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Marianne Vos won the women’s world cyclocross championships on a cold and fast course, outsprinting Germany’s Hanka Kupfernagel and American Katie Compton.
The race got off to an action-packed start with a crash in the first turn. Compton emerged as the early leader, with Kupfernagel, Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (France) and Vos leading the chase. Heading into the third lap, Compton’s lead grew to 9 seconds, but Kupfernagel and Vos reeled her in by the start of lap 4. The German then took the lead and the American struggled a bit to stay …

Here’s the latest on the Ghent Six Day race from CyclingNews.com:
“Iljo Keisse and Robert Bartko continue to lead the Gent Six Days, with a one lap advantage over three teams after as many days. Erik Zabel and Leif Lampater continue to hold second with 172 points, while Kenny De Ketele and Andreas Beikirch sit firmly in third place with 156 points to fourth placed Bruno Risi and Alexander Aeschbach’s 118 points. The night concluded with a pair of …

The Olympics are quickly approaching and riders are dropping out of the competition like flies. Sergio Paulinho, the sole representative for Portugal has dropped out of of fears that the pollution conditions in Beijing would irritate his allergies. Vladimir Gusev, dropped from Astana last month as a result of “irregular values” detected by its internal anti-doping program, will not be attending either. That said, there are still a lot of heavy hitters who will be going for the gold medal. The start list for the road race has been published …