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VIDEO: The King and Queen of Dirty Kanza Crowned on Cannondales

Ted King and Kaitie Keough powered their way to resounding wins picking up the coveted belt buckles, after a grueling 206 mile adventure across Kansas

Let face it, Dirty Kanza 200 is not an event for entry-level cyclists. Riders are totally on their own for 200 miles with gravel roads stretching as far as the eye can see across farmland, and not much shelter either. With the time frame given to complete the event, ridres don't have the option of sleep, nor much rest. 

For this year's Queen of Kansas, Kaitie Keough, this race was a new challenge. For the King of Kansas, Ted King, he tasted victory two years ago, with a stroke of bad luck last year.

Both Kaitie and Ted powered their way to resounding wins on aboard similarly equipped Cannondale SuperX bikes.

VIDEO: The King & Queen of Kanza

This year saw Pro riders Sven Nys and Jens Voigt tackle their first Dirty Kanza 200 too.

On-road. Off-road. Any road. From the wild, all-terrain capabilities of the Slate through the specially-equipped models of the SE collection, Cannondale's All Road and Gravel  bike lineup is built to move riders beyond the paved and predictable.#

VIDEO: Dirty Kanza 200 - 2018 Highlights

2018 Dirty Kanza Womens Top 10

1 Kaitie Keough 17.0 12:09:27
2 Amanda Nauman 16.5 12:28:20
3 Alison Tetrick 16.5 12:31:12
4 Kae Takeshita 16.3 12:38:56
5 Kaysee Armstrong 16.1 15:50:06
6 Amy Charity 15.9 15:56:03
7 Anna Grace Christiansen 15.9 12:56:03
8 Jamie Van Beek 15.7 13:09:00
9 Hannah Bingham 15.5 13:15:55
10 Kristi Mohn 15.4 13:21:48

2018 Dirty Kanza Mens Top 10

1 Ted King 19.2 10:44:22
2 Josh Berry 18.9 10:54:33
3 Geoff Kabush 18.6 11:04:55
4 Ian Tubbs 18.6 11:04:55
5 Mat Stephens 18.6 11:04:57
6 John Ramirez 18.1 11:22:40
7 Jordan Rapp 18.0 11:25:50
8 Craig Richey 17.9 11:32:31
9 Taylor Lideen 17.8 11:35:22
10 Dylan Johnson 17.7 11:39:18

Let face it, Dirty Kanza 200 is not an event for entry-level cyclists. Riders are totally on their own for 200 miles with gravel road stretching as far as the eye can see across farmlands and not much shelter either.