Three world cups and a first and two seconds for World Cup Leader Lizzie Armitstead as her teammate Ellen van Dijk wins at Flanders
Flanders – Lizzie Armitstead 2nd (UCI Press Release)
Lizzie’s teammate Ellen van Dijk won the Tour of Flanders after an impressive 25-kilometre solo effort. Her Boels-Dolmans teammate Lizzie Armistead then sprinted to second place while Trofeo Binda winner Emma Johansson (Orica-AIS) came in third.
Armitstead keeps the lead in the UCI Women Road World Cup overall classification.
Under cloudy skies the crowds on the Oudenaarde market square saw the departure of 160 riders of 27 teams at 11am on Sunday morning. Though a few drops of rain started to fall, the remainder of the 139.6 kilometre race was ridden in dry conditions.
The first hour of the race saw many crashes in the nervous 42 kilometre run towards the first of the ten climbs of the day. Orica-AIS’ Amanda Spratt and Rikke Lønne of Team Rytger were off to hospital and others like Lotto-Belisol’s Celine van Severen had to abandon.
After 12 kilometres Gracie Elvin (Orica-AIS) and Valentina Carretta (Alé-Cipollini) broke clear of the peloton but their gap was never more than 25 seconds. Another attempt by Carretta and Lucinda Brand all stranded. The peloton kept close together until the final 26 kilometres of the race.
Ellen van Dijk launched an attack on the Kruisberg. “It was our team tactics played out to perfection. I would go first and we would have Lizzie (Armitstead) behind me. It was from the book.”
Van Dijk quickly gained a lead of 12 seconds. Brand and Specialized-Lululemon’s Tiffany Cromwell counterattacked but were caught back on the Oude Kwaremont. With only one climb to go, the Paterberg, Van Dijk’s lead grew to 38 seconds.
In the background her teammate Armitstead, Emma Johansson and Elisa Longo Borghini attacked but they were losing ground on Van Dijk. With a comfortabe lead after the last climb of the day, the short but gruelling Paterberg, Van Dijk started an individual time trial of 13 kilometres. “It hurt but when with a few kilometres to go I had a tailwind, I knew I could win. And if you know your teammate is behind you, you can go just a little bit faster.”
Ellen van Dijk crossed the line with an advantage of .,01 minutes on Armitstead and Johansson. “Those last kilometres were really hard. I still can’t believe I did it. I wanted to win three races in my career: the world title, the Tour of Flanders and the Olympics. Now only one remains,” the winner smiled after the finish.
For Armitstead it’s the third podium place in a row this season. After her victory in Drenthe she came in second both today as in Trofeo Binda. “Ellen worked hard for me in the previous races. That’s the beauty of this sport. We are a team I was really emotional when she won.”
Rabo-Liv left Oudenaarde with three UCI leader’s jerseys. Both Iris Slappendel and Pauline Ferrand-Prevot kept their respective sprint and best young rider jerseys. Teammate Anna van der Breggen now wears the mountain’s jersey after taking two points on the Leberg. Armitstead starts the Flèche Wallonne in the overall leader’s jersey with 320 points to her name.
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