Sanne Cant (IKO Enertherm-Beobank) won her third straight opening round of the Superprestige Ladies Trophy on Sunday afternoon in Gieten, Netherlands. Cant was half a minute faster than road specialist Lucinda Brand (RaboLiv Womencyclingteam). Sophie de Boer (Kalas-NNOF) was third at a minute from winner Cant.
Just back from a difficult trip to the US during which last year's World Cup winner Cant only managed a ninth and thirteenth place, she managed to bounce back in Gieten. "This win pleases me a lot. During the last lap I've given it all to shake off everything. It's been very tough. I'm very happy," an emotional Cant said on Telenet Play Sports.
After wiping away the tears she explained. "In the USA I had two embarrassing races and that was no fun at all. I headed out there to win and struggled to crack the top 10."
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The circumstances in Gieten were way different compared to last week's races in Las Vegas and Iowa. The weather was dry and cool in the north of the Netherlands. Sophie de Boer was the only rider at the start in Gieten who cracked the top 10 during the two first rounds of the World Cup as Katie Compton, Katerina Nash, Eva Lechner, Caroline Mani, Kaitlin Antonneau and the rest remained stateside.
Straight from the start Cant burst away on the fast course that combined long easy sections with a few technical passages through the sand. At first Sophie de Boer managed to hang on but once there was a gap after the first technical section Cant was gone.
After the opening lap Cant had a small gap of five seconds over De Boer and Lucinda Brand. That gap only grew larger as Cant clearly was clearly fresher than De Boer. Behind Cant, De Boer and Brand, Laura Verdonschot (Kalas-NNOF), Nikki Brammeier (nee Harris) and Elle Anderson (Rally Cycling) quickly discovered they were battling for fourth place.
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