Marianne Vos steals Amstel Gold Race Ladies 2024 on the line after premature Lorena Wiebes celebration
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Marianne Vos has powered to victory at Amstel Gold Race Ladies 2024 after a dramatic bunch sprint decided the day, benefitting from a premature celebration by Lorena Wiebes. After an early neutralisation due to an incident involving a car up ahead of the race, the race was considerably shortened, making for an attacking and aggressively paced day in the saddle for the riders.
After repeated attacks by riders, heading into the final 10km, a trio of Eva van Agt, Yara Kastelijn and Ricarda Bauernfeind held nearly a minute on the peloton. As they neared the final ascent of the Cauberg, Lotte Kopecky herself was working on the front of the peloton in a desperate attempt to close the gap.
That seemed to be working too as when the leaders reached the infamous left-hander onto the Cauberg, just 12 seconds separated the two groups. Straight from the bottom, Amanda Spratt closed the gap for Lidl-Trek, although Katarzyna Niewiadoma countered, drawing a small group clear with an attack.
With no one able to split things on the climb though, a sprint was the decider. Elisa Longo Borghini opened things up and as Lorena Wiebes powered around the Team SD Worx-Protime sprinter celebrated early, allowing Marianne Vos to snatch it at the line!
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There is no doubt that the smartest rider won the race. Congratulations to Marianne Vos for making that fantastic bike throw for an excellent victory!
Wiebes forgot the golden rule. you only celebrate after crossing the line. She completely lost all her wits way before the finish line
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- That made me smile Suipedali. Nice one!Cyclingsbestfan14-03-2025
- Even if Pogi has 5s on top of Poggio, he's getting caught on descent unfortunately. And it's extremely unlikely that he will have morevappaxbipmv14-03-2025
- If Pogi can drop him, then he will winabstractengineer14-03-2025
- In that sense, those two have less in common than the link you could make between demonstrators, right handers, Hinault and Merckx.Mistermaumau14-03-2025
- "He apparently thought it was completely fine." Nothing broken and no concussion, that's as completely fine as it gets in cyclingvappaxbipmv14-03-2025
- Better safe than sorry. At least his injuries are a lot less severe than they were last year.
santiagobenites14-03-2025 - Well spotted :-)Mistermaumau14-03-2025
- One thing Jonas Vingegaard has in common with Hinault is that they are moaners, although I couldn't see Jonas giving a demonstrator a right hander!Suipedali14-03-2025
- They are surprisingly rare on the pro circuit, around our area, one in four races finishes of with a really steep 500m climb at the end.Mistermaumau14-03-2025
- Give him an uphill sprint, then he may win against pure sprinters.
KerisVroom14-03-2025