Floortje Mackaij won in Valencia after the Movistar team’s exhibition

the dutch runner Floortje Mackaij won alone in the fifth edition of the Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana-GP Diputació de Valenciacontested between the towns of Paterna and Valencia, with an unofficial time of 2:27:55 hours, in a race that is an exhibition of the Spanish team Movistar, since his partner Liane Lippert signed on second place.

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The two brilliant Movistar signings offered a fantastic performance on their debut in the jersey of the Spanish squad and they know how to manage the race with good teamwork to get the win.

The fifth edition of the Volta a la Comunidad Valenciana-GP Diputació de Valencia, contested between the towns of Paterna and Valencia, This year the main novelty is the inclusion of two mountain passes, the Oronet (2nd C) and the Frontera (1st C) in search of a finish that is not a massive sprint as in his previous years. And so it was, as the best edition in the history of the race was seen.

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Despite several battles, the peloton climbed and crowned Oronat in a group, although with the descent of a quartet consisting of Femke de Vries (Pro Cycling), Anouska Koster (Uno X), Lourdes Oyarbide (Movistar) and Josie Talbot (Cofidis) charged a gain of 20 seconds, although the peloton was reunited with 50 kilometers to go.

On the first ramps of La Frontera, with nine percent unevenness, the Czech Nikola Noskova (Zaaf), the great agitator of the race, jumped on the first ramps and he marked the distances with a platoon dividing into several groups behind.

Noskova was caught shortly before reaching the top and a leading group formed composed of Movistar Liane Lippert and Floortje Mackaij, Clara Koppenburg (Cofidis), Ana Vitoria Almeida Magalhaes (Bizkaia Durango) and Erica Magnaldi (UAE), 40 kilometers from the finish line.

The stiffness of the climbs and descents limited the head of the race to four units with the two Movistar riders Noskova and Magnaldi. The Spanish team played and German Lippert, accompanied by Noskova, attacked firstbut, after being caught by his running companions, Mackaij attacked, leaving only his companions Lippert and Noskova.

The Dutchwoman, in her first race of the season, was on the block in the last eight kilometers of the race and three from the finish line, they defended the advantage for almost half a minute that was certain to take the victory. At 32 seconds her partner Lippert came in and Noskova, at age 34, completed the podium.