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Lorena Wiebes eyeing strong Paris-Roubaix performance: "I hope I can win one day there"
CyclingSaturday, 16 April 2022 at 08:30
Lorena Wiebes has been having a very strong season so far, and will be leading Team DSM today at the Paris-Roubaix Femmes where she will be eyeing a strong result.
“It’s special to race there especially also the finish. I wish and I hope I can win one day there. It’s the only race on the calendar like that and that makes it also special in that it’s just on the calendar for us. It gives a special feeling to ride on those cobbles and it is mostly the same as the men’s parcours. Of course, less distance but for the rest, it’s the same. So that makes it special," Wiebes told in an interview with VeloNews.
She raced in last year's first edition of the race, however failed to finish after the chaos that unfolded on the wet cobbled sectors: “I hope I will finish it this year. That will be the first goal and then we can go towards the victory then. For me, it was a really short experience last year. Yes. I came back from my injury from the Simac Tour. And it was my first race again. And I did almost no intensity training. So actually, I did the positioning for the first two cobble sectors for the team and the race was already over. I did two other cobbled sections and then I stopped. There was a soigneur next to the road and I was like, I go with you to the finish.
This season she has taken wins at GP Oetingen, Ronde van Drenthe, Nokere Koersen and the Scheldeprijs. Although these wins were obtained in a sprint, she has shown willingness to transfer her qualities onto the cobbled classics aswell, and is motivated to perform in Roubaix.
“Of course, it was crazy last year, but we did also the recon already two times before last year’s, and I liked it. I like the cobbles and, of course, it’s hard and it’s different than the race. Yeah, it’s a bit like playing on your bike or something," she concluded.
Team DSM for Paris-Roubaix Femmes: Elise Uijden, Charlotte Kool, Floortje Mackaij, Lorena Wiebes, Pfeiffer Georgi and Megan Jastrab.
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