Womens World Cyclo-Cross Championship

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Welcome to Hoogerheide and its very muddy course..!

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Marianne Vos and Eva Lechner are well ahead on the very first lap...

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Vos is already dropping Lechner towards the end of the lap...

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Vos just about falls in her determination to get away...

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Lechner looks forlorn as Vos still manages to pulls away

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Helen Wyman digs deep to stay within medal distance of the leaders...

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Sanne Cant and Ellen Van Loy are the next chasers....

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Elle Anderson is the first American woman right now..!

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Katherine Compton has been delayed by a spill after the start - he day is just about done...

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Vos is already soloing away in front of a devoted auidence...

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Wyman has momentarily passed Lechner on lap two, but the roles will soon be reversed...

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Cant is also closing on the Wyman...

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Compton has moved right through the field to sit in 5th place now...

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Lucie Chainel-Lefevre is France's best rider at the moment - and she'll end in 6th place today...

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Loes Sels is Belgium's second-best rider in around 7th spot...

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Niki Harris is in the top ten, and starting to go faster - into 5th place by the end..!

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Guess who these young Dutch fans adore..?

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Vos is almost one minute ahead as she starts the last lap..!

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Lechner looks good for silver...if she can hold Wyman and Cant off...

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Cant leads Wyman, but not by much..!

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Compton looks angry, but she's pulled herself into 9th place after her mishap...

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Marianne Vos wins the Womens world championships..!

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Marianne Vos celebrates with Eva Lechner and Helen Wyman

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