What a day it was for Boels-Dolmans on Saturday. On both sides of the Atlantic, two of their riders gave stellar performances in very different circumstances. In the 7-Eleven Velodrome of Colorado Springs, Evelyn Stevens set a new UCI Hour Record, improving the one set by Bridie O’Donnell last month by over a kilometer. Meanwhile in Belgium, Lizzie Armitstead soloed to the win Omloop het Nieuwsblad and prove that she is not affected by the ‘rainbow curse’.
Armitstead explained afterwards that cooperation between her and fellow attacker Gracie Elvin (Orica-AIS) was hard to find: “It was really frustrating to me. I thought, well, we still have the numbers to play behind, so I’m not working if you’re not working. We stopped completely in the road and looked really stupid. But there was a slight drag in the road. I attacked Gracie, and I never looked back.”
Thirty seconds behind Armitstead, teammate Chantal Blaak won the chase group sprint, with Tiffany Cromwell (Canyon-SRAM) rounding out the podium in third place. Cromwell’s team worked hard to get Armitstead back, but the efforts were all in vain.
“We thought we could make it, but I knew she’d be strong today,” said Cromwell after the race.
Teammate Alexis Ryan explained some more about the team tactics for the race.
“There were four of us that were meant to protect Tiffany and Trixi Worrack. But halfway through, Trixi told us she wasn’t really feeling well, so I was still monitoring the front, but I also tried to recover a little bit,” said Ryan. “Then I made it in all the selections and coming into the final, there were two off the front at first. Then it was just Lizzie. We gave everything we had and Wiggle High5 was chasing along with us as hard as they could, but we couldn’t bring her back. She is really strong. Fortunately, Tiffany got into third so that’s pretty good.”
Although Wiggle High5 had lots of cards to play in this race, Chloe Hosking was their best placed rider in seventh place, which wasn’t what they came for.
“It was all together until the Côte de Trieu, then the group suddenly got smaller. Into the Paddenberg six or seven girls sort of got away, but were caught and nothing really happened until the Molenberg,” said Hosking. “It had become quite windy and although Ellen did get away, there were massive headwinds, so I think we caught her on the cobbles. That’s where Lizzie and Gracie attacked. And Lizzie just rode Gracie off her wheel! There was Rabo/Liv, us and Canyon-SRAM chasing, but she was still putting time into us, which is incredible.”
With a new arrival finish line, Hosking had to go for the line in unfamiliar circumstances. “We viewed the finishing straight on a video, but we didn’t recon it. So I didn’t really know where I was going.”
But all in all, Hosking looks back at the race positively. “I think it wasn’t a bad race for us, we had four girls in the front group. A good sign for the spring!”
Read more about the course of the race in yesterday’s race report and check out this wonderful photo gallery by Sean Robinson and Balint Hamvas of Vélofocus.
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- Nikki Harris prepares to make her road debut for Boels Dolmans. She made it into every selection and finished in the chase group, earning herself a 21st place.
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- Catching up with old friends before the start: Tayler Wiles (Orica-AIS) and Joëlle Numainville (Cervélo-Bigla).
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- Giorgia Bronzini (Wiggle High5) talks team tactics ahead of the start. She missed the first group though and crossed the line over four minutes behind the winner.
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- Team Liv-Plantur come to the front as the first big climbs of the day approach.
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- Iris Slappendel finished her pro career with American team United Healthcare .
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- Lucinda Brand (Rabo/Liv) leads the race to the top of the Paterberg.
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- Through gritted teeth, Joëlle Numainville (Cervélo-Bigla) eyes the top of Molenberg.
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- Lots of crashes in the first European race of the season, Malgorzta Jasinska (Alé Cipollini) suffers one on the cobbles.
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- Gracie Elvin (Orica-AIS) and Lizzie Armitstead (Boels-Dolmans) build a sizeable gap in the final 25 kilometers of the race.
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- Beth Duryea waits to replenish the Canyon-SRAM team’s bidons, while a Topsport Vlaanderen rider passes her.
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- Amy Pieters leads the chase across the final stretch of cobbles.
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- Just Lizzie Armitstead and her shadow with 5 kilometers to go.
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- World Champion Lizzie Armitstead wins Omloop het Nieuwsblad: no rainbow curse here!
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- Megan Guarnier and Romy Kasper (Boels-Dolmans) catch up on a great day for Boels-Dolmans in the Omloop het Nieuwsblad.
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- Lizzie Armitstead celebrates her first victory wearing the rainbow jersey at the podium ceremony of the Omloop het Nieuwsblad.
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- The top three in Ghent: Lizzie Armitstead and Chantal Blaak (Boels-Dolmans), and Tiffany Cromwell (Canyon-SRAM).
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad WE
: Gent > Gent
Saturday 27th February (2016)
Classification: 1.1
Category: Int. Woman
Distance: 123km
| 1. |  |
ARMITSTEAD Elizabeth
Boels - Dolmans Cycling Team
|
03:23:05 |
| 2. |  |
BLAAK Chantal
Boels - Dolmans Cycling Team
|
0:29 |
| 3. |  |
CROMWELL Tiffany
Canyon SRAM Racing
|
- |
| 4. |  |
KIRCHMANN Leah
Team Liv-Plantur
|
- |
| 5. |  |
OLDS Shelley
Cylance Pro Cycling
|
- |
| 6. | |
BRAND Lucinda
Rabobank-Liv Woman Cycling Team
|
- |
| 7. | |
HOSKING Chloe
Wiggle High5
|
- |
| 8. | |
ROY Sarah
Orica - AIS
|
- |
| 9. |  |
ZORZI Susanna
Lotto Soudal Ladies
|
- |
| 10. | |
SMALL Carmen
Cervélo-Bigla Pro Cycling
|
- |
| 11. |  |
JOHANSSON Emma
Wiggle High5
|
- |
| 12. | |
VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek
Orica - AIS
|
- |
| 13. | |
MACKAIJ Floortje
Team Liv-Plantur
|
- |
| 14. | |
VAN DER BREGGEN Anna
Rabobank-Liv Woman Cycling Team
|
- |
| 15. | |
RYAN Alexis
Canyon SRAM Racing
|
- |
| 16. | |
LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
Wiggle High5
|
- |
| 17. | |
GUARNIER Megan
Boels - Dolmans Cycling Team
|
- |
| 18. |  |
KASPER Romy
Boels - Dolmans Cycling Team
|
- |
| 19. | |
PIETERS Amy
Wiggle High5
|
- |
| 20. | |
NUMAINVILLE Joëlle
Cervélo-Bigla Pro Cycling
|
- |
| 21. | |
KNETEMANN Roxane
Rabobank-Liv Woman Cycling Team
|
- |
| 22. | |
HARRIS Nikki
Boels - Dolmans Cycling Team
|
- |
| 23. | |
BRENNAUER Lisa
Canyon SRAM Racing
|
- |
| 24. | |
WILLIAMS Lizzie
Orica - AIS
|
- |
| 25. | |
LICHTENBERG Claudia
Lotto Soudal Ladies
|
0:36 |
| 26. | |
ELVIN Gracie
Orica - AIS
|
0:38 |
| 27. | |
VAN DIJK Ellen
Boels - Dolmans Cycling Team
|
3:32 |
| 28. | |
KOSTER Anouska
Rabobank-Liv Woman Cycling Team
|
4:09 |
| 29. | |
KITCHEN Lauren
Hitec Products
|
- |
| 30. | |
BASTIANELLI Marta
Alé Cipollini
|
- |
| 31. | |
VAN DE REE Monique
Lares-Waowdeals
|
- |
| 32. |  |
LUDWIG Cecilie Uttrup
Team BMS BIRN
|
- |
| 33. | |
SLIK Rozanne
Team Liv-Plantur
|
- |
| 34. |  |
DRUYTS Kelly
Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo
|
- |
| 35. | |
STEPHENS Lauren
Team TIBCO -SVB
|
- |
| 36. | |
VAN DEN BOS Jip
Parkhotel Valkenburg
|
- |
| 37. | |
DOM Annelies
Lensworld - Zannata
|
- |
| 38. |  |
COLLINS Emily
Team TIBCO -SVB
|
- |
| 39. | |
DE VUYST Sofie
Lotto Soudal Ladies
|
- |
| 40. |  |
FOURNIER Roxane
Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86
|
- |
| 41. | |
VAN DER MEULEN Kaat
Lensworld - Zannata
|
- |
| 42. | |
VERHOEVEN Aurore
Lointek
|
- |
| 43. | |
SLAPPENDEL Iris
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Womens Team
|
- |
| 44. | |
DAAMS Jessie
Lotto Soudal Ladies
|
- |
| 45. | |
GILLOW Shara
Rabobank-Liv Woman Cycling Team
|
- |
| 46. | |
VAN DEN STEEN Kelly
Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo
|
- |
| 47. |  |
JASIńSKA Małgorzata
Alé Cipollini
|
- |
| 48. | |
ALBRECHT Lex
Bepink
|
- |
| 49. |  |
MERINO CORTAZAR Eider
Lointek
|
- |
| 50. |  |
LELEIVYTE Rasa
Lithuania
|
- |
| 51. | |
DEMEY Valerie
Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo
|
- |
| 52. | |
GUTIéRREZ RUIZ Sheyla
Cylance Pro Cycling
|
- |
| 53. |  |
HEINE PETERSONE Vita
Hitec Products
|
- |
| 54. | |
WALLE Brianna
Team TIBCO -SVB
|
- |
| 55. | |
HOEKSMA Ilona
Parkhotel Valkenburg
|
- |
| 56. | |
WILES Tayler
Orica - AIS
|
- |
| 57. | |
HANNES Kaat
Lensworld - Zannata
|
- |
| 58. | |
TAGLIAFERRO Marta
Alé Cipollini
|
- |
| 59. | |
FAHLIN Emilia
Alé Cipollini
|
- |
| 60. | |
KNOL Willeke
Lotto Soudal Ladies
|
- |
| 61. | |
LETH Julie
Hitec Products
|
- |
| 62. | |
BRONZINI Giorgia
Wiggle High5
|
- |
| 63. | |
SPRATT Amanda
Orica - AIS
|
- |
| 64. |  |
AMIALIUSIK Alena
Canyon SRAM Racing
|
- |
| 65. | |
WORRACK Trixi
Canyon SRAM Racing
|
- |
| 66. | |
RATTO Rossella
Cylance Pro Cycling
|
- |
| 67. | |
DECROIX Lieselot
Lotto Soudal Ladies
|
- |
| 68. | |
SOEK Julia
Team Liv-Plantur
|
8:56 |
| 69. |  |
OLIVEIRA Flavia
Lensworld - Zannata
|
- |
| 70. |  |
HAGIWARA Mayuko
Wiggle High5
|
- |
| 71. | |
DOEBEL-HICKOK Kristabel
Cylance Pro Cycling
|
- |
| 72. | |
VAN SEVEREN Celine
De Sprinters Malderen
|
- |
| 73. | |
STOUGJE Chanella
Parkhotel Valkenburg
|
- |
| 74. | |
BARNES Alice
Great Britain
|
- |
| 75. | |
DEMAY Coralie
Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86
|
- |
| 76. | |
MATHIESEN Pernille
Team BMS BIRN
|
- |
| 77. | |
EWART Annie
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Womens Team
|
- |
| 78. | |
SANGUINETI Ilaria
Bepink
|
- |
| 79. | |
HALL Lauren
Team TIBCO -SVB
|
- |
| 80. | |
RIVERA Coryn
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Womens Team
|
- |
| 81. | |
VERSCHELDEN Nathalie
Keukens Redant Cycling Team
|
11:34 |
| 82. | |
VANDENBROUCKE Saartje
Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo
|
- |
| 83. | |
KOSTER Claudia
GRC Jan van Arckel
|
- |
| 84. |  |
RIST Liisi
Keukens Redant Cycling Team
|
- |
| 85. | |
WATERREUS Kylie
Maaslandster Nicheliving
|
- |
| 86. | |
VAN 'T GELOOF Marjolein
GRC Jan van Arckel
|
- |
| 87. | |
FRASER Chloe
Lointek
|
- |
| 88. | |
GASS Daniela
De Sprinters Malderen
|
- |
| 89. | |
POST Jermaine
Parkhotel Valkenburg
|
- |
| 90. | |
VAN GOGH Natalie
Parkhotel Valkenburg
|
- |
| 91. | |
GORTER Laura
WV Breda
|
- |
| 92. |  |
PENUELA Diana
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Womens Team
|
- |
| 93. | |
ESKAMENDI GIL Dorleta
Lares-Waowdeals
|
- |
| 94. | |
SIGGAARD Christina
Team BMS BIRN
|
- |
| 95. | |
TUHAI Ksenyia
Bepink
|
- |
| 96. | |
LEKUONA ETXEBESTE Lierni
Bizkaia-Durango
|
- |
| 97. | |
GUNVALDSEN Janicke
Hitec Products
|
- |
| 98. | |
VILMANN Marie
Team BMS BIRN
|
- |
| 99. | |
TAYLOR Carlee
Team Liv-Plantur
|
- |
| 100. | |
TERUEL RIBES Alba
Lointek
|
- |
| 101. |  |
PIPES Lenore
Bepink
|
- |
| 102. | |
HOOGEBOOM Roos
Bizkaia-Durango
|
- |
| 103. | |
SPOOR Winanda
Lensworld - Zannata
|
- |
| 104. | |
VANDENBULCKE Jesse
Lares-Waowdeals
|
- |
| 105. |  |
ROLAPA Dana
Keukens Redant Cycling Team
|
- |
| 106. | |
VAN HOEK Lotte
Lares-Waowdeals
|
- |
| 107. | |
DRUYTS Demmy
Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo
|
- |
| 108. | |
BORTOLOTTI Simona
Bepink
|
- |
| 109. | |
OYARBIDE JIMéNEZ Lourdes
Bizkaia-Durango
|
- |
| 110. |  |
LEPISTö Lotta
Cervélo-Bigla Pro Cycling
|
- |
| 111. | |
GUARISCHI Barbara
Canyon SRAM Racing
|
- |
| 112. | |
MARTINEZ Cristina
Lointek
|
- |
| 113. | |
RAMíREZ BAUXEL Anna
Lointek
|
- |
| 114. | |
KUIJPERS Evy
GRC Jan van Arckel
|
11:38 |
| DNF. | |
ZEGERS Kato
Isorex Cycling Team
|
- |
| DNF. | |
THOMAS Claire
Isorex Cycling Team
|
- |
| DNF. | |
VAINIONPää Laura
Isorex Cycling Team
|
- |
| DNF. | |
WHITSON Genevieve
Isorex Cycling Team
|
- |
| DNF. | |
LEEMAN Mieke
Isorex Cycling Team
|
- |
| DNF. | |
DE BOECK Jasmien
Isorex Cycling Team
|
- |
| DNF. | |
MATTHIJSSE Mathilde
Jos Feron Lady Force
|
- |
| DNF. | |
OP DEN BROUW Celesta
Jos Feron Lady Force
|
- |
| DNF. | |
GOESSENS Brenda
Keukens Redant Cycling Team
|
- |
| DNF. | |
VAN DEN BORN Eva
Keukens Redant Cycling Team
|
- |
| DNF. | |
BORREMANS Sarah
Autoglass Wetteren-Group Solar
|
- |
| DNF. | |
WOTSCH Melanie
Autoglass Wetteren-Group Solar
|
- |
| DNF. | |
BLOMME Marieke
Autoglass Wetteren-Group Solar
|
- |
| DNF. | |
JACOBS Katleen
De Sprinters Malderen
|
- |
| DNF. |  |
THILL Laurence
De Sprinters Malderen
|
- |
| DNF. | |
STERCKX Katleen
De Sprinters Malderen
|
- |
| DNF. | |
BAMELIS Sanne
De Sprinters Malderen
|
- |
| DNF. | |
ALLAERT Ine
Keukens Redant Cycling Team
|
- |
| DNF. | |
NIEUWENHUIZEN Natasja
Jos Feron Lady Force
|
- |
| DNF. | |
BERTON Fatima
Jos Feron Lady Force
|
- |
| DNF. | |
STOELWINDER Anneloes
Jos Feron Lady Force
|
- |
| DNF. | |
SPEKLE Danique
WV De Jonge Renner
|
- |
| DNF. | |
POSTHUMA Anne
WV De Jonge Renner
|
- |
| DNF. | |
STEGINK Ymke
WV De Jonge Renner
|
- |
| DNF. | |
LAHAIJE Kim
WV De Jonge Renner
|
- |
| DNF. | |
DRIEHUIS Robin
WV De Jonge Renner
|
- |
| DNF. | |
WUNDERSITZ Elissa
Maaslandster Nicheliving
|
- |
| DNF. | |
VERHAEST Sara
Maaslandster Nicheliving
|
- |
| DNF. | |
SMITH Angela
Maaslandster Nicheliving
|
- |
| DNF. | |
KINNEALY Erin
Maaslandster Nicheliving
|
- |
| DNF. | |
HOWARD Kirsten
Maaslandster Nicheliving
|
- |
| DNF. | |
RINGLEVER Linda
WV Breda
|
- |
| DNF. | |
VAN HELMOND Sanne
WV Breda
|
- |
| DNF. | |
VAN KESSEL Femke
WV Breda
|
- |
| DNF. | |
DE JONG Jarna
GRC Jan van Arckel
|
- |
| DNF. | |
BOERMANS Sylvie
GRC Jan van Arckel
|
- |
| DNF. | |
VAN DIJK Kim
GRC Jan van Arckel
|
- |
| DNF. | |
VERSTRATEN Chantal
Jos Feron Lady Force
|
- |
| DNF. | |
PEETERS Charlotte
WV De Jonge Renner
|
- |
| DNF. | |
DIRCX Annick
Autoglass Wetteren-Group Solar
|
- |
| DNF. | |
DUVAL Eugénie
Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86
|
- |
| DNF. | |
DREVILLE Anabelle
Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86
|
- |
| DNF. |  |
MEDVEDOVA Tereza
Bepink
|
- |
| DNF. | |
MUCCIOLI Dalia
Alé Cipollini
|
- |
| DNF. | |
ALZINI Martina
Alé Cipollini
|
- |
| DNF. | |
MARKUS Riejanne
Team Liv-Plantur
|
- |
| DNF. | |
RYAN Kendall
Team TIBCO -SVB
|
- |
| DNF. | |
HALL Katie
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Womens Team
|
- |
| DNF. | |
SIMMONDS Hayley
UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Womens Team
|
- |
| DNF. | |
BARBIERI Rachele
Cylance Pro Cycling
|
- |
| DNF. | |
SCANDOLARA Valentina
Cylance Pro Cycling
|
- |
| DNF. | |
THORSEN Thea
Hitec Products
|
- |
| DNF. | |
KOPPENBURG Clara
Cervélo-Bigla Pro Cycling
|
- |
| DNF. |  |
HANSELMANN Nicole
Cervélo-Bigla Pro Cycling
|
- |
| DNF. | |
PILOTE-FORTIN Gabrielle
Cervélo-Bigla Pro Cycling
|
- |
| DNF. | |
BRAVARD Charlotte
Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86
|
- |
| DNF. | |
GUILMAN Victorie
Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86
|
- |
| DNF. | |
ENSING Janneke
Parkhotel Valkenburg
|
- |
| DNF. | |
DUTRIAUX Fiona
Autoglass Wetteren-Group Solar
|
- |
| DNF. | |
JANELIUNAITE Edita
Lithuania
|
- |
| DNF. | |
LATOZAITE Silvija
Lithuania
|
- |
| DNF. | |
JOVAISYTE Justina
Lithuania
|
- |
| DNF. | |
KAY Emily
Great Britain
|
- |
| DNF. | |
DENTUS Abigail
Great Britain
|
- |
| DNF. | |
LLOYD Manon
Great Britain
|
- |
| DNF. | |
RICHARDS Evie
Great Britain
|
- |
| DNF. | |
RASCH HANSEN Tine
Team BMS BIRN
|
- |
| DNF. | |
MøLLEBRO PEDERSEN Camilla
Team BMS BIRN
|
- |
| DNF. | |
PENTON Sara
Lares-Waowdeals
|
- |
| DNF. |  |
RIJKES Sarah
Lares-Waowdeals
|
- |
| DNF. | |
LANZ Paula
Bizkaia-Durango
|
- |
| DNF. | |
IDIRIN Irati
Bizkaia-Durango
|
- |
| DNF. | |
CASADO Coral
Bizkaia-Durango
|
- |
| DNF. | |
CROKET Gilke
Topsport Vlaanderen - Pro - Duo
|
- |
| DNF. | |
DE BAAT Kim
Lensworld - Zannata
|
- |
| DNF. | |
NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna
Rabobank-Liv Woman Cycling Team
|
- |
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