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Helen Wyman Wins in Germany
Story posted November 23, Team Press Release
After returning from a mid season training camp in Portugal, a refreshed Helen Wyman (Kona/FSA) returned to racing with a bang in Germany this weekend for the Dohlauler International and Strullendort cyclo-cross events. Having never been to these two events before, it was a step into the unknown for the Belgian based Kona Pro but it proved to be a great weekend.
On Saturday in the Dohlauler International, Helen blasted away on the first descent and never looked backed, taking the victory by over a minute from former team-mate Birgit Hollmann. "The course could have been anywhere in the UK really, it reminded me of the some the courses I have ridden back home" she explained. "The most important thing for me today was to see that my season is building up well and my training camp was pitched at the right level. Judging by today, it was." said a smiling Helen after the race.
Sunday was a very different kind of race with much more of a mountain bike feel to many parts of the course. There was also the addition of Hanka Kupfernagel and Pavla Havlikova to the field. Pavla is the current leader of the GVA trophy, while Hanka needs little introduction.
Pushing very hard from the off, Hanka took Helen away from the chasing pack of five on the first lap. With the two riders pushing each other right to end, it always looked like it would be a very tight finish to the race but Hanka proved to be just too clever in the last 400 meters and piped Helen to the line. Pavla finished 3rd, with Birgit again finishing best of the rest.
"It’s always a pleasure to do battle with Hanka" Helen explained afterwards "It’s basically like bike school when you get to go wheel for wheel with the best ever female 'crosser. You can’t pay for that kind of training anywhere in the world. Yeah, I’m annoyed I couldn’t finish it off and win, but it’s been a great weekend. Bring on Koksijde" commented Helen.
Dohlauler International
1 Helen Wyman (GBr) Kona-FSA 0:42:57
2 Birgit Hollmann (Ger) 0:01:10
3 Elisabeth Brandau (Ger) 0:01:12
4 Agnes Naumann (Ger) 0:01:17
5 Sabrina Schweizer (Ger) 0:03:20
Strullendort
1. Hanka Kupfernagel
2. Helen Wyman Kona-FSA 0:00:01
3. Pavla Havlikova 0:01:00
4. Birgit Hollmann 0:02:00
5. Martina Zwick 0:02:00
Links:
www.helenwyman.com | www.twitter.com/cx_helen | www.konaworld.com
