2009 European Championships Cyclocross - Hoogstraten,
Women
Marianne Vos has add another title to her impressive palmares. The Dutch World
Champion soloed to the gold medal after taking the lead in the second lap. Daphny
van den Brand, who returned in competition after illness, finished as second
and Britain's Helen Wyman as third. Czech duo Katerina Nash and the winner of
the Koppenberg race Pavla Havlikova completed the top five.
Marianne Vos
Photo © 2009 Bart Hazen
Dutch Champion Daphny van den Brand took the hole shot and led the race for
1,5 lap. Dutch Reza Hormes had to abandon the race after a crash hundreds of
meters after the start. World Champion Marianne Vos, competing in her third
race of the season, had to start in the back of the field due to a lack of UCI
points. Vos quickly bridged up to the front before getting rid of Van den Brand
and Wyman in the second lap.
Daphny van den Brand
Photo © 2009 Bart Hazen
For the second place the battle was more exciting as Daphny van den Brand and
Helen Wyman were caught by a chasing group with Katerina Nash, Pavla Havlikova,
Sanne van Paassen and Christel Ferrier-Bruneau. In the last lap Van den Brand
and later also Wyman were able to drop the others to finish respectively as
second and third behind the unapproachable Marianne Vos. For Vos the win in
Hoogstraten is her second European title in her career and also her second win
of the season after Woerden.
Helen Wyman
Photo © 2009 Bart Hazen
Vos said "My second European title. This is beautiful, even after all
my Olympic and World titles. This was my third race of the season, and my second
win. On the Koppenberg last week I had bad luck while riding in the lead."
Katerina Nash leads a chasing group with Sanne van Paassen, Pavla Havlikova
and Christel Ferrier
Photo © 2009 Bart Hazen
Result
1 Marianne VOS NED 23 38:40
2 Daphny VAN DEN BRAND NED 32 39:17
3 Helen WYMAN GBR 29 39:22
4 Katerina NASH CZE 33 39:30
5 Pavla HAVLIKOVA CZE 27 39:35
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Marianne Vos leads Daphny van den Brand - Katerina Nash
Photo © 2009 Bart Hazen
6 Sanne VAN PAASSEN NED 22 39:48
7 Christel FERRIER-BRUNEAU FRA 31 40:11
8 Caroline MANI FRA 23 40:11
9 Joyce VANDERBEKEN BEL 26 40:40
10 Sanne CANT BEL 20 40:44
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Sanne Cant leads Joyce Vanderbeken - Pavla Havlikova
Photo © 2009 Bart Hazen
11 Linda VAN RIJEN NED 22 40:46
12 Katrin LEUMANN SUI 28 40:47
13 Saskia ELEMANS NED 33 41:01
14 Lucie CHAINEL LEFEVRE FRA 27 41:12
15 Evelyn STAFFLER ITA 26 41:30
Marianne Vos
Photo © 2009 Bart Hazen
16 Nadia TRIQUET-CLAUDE FRA 32 41:34
17 Jana KYPTOVA CZE 25 41:38
18 Arenda GRIMBERG NED 32 41:43
19 Pauline FERRAND PREVOT FRA 18 41:43
20 Gabriella DAY GBR 26 41:50
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Sanne van Paassen - Caroline Mani leads Christel Ferrier
Photo © 2009 Bart Hazen
21 Sophie DE BOER NED 20 41:58
22 Veronica ALESSIO ITA 23 42:01
23 Elisabeth BRANDAU GER 25 42:14
24 Sabrina SCHWEIZER GER 20 42:19
25 Elke RIEDL AUT 39 43:15
Belgian Champion Joyce Vanderbeken
Photo © 2009 Bart Hazen
26 Nancy BOBER BEL 35 43:43
27 Lise-Marie HENZELIN SUI 19 44:17
28 Martina MIKULÁŠKOVÁ CZE 17 44:45
29 Zuzana PIRZKALLOVÁ CZE 17 + 1 lap
30 Eszter DOSA HUN 27
More photos
The women's podium
Photo © 2009 Bart Hazen
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