Tanja Erath 6th in Guilin

The finale of the 2019 UCI Womenโ€™s WorldTour was raced today in China. The win went to Chloe Hosking (ALE) with Tanja Erath sprinting to 6th place!!

โ€œThe team plan was made up on two possible race scenarios. Either having our climbers in a move on the climbs or if I โ€œsurviveโ€ the climbs going all in for my sprint.โ€

โ€œThanks to the good work of the girls, especially by Christa and Rotem, who covered all the attacks in the first half of the race, I was quite relaxed going into the climb. Christa stayed with me on the climb, we only had a small gap to the front group going over the top and were able to chase back in the decent. Back in the front I still felt good, so we decided to lead me out in the final.โ€

โ€œThe final was quite hectic since it started to rain, so the vision wasnโ€™t really good and the roads here are pretty slippery, due to a lot of oil. We made our way to the front with 4km to go as planned, and I stayed on the wheel of my lead out train.โ€

โ€œWith around 2km to go the pace increased and I jumped on the wheel of Vos to stay in the front. Then Hannah Ludwig led me into the perfect position for the last corner with 350m to go. I could take the last corner on the outside and was able to take a lot of speed with me. I felt like I was in the perfect position, when (Arlenis) Sierraโ€™s wheel slipped and she just crossed over in front of me to save it. I did the worst thing and braked, so then I needed to pick up the pace again which meant that I didnโ€™t have enough to overtake the others anymore.โ€

โ€œActually, I am super happy on the one hand, but after the girls did such a great job, I really wanted to finish in a podium position. But looking at the difference between China last year to China this year for me and the names ahead of me, I should see my progress and should really be happy with it. I guess I might beโ€ฆmaybe tonight or tomorrow :)โ€

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