Inge van der Heijden leads Dutch sweep ahead of Lucinda Brand and Aniek van Alphen at elite women’s race

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.