Sanne Cant (Beobank-Corendon) claimed victory in the Flandriencross in Hamme on Sunday after a stirring comeback on the final lap. The world champion was forced to dig deep to see off the challenge of the American pairing of Ellen Noble (Aspire Racing) and Katie Compton (Trek), who led for much of the event.
Cant trailed by 12 seconds at one point, but fought her way back up to the two leaders on the last lap, and then forged clear in the closing stages after finally hitting the front on the technical course. The Belgian crossed the finish line six seconds clear of Noble and seven ahead of Compton, who had the consolation of retaining her lead atop the DVV-Trofee standings after the third of eight rounds.
The victory was Cant's second of the weekend after her assured showing in Saturday's World Cup race in Zeven, Germany. Cant's win in Hamme was a rather tenser affair, as a poor start left her with much ground to recoup in the finale. She explained afterwards that she simply threw caution to the wind on the last lap.
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"It wasn't my intention the intention to fall so far back," Cant said in her post-race flash interview. "Because of the sun, I wasn't able to see the tracks in the mud properly, and I thought I was going to fall, but on the last lap I just thought, ‘If I fall, I fall.' It was all or nothing."
Ellen Van Loy (Telenet Fidea Lions) was the early pace-setter in the four-lap race, before Maud Kaptheijns (Crelan – Charles) took up the running on the front. Noble and Compton were always well-positioned, however, and they took up the reins shortly afterwards, putting daylight between themselves and the rest of the field.
Noble and Compton opened a lead of more than ten seconds over the principal chasers Van Loy, Cant and Kaptheijns. Helen Wyman (Kona Factory Team), a fine second in Zeven on Saturday, appeared to pay for those efforts and was never really a factor for the victory here, and though she battled gamely through the race, she had to settle for 7th place, 1:26 down on Cant.
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