Marianne Vos (Rabo-Liv) got off to a good start in her cyclo-cross comeback at Scheldecross on Saturday afternoon. Not hampered by a back-row start position in the fifth round of the IJsboerke Ladies Trophy, seven-time cyclo-cross World champion Vos quickly featured in the front of the race in Antwerp, Belgium.
Halfway through the race, which was fast despite a generous helping of sand sections, the 29 year-old Dutch rider started to fade back. Nevertheless, Vos managed to hold onto fourth place, just under a minute of winner Sanne Cant (IKO Enertherm-Beobank).
Vos won Scheldecross back in January 2007. Nearly ten years later, it’s her first cyclo-cross race since the 2015 UCI World Championships in Tábor, Czech Republic, where she finished third. As Vos didn’t finish a UCI cyclo-cross race for more than a year she holds no points in the UCI cyclo-cross ranking. That ranking is used to decide start positions so Vos was a back-row starter in Antwerp.
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After racing for forty minutes, Vos had clearly given everything she had along the banks of the Schelde in Antwerp. "I'm satisfied but I feel really tired now," Vos said, shortly after the race during the flash interview with Sporza.
The start turned out to be easy to overcome. In no time she rode into third place, just behind leader Sophie de Boer (Kalas-NNOF) and current World champion and Vos' teammate Thalita de Jong (Rabo-Liv). The latter quickly found out how hard the sand-riding is and had to let go of De Boer. One lap later, De Boer was 15 seconds ahead of Vos, De Jong, Katerina Nash (Clif Pro Team) and Belgian champion Sanne Cant.
"Straight away I was able to move towards the front of the race," Vos said. Eventual winner Sanne Cant was struggling with her start and quickly noticed Vos in the front.
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