboom (Ned)0:06:09
14Karlijn Swinkels (Ned)0:06:16
15Evy Kuijpers (Ned)0:06:19
16Esmee Oosterman (Ned)0:06:32
17Suzie Godart (Lux) CCI Differdange0:06:40
18Pernilla Van Rozelaar (Ned)0:06:51
19Fleur Nagengast (Ned)0:07:29
20Anne Peer (Ned)Row 19 - Cell 2

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