Mareille Meijering (Movistar Team) He made good on the 30-second advantage he had at the top of the general classification after the second and penultimate stage of the Vuelta a Extremadura and this Sunday it was enough for him to finish seventh to brilliantly beat the Extremadura round.
Victory on the stage was also for the Dutch Ellen Van Dijk (Lidl-Trek)with a 24-second margin over his teammate, the Australian Brodie Chapman.
Meijeringwho ends his contract with the Dutch team this year, took the overall title, with a 35-second margin over the Italian Gaia Realini (Lidl-Trek) and the Australian Chapman.
And after the victory, these are the words of Meijering served by Movistar team: “It was an incredible weekend. My first victory as a professional, my first overall victory later… It’s a very important step forward, and I hope there will be more to come after it. It’s very difficult; you know those time trials always require the same maximum, and although I have a big advantage in the general classification, I have to give my maximum, without thinking about the weather or any other factor. It is raining a little at the end, but apart from the last corners inside Zafra, I could “I managed well. They told me on the radio that Gaia (Realini) had made some gains in the first part, but there were only seven kilometers left and I knew I could manage that distance and confirm. all in all.”
Source: La Verdad
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