Disappointed Annemiek van Vleuten heads to Tenerife training to find extra for Tour of Flanders
‘Strade Bianche was my first real bigꦡ goal. It is clear that I fell just a litt꧂le short and that is a pity.’

After coming fifth at Saturday's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Strade Bianche world champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Annemiek van Vleuten is in the rare posit🀅ion of walking away from her first🌳 block of racing for the season without a victory.
The Movistar rider, who is racing her final season, has twice crossed the line first at the race with 'the most beautiful finish of our whole calendar' but in her final edition of the race, which finishes in the Piazza del Campo in Siena, she had to settle for a place off the podium. She rode over the line just over two minutes after 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Demi Vollering (SD Worx) claimed victory ahead of her teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lotte Kopecky – who Van Vleuten fi🌳nished second to last year.
"She went at a very good time and I just couldn't go. Then you know it's going to be very di🙈fficult, especially when Kopecky and Vollering find each other."
While the two SD Worx were able to rely on each other to chase down 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Kirsten Faulkner (๊Jayco-AlUla) on the final climb, Van Vleuten didn't have the support she wanted, even th⛦ough Liane Lippert was also in the group when Vollering's attack occurred at just over 17km to go.
"I think we have to get to know each other's qualities in the team a litꦿtl🅰e better, so that we can use that in the finals in the next races," said Van Vleuten. "We will evaluate that and take it on board.”
Fifth is the Dutch riders lowest placing at Strade Bianche since 2017, and comes after a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:flat ruined her cha✤nces at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, though she had entered the Italian race withꦦ confidence🐲.
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“About my own level I think; too bad, it wasn't good enough today to wꦉin," said Van Vleuten. "On the other hand, I also know that it is not very far and you see that the level of wome𓂃n's cycling is increasing enormously every year. The battle is getting tougher and more beautiful."
Though, of course, she'll be looking for that bit extra to secure her first win of the season when it comes to her next block of r🎐acing.
"In any case, I am going to Tenerife with the idea of adding a small percentage and then going at it again in Flanders,” said 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Van Vleuten.

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