Riejanne Markus (Visma-Lease a Bike) continued her prime sort off the once more of La Vuelta Femenina, the place she accomplished second basic to Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime), profitable the one-day Veenendaal-Veenendaal Conventional.
Markus soloed to the tip line and obtained by a slim 9 seconds ahead of the bunch sprint obtained by runner-up Barbara Guarischi (SD Worx-Protime) and third-placed Marthe Truyen (Fenix-Deceuninck).
“On the last word climb of the Paardenveld, I was eager to supply it a try. At first, I was dissatisfied that I was boxed in for a really very long time because of I believed it will likely be too fast to get away,” Markus said of her approach on the tip.
“Lastly, I was able to find a spot and obtained away solo. The peloton was on a regular basis shut behind me, nevertheless I knew I had a bonus with the quite a few corners and moist roads. I merely saved going and thought, ‘Let’s see the place this ends’. Happily, I managed to stay away and crossed the tip line solo.”
The elite women’s space raced 136.5km on the Veenendaal-Veenendaal Conventional, which consisted of 4 35-kilometre laps that included the Grebbeberg and Paardenveld climbs.
With 16km to go, a breakaway of seven riders was caught, and shortly after, Markus launched her profitable assault on the last word 11km to solo to victory.
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