![]() ![]() “Once I got to the front, I just tried to keep the pressure on, because I knew Marianne was coming up, and she was coming up fast,” Compton told VeloNews. Meredith Miller (California Giant) was 38th. Sue Butler (Hudz-Subaru) was the best American behind Compton, finishing 23rd, while Christine Vardaros (Baboco-Revor) 36th. Vos, who spent the first lap of the race just finding her way around most of the 47 women in the field on her way to the front, showed decisively that she remains a force despite the early season layoff. Vos couldn’t gain time on Compton, however, and would finish 30 seconds off the lead, but several seconds ahead of Nash. While Compton cruised to what looked like an easy solo win, Vos stretched her lead over Nash and Van Paassen. Vos, one of only a few riders who handled the mud cleanly during the race, used the opportunity to take over second place. While Compton pulled away, Vos was also closing, first coming around Cant and reaching the leaders just as both Nash and Van Paassen went down in a deep, slippery mud pit. It was near the race’s midpoint that Compton finally took charge, powering through the snow and into first, quickly opening a significant gap between her and Nash, who led the chase. Vos, meanwhile, continued moving up as well, unleashing one of the fastest laps anyone would ride all day to pull within 10 seconds of the lead group. Nash took control of the race during the second lap, while Compton made contact with the front group, sitting comfortably in fourth place behind Cant and Van Paassen. By the end of the first lap she was sitting in seventh, some 20 seconds behind the leaders. Vos, meanwhile, with essentially no race experience so far this season, was forced to start in the last row, and battle her way to the front. While Compton started slowly, she was within striking distance by the end of the first lap, accompanied by Germany’s Hanka Kupfernagel. Though British champion Helen Wyman (Kona) surged to the front from the gun, the Netherlands’ Sanne Van Paassen (BrainWash) took initial control of the race, leading through the first lap ahead of Nash and Belgian champion Sanne Cant (BKCP-Powerplus). Vos, who made her return to World Cup competition after several months spent training in Australia preparing to defend her 2008 Olympic gold on the track, stormed back from a last-row start to take second ahead of newly crowned Czech champion Nash. Katie Compton takes her third World Cup victory of the season. KALMTHOUT, Belgium (VN) - With light snow falling on an already icy, snow-covered course in the woods north of Antwerp, American Katie Compton (Planet Bike) powered away from both her familiar rival Katerina Nash (Luna Pro Team) and world champion Marianne Vos (Nederland-Bloeit) to take her third World Cup win of the season on Sunday. Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members! ![]()
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