World champion Sven Nijs of Belgium won round two of the UCI cyclo-cross World Cup on Saturday at Tabor, Czech Republic, and photographer Graham Watson was on hand to capture the action.

Dlask was one of the early animators . . .

Photo: Graham Watson

Nijs, who took the series opener last weekend in Kalmthout, Belgium, narrowly beat Czech Petr Dlask, who finished three seconds behind. Dlask’s countryman Kamil Ausbuher was third at 14 seconds back.

Dlask, Ausbuher and Netherlander Gerben de Knegt lit the race up early on, seizing a lead of 20 seconds and forcing the Belgian team to chase. Nijs and Bart Wellens eventually retrieved the leaders, and the world champ launched what proved the decisive move with a kilometer to go. —Agence France Presse

But the Belgians went to work, and Nijs was soon up front . . .

Photo: Graham Watson

Results
1. Sven Nijs (B), 57:19
2. Petr Dlask (Cze), at 0:03
3. Kamil Ausbuher (Cze), at 0:14
4. Bart Wellens (B), at 0:27
5. Gerben de Knegt (Ned), at 0:31
6. Martin Zlamalik (Cze), at 0:40
7. Erwin Vervecken (B), at 1:22
8. Sven Vanthourenhout (B), same time
9. Zdenek Stybar (Cze), s.t.
10. Zdenek Mlynar (Cze), s.t.