The tough French one-day race with more than 2,300 altimetres became a real elimination race. “I think we still got a nice result given the situation”, said sports director Lieselot Decroix. “Anna and Riejanne Markus, who were at the start as our leaders, both had trouble on the way. Fortunately, thanks to their teammates, they …
Besides the final stage, Vos also won the fourth stage and the prologue of the Simac Ladies Tour. It is the eleventh victory of the season for Team Jumbo-Visma Women. Vos also won the points classification and Anouska Koster took off with the mountain jersey. Teammate Teuntje Beekhuis showed herself early in the tough final …
The 148.9 kilometre long stage from Geleen to Sweikhuizen had a quiet start, but the rain and wind made for difficult conditions. After about thirty kilometres Anouska Koster went on the attack. The rider of Team Jumbo-Visma Women rode alone in front for a long time and managed to extend her lead to more than …
Vos sprints to impressive second win in Simac Ladies Tour Read More »
The 120 km long stage from Stramproy to Weert was one for the sprinters. The Team Jumbo-Visma women’s team rode attentively at the front of the peloton throughout the stage, partly due to the threat of wind. However, a massive crash threw a spanner in the works for the final sprint. Vos, who started the …
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Marianne Vos finished in sixteenth place. With three stages to go, the Dutch rider is tenth in the general ranking. Koster, who finished close to the winning time of teammate Vos during the prologue of two days earlier, was surprised by her own performance. “I did not expect this. The plan was to ride in …
Koster climbs to eighth place in second stage of Simac Ladies Tour Read More »
The first stage of the Simac Ladies Tour was a typical flat Dutch stage. However, the winding and open course made it an exciting race, partly due to the strong wind. On the local circuit in Hardenberg the chase started for the two riders in the early breakaway. However, the duo outsmarted the peloton and …
Vos sprints to fourth place in first stage of Simac Ladies Tour Read More »
The Dutch rider started as one of the favourites and lived up to that role with flying colours. “I started halfway, because I just like the prologue to be over with. In the end the waiting still took quite a long time”, a relieved Vos said. On the twisty, technical and short course, the three-time …
Vos rushes to convincing victory in prologue Simac Ladies Tour Read More »
In addition to a prologue and time trial, the women’s team will be presented with four stages in the Simac Ladies Tour. “These are nice stages in which we can use our strong points”, sports director Marco Postma says. “Marianne is our leader, but as a team we have more trump cards to play. We …
Team Jumbo-Visma Women prepares for Simac Ladies Tour and GP de Plouay Read More »
The stage from Drøbak was coloured by Julie Van de Velde. The Belgian from Team Jumbo-Visma got a maximum lead of more than six minutes together with Rossella Ratto. Van de Velde rode in the lead for a long time and was only caught in the last twenty kilometres of today’s stage. Nancy van der …
Markus gains two places and finishes seventh in Ladies Tour of Norway Read More »
Riejanne Markus has had to give up the leader’s jersey in the queen stage of the Ladies Tour of Norway. The 26-year-old rider of Team Jumbo-Visma Women had to give in on the final climb of the third stage when stage winner Annemiek van Vleuten went on the attack. Markus finished fourteenth in Norefjell. The …
Markus loses leader’s jersey on final climb of third stage Ladies Tour of Norway Read More »