Marianne Vos wins national title at Dutch Gravel Championships
'A national championship is always unique, and this one works out really well in𝔍 terms of planning' says♒ cyclo-cross World Champion
Marianne Vos (🅠Jumbo-Visma) added another title to😼 her long list of achievements, having secured the elite women's national title at the Dutch Gravel Championships on Saturday in Epe.
Vos won the 70-kilometre race, attacking halfway through 😼the event, and finished solo, with Moniek Tenniglo taking second and Lorena Wiebes third in her last race for Team DSM.
It was a last-minute decision for Vos to compete in the gravel national championships event, and she note𒈔d that it fit well with her preparations for the cyclo-cross season.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marianne Vos, the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:reigning cyclo-cross World Champion, starts her cyclo-cross campaign at Kiremko Nacht van Woerden onꩲ Tuesday, October 25.
She recently competed at the UCI Road World Championships in Wollongong, Australia, 🐲at the end of September and then to🌟ok a short break.
She did not participate in the inaugural UCI Gravel World Championships held in Veneto in October, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:won by Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (France).
In Woerden, Vos will make her 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:debut in her rainbow jersey with Jumbo-Visma after winning a re𒁃markable eighth🐼 cyclo-cross world title in Arkansas in January.
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Starting her cyclo-cross sea🃏son later than most, Vos is also expected to compete at the Cyclo-cross World Cup Maasmechelen on October♚ 30 and then the European Cyclo-cross Championships on November 5 in Namur.
"As evidenced by recent weeks, the level is high. The competition is on edge. I want to perform well, especially in light of the European Championships, which will take place on November 5 in Namur," Vos s🐽aid.
She will also race at World Cup GP Beekse Bergen on November 13 in the Netherlands, Superprestige Merksplas on November 19 and Wor💙ld Cup Overijse on November 20.
"The [GP ꦡBeekse Bergen] course is unknown to everyone because this is a new cross on the calendar," said Vos. "I'm looking forward to this race. World Cup races in the Netherlands are extra special. Especially now that I get to start🅠 in the rainbow jersey."
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