Lorraine Wiebes beat the Italians in the sprint Elisa Balsamo and Rachele Barbieri to be announced in Munich European road cycling champion and extend Dutch hegemony with the sixth title in the seven editions of the women’s continental championship played to date.
Sandra Alonsofifteenth, is the best classified Spanish, followed by Lourdes Oyarbide (25th), Sarah Martin (30th), Sheila Gutierrez (59th) and Ziortza Iasasi (77th).
On a route of 103.8 km without any major mountainous difficulties, suitable for a sprint finish, the Israeli Omer Shapira made a breakaway in the early stages of the race. Slovenian Urska Zigart went out to find him and together they traveled 65 km.
From the rear, the French attack Audrey Gordon at km 45 he formed a chasing trio with the Italian Elena Cecchini and the norwegian Stine Borgli. The movement put the Dutch team on alert, throwing a block to bring down the two ventures. The two breakaways joined with 77 km to go and the quintet was caught by the peloton in minute 65 as a result of the Germans pulling hard on a small slope.
The Netherlands, winners of five of the six European titles since the inaugural championship in Glasgow 2016, are aiming for a sixth. Only the 2018 edition escaped her, which crowned the Italian Marta Bastianelli.
German attacks fueled the race in the last 60 km, but a large group came together for the last 35 km, held on a Munich street circuit.
The last escape attempt, led by the Spaniard Sheyla Gutiérrez, the German Lea Teutenberg and the French Juliette Labous was aborted by the group with 3 kilometers to go and the race had its expected resolution, the sprint.
The Dutch and Italian women, one on each side of the road, set up their own machine to launch the sprint, with 23-year-old Wiebes the strongest.
The race started from Landsberg am Lech and passed the Ammersee and Starnberg lakes before reaching Wolfratshausen and winding through the streets of Munich to Odeonsplatz.
Source: La Verdad
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