Sven Nys and Marianne Vos take cyclo-cross world titles

Sven Nys wins, Cyclo-cross World Championships 2013

They can take the cyclo-cross world championships out of Europe, but they can't stop the Europeans from sweeping the titles. Sven Nys (Belgium) and Marianne Vos (Netherlands) took a triumphant trip over the Atlantic to Louisville, Kentucky, USA, to take the elite world cyclo-cross titles on Saturday.

The threat of flooding in Louisville, and the subsequent shift of all races to the Saturday, did nothing to spoil the outcome as veteran Nys and pre-race favourite Vos won the respective elite men's and women's title races.

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