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Rachel Klamer defends her European Cup title in Holten

By David Peddie on 08/07/12 at 10:32 am

Rachel Klamer’s preparations for London 2012 are going perfectly after she retained her European Cup title in Holten.

The Dutch athlete, racing on home turf, dominated from start to finish to win her first International race of 2012.

Klamer finished ahead of Russian duo Evgenia Sukhoruchenkova and Irina Abysova. Abysova, who is in the Russian squad for the Olympics just edged out Klamer’s Dutch colleague Sarissa De Vries to complete the podium.

In the Men’s Elite race, Gregor Buchholz (GER) won his first European Cup in almost two years, narrowly finishing ahead of Tom Bishop (GBR).

Bishop’s fine form in 2012 continues despite having to settle for second place here and there was joy for Uxio Abuin Ares as he finished third to record his first ever European Triathlon podium.

Abuin Ares has success in the Duathlon championships but he will be delighted to break his duck in such a prestigious race as Holten.

Picture: Klamer (left) and Buchholz (right) celebrate their victories in Holten. Courtesy of http://www.triathlonholten.nl

Elite Men

1.	Gregor Buchholz	GER	01:46:37
2.	Thomas Bishop	GBR	01:46:44
3.	Uxio Abuin Ares	ESP	01:47:02
4.	Ivan Kalashnikov	RUS	01:47:37
5.	Ryan Fisher	AUS	01:48:10
6.	Nick Kastelein	AUS	01:48:54
7.	Justus Nieschlag	GER	01:49:12
8.	Henri Schoeman	RSA	01:49:23
9.	Ben Kanute	USA	01:49:32
10.	Marco Van Der Stel	NED	01:49:47

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Elite Women

1.	Rachel Klamer	NED	02:00:29
2.	Evgenia Sukhoruchenkova	RUS	02:02:09
3.	Irina Abysova	RUS	02:02:17
4.	Sarissa De Vries	NED	02:02:31
5.	Gillian Sanders	RSA	02:03:19
6.	Olga Zausaylova	RUS	02:03:46
7.	Courtney Gillfillan	AUS	02:04:05
8.	Vicky Van Der Merwe	RSA	02:04:53
9.	Sofie Hooghe	BEL	02:05:52
10.	María Ortega De Miguel	ESP	02:06:05