Rivera: This win belongs to the whole team
Lepistö returns to winning ways after injury





Two riders could celebrate victories in Colwyn Bay as the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:OVO Energy Women's Tour came to an end on Sunday. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Coryn Rivera (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Team Sunweb) defended her green jersey on stage 5 through Snowdonia, and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lotta Lepistö (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Cervélo-Bigla) did one better than on Saturday's stage 4 when she won the seaside ✱sprint.
OVO Energy Women's Tour: D'hoore wi𝕴ns opening stage 🎶in Southwold
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:OVO Energy Women's Tour: Rivera wins st🐷age 2
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:OVO Energy Women's Tour: Roy wins sta𒐪ge 3
168澳ꦅ洲5最新开奖结果:OVO Energy Women's Tour: Dideriksen wins 🦋stage 4
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:OVO Energy♕ Women's Tour: Rivera wins the overall
After 🌟a spring season hampered by illness and injury, the Finnish sprinter was relieved to stand on the top step of the podium.
"Finally a win, now the pressure is off my should﷽ers," Lepistö said. "It's a big thing to have a win in this race. I was struggling on the first stages but on stage 3 my legs started open𒐪ing up, and that gave me confidence."
On 🅘a stag﷽e passing by some of Wales' highest mountains, Lepistö had to work for her victory.
"There were two climbs early in the race, and I was in the second grꦜoup when it split, but it came back together," she said. "The pace was steady on the longer climb so I survived it. I was worried about a late attack, but a headwind made that difficult. Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig and Clara Koppenburg made sure I wasn't boxed in coming to the line. I opened my sprint with 100 metres to go and put the hammer down."
Rivera was a confident race leader on the f🦹inal stage, defending her green j𓆏ersey with aplomb.
"Being in the leader's jersey is all about being calm and in control," Rivera said. "The girls and I did that ꧒really well throuཧghout the whole week. Today was a difficult stage, but we set the pace on the climbs and were in a good position all day. There were a few attacks but eventually they came back."
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Normally seen as a sprinter and one-day racer, winning a stage race is a rare occurrence for Rivera. The 25-year-old thanked her team that supportedꦅ her well throughout the race.
"This is something special for me," she said. "I am really proud of the work that I and the team and staff have put in this week. We played to our strengths with the intermediate sprints. We knew t🔯hat the race would come down to seconds so we put our energy in that at the beginning of the race and this proved to be the difference at the end. The jersey belongs to the whole team."
Italian champion Elisa Longo Borghini (Wiggle High5) was not to be found in her usual tricolour jersey this week as she took the blackܫ mountain jersey after stage 1 and defended it throughout the race. On stage 5, Longo Borghini had a scare when she crashed early in th🍒e race and had to spend some time chasing back on, but her team was there for her.
"I dedicate this jersey to my teammates and the staff, because they⛎ helped me a lot throughout this week and especially today after my crash," Longo Borghini said. "They all waited for me. Even Kirsten Wild sacrificed her sprint a bit. It gives me a boost of confidence after a very strange spring. Now I𓆏'm looking forward to the nationals and the Giro Rosa."
Danielle Rowe (WaowDeals) won the blue jersey for the best British rider with her third place overall. Her teammate Marianne Vos also had a successful race as overall runner-up and win🐷ner of the points classification. Rowe found the final stage very hard after her crash on stage 4, but she made it through the day.
"I was suffering when riding out of the saddle so I just tried to conserve energy," Rowe said. "I had my doubts that I would get over the two climbs, but my teammates believed in me. Marianne went for the intermediate sprint to help defend my third place from the two Boels Dolmans girls who were just three seconds behind me. It's been a really special 🦋week."
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Lukas Knöfler started w🐟orking in cyclꦑing communications in 2013 and has seen the inside of the scene from many angles. Having worked as press officer for teams and races and written for several online and print publications, he has been Cyclingnews’ Women’s WorldTour correspondent since 2018.