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Wyman beats Vos to win in Gieten

'Cross world champ makes season debut

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Helen Wyman (Kona) dropped Marianne Vos and soloed to victory at Superprestige Gieten.

Helen Wyman (Kona) dropped Marianne Vos and soloed to victory at Superprestige Gieten.
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Sabrina Stultiens (Rabobank Women Team)

Sabrina Stultiens (Rabobank Women Team)
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Reza Hormes-Ravenstijn (Orange Babies Cycling Team)

Reza Hormes-Ravenstijn (Orange Babies Cycling Team)
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Sanne van Paassen (Rabobank Women Team)

Sanne van Paassen (Rabobank Women Team)
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British champion Helen Wyman (Kona) leads world champion Marianne Vos (Rabobank Women Team)

British champion Helen Wyman (Kona) leads world champion Marianne Vos (Rabobank Women Team)
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Belgian champion Sanne Cant (Veldritacademie Enertherm-BKCP) en route to a third place finish.

Belgian champion Sanne Cant (Veldritacademie Enertherm-BKCP) en route to a third place finish.
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Sanne van Paassen (Rabobank Women Team) runs a sand section.

Sanne van Paassen (Rabobank Women Team) runs a sand section.
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Helen Wyman (Kona) celebrates her victory at Superprestige Gieten.

Helen Wyman (Kona) celebrates her victory at Superprestige Gieten.
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Superprestige Gieten podium (L-R): Marianne Vos, 2nd; Helen Wyman, 1st; Sanne Cant, 3rd

Superprestige Gieten podium (L-R): Marianne Vos, 2nd; Helen Wyman, 1st; Sanne Cant, 3rd
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The women's race at Superprestige Gieten quickly became a two-way battle between British champion Helen Wyman (Kona), left, and world champon Marianne Vos (Rabobank Women Team).

The women's race at Superprestige Gieten quickly became a two-way battle between British champion Helen Wyman (Kona), left, and world champon Marianne Vos (Rabobank Women Team).
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Belgian champion Sanne Cant (Veldritacademie Enertherm-BKCP)

Belgian champion Sanne Cant (Veldritacademie Enertherm-BKCP)
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World champion Marianne Vos (Rabobank Women Team) kicked off her 'cross season at Superprestige Gieten.

World champion Marianne Vos (Rabobank Women Team) kicked off her 'cross season at Superprestige Gieten.
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Sanne Cant (Veldritacademie Enertherm-BKCP)

Sanne Cant (Veldritacademie Enertherm-BKCP)
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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.

The cyclo-cross race in Gieten, in the upper north of the Netherlands, was the first of the season for world champion Marianne Vos. The 25-year-old Dutch star took a good start and got away with Wyman. Behind the duo Sanne Cant was the first chaser.

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.

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)
11Bianca Van Den Hoek (Ned)0:05:55
12Ilona Meter (Ned)
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)

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