
Inge van der Heijden led from start to finish to claim the elite women’s title at the UEC European Cyclocross Championships, leading a Dutch sweep in Middelkerke, Belgium, on Saturday.
Known as a sand specialist, the 24-year-old Van der Heijden took the front immediately at the riders tackled the first sand section and quickly established a gap that she was able to hold to win the first elite women’s title in her career.