In the womens 100 km event Marina Bychkova from Russia took top honours finishing in 7:27:19 ahead of Great Britain’s Joanna Zakrzewski who clocked 7:41:06.
In the 50 km Oskar de Kuijer from the Nederlands took first place in 3:13:04 and first woman was Anne-Marie Dupont from Belgium finishing in 4:06:15 and seventh overall from 72 starters.
There were several categories of events:
100 km
– 25th IAU World Championships
– 20th IAU European Championships
– WMA World Championships
– Dutch Championships
– Open race
50 km
– Open race
10 x 10 Relay
– Open race
Mens 100 km Results
| Calcaterra, Giorgio | ITA | 06:27:32 |
| Wardian, Michael | USA | 06:42:49 |
| Henshaw, Andrew | USA | 06:44:35 |
| Vermeesch, Pieter | BEL | 06:47:01 |
| Nakadai, Shinji | JPN | 06:48:32 |
| Wood, Matt | USA | 06:50:23 |
| Buud, Jonas | SWE | 06:52:19 |
| Takada, Yoshiki | JPN | 07:03:55 |
| Collet, André | GER | 07:04:35 |
| Bordet, Dominique | FRA | 07:04:37 |
Womens 100 km Results
| Bychkova, Marina | RUS | 07:27:19 |
| Zakrzewski, Joanna | GBR | 07:41:06 |
| Aswegen van, Lindsay Anne | RSA | 07:42:05 |
| Vishnevskaya, Irina | RUS | 07:45:27 |
| Arbogast, Meghan | USA | 07:51:10 |
| Bednosky, Annette | USA | 07:54:59 |
| Vinstedt, Gloria | SWE | 07:55:09 |
| Hofer, Sabine | AUT | 08:02:17 |
| Koen, Kerry Jacqueline | RSA | 08:06:29 |
| Aksenova, Maria | RUS | 08:06:54 |
Full Race Results www.runwinschoten.nl
It was a great race, with a lot of superb runners. With 10 laps to go, everybody good see the race very well. For nice pictures to get an idea of the course, you can visit the site of http://www.paulmellens.nl . Hope to see you all again in Winschoten next year!