The Dutchwoman Annemiek van Vleuten won the week-long race by 3min 48 sec and said after winning: ‘You really feel the Tour is alive’
Annemiek van Vleuten’s overall victory in the first edition of themay have come in the twilight years of her career, but it was not a surprise to those who have followed her career closely.
Describing her win on Le Markstein as a “little bit of a miracle”, it was another extraordinary exploit by the rider who won the 2019 World Road Race Championship in Yorkshire after a 100‑kilometre lone breakaway. Although her closest rival, compatriot Demi Vollering , wearing the Queen of the Mountains jersey, attempted to force the pace on the descents towards the final climb to Super Planche, Van Vleuten’s lead remained intact to the foot of the 7km ascent, which has sections as steep as 24%.Six kilometres from the finish, Van Vleuten bridged up to her Colombian teammate, Andrea Patino, and began accelerating through the remnants of the day’s nine‑rider breakaway.
“To be honest, yes, it’s out of the ordinary, because we all worked hard,” FDJ-Suez rider Évita Muzic, one of Van Vleuten’s pursuers on the road to Le Markstein, said.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Vos wins in yellow at Tour de France Femmes from bunch sprintOverall race leader Marianne Vos used a combination of sprinting prowess and positioning smarts in the finale to take her second stage win of the race in the reduced bunch sprint. SBSSportau
Read more »
Primary teachers demand change to national curriculum
Read more »
New changes to national curriculum making it ‘impossible to teach’
Read more »
Are e-bikes the electric vehicle we've been overlooking?In the push to decarbonise our economy, much has been made of the need to transition to electric cars. But advocates say there's a much cheaper and greener EV to consider.
Read more »
‘A shark bit my arm and leg off. Now I want to save the species’From near-fatal shark attack survivor to passionate sealife campaigner, unconventional conservationist Paul de Gelder is on a mission to change the way we see the world’s most misunderstood predator
Read more »
‘A shark bit my arm and leg off. Now I want to save the species’From near-fatal shark attack survivor to passionate sealife campaigner, unconventional conservationist Paul de Gelder is on a mission to change the way we see the world’s most misunderstood predator
Read more »