Cameron Mason (Great Britain) took on the top cyclocross racers on the continent at the UEC European Cyclocross Championships and, in the thick, deep mud and pounding rain, came away with the first medal won by a rider not from Belgium or the Netherlands.
Mason finished just seven seconds behind eventual winner Michael Vanthourenhout (Belgium) and held off the pursuit of Dutch duo Lars van der Haar and Pim Ronhart by a more comfortable margin.
