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Maud Kaptheijns (Crelan Charles) took her first senior Superprestige victory at the opening round of the Superprestige Ladies Trophy in Gieten. The 22-year-old won by 34 seconds from 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nikki Brammeier (Boels-Dolmans), while 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sophie de Boer (Breepark) completed the podium, 44 secon💦ds down.

The manner in which Kaptheijns took cont🦂rol of the race early on was something of a surprise, having finished 5th and 10th at the opening rounds of the UCI World Cup in the USA. On the first ඣof six laps she struck out alone, leaving a chase group in her wake.

World Champion Sanne Cant (Enertherm-BKCP) was there, along with Annemarie ൩Worst (Era-Circus) and de Boer, but the gap to K🐲aptheijns just kept growing as the laps ticked by on the part-sand, part-mud course.

Despite the efforts of the de Boer-led chaser group, who were joined by Elle Anderson (Teℱam USA) and Brammeier at the end of lap three, Kaptheijns' lead was growing at a rate of around 15 seconds per lap, and it seemed clear that vi🌳ctory was in the bag for the Dutchwoman from the midway point.

Ellen van Loy (Telenet-Fidea Lions), who had gone out hard at the start, abandoned at the end of lap four, while up front there was stiღll some drama to be had as Kaptheijns cruised the final 🐓circuits.

Cant, who was clearly not on her best day and had been str൩uggling to keep in contact with the chasers during the pဣrevious two laps, fell against the barrier on the climb towards the end of the final lap. Brammeier, de Boer and Anderson were unaffected, but U23 World Champion Worst couldn't avoid Cant, and joined her on the ground.

The pair hastily fixed their muddy mechs, but were helpless to prevent Helen Wyman (Kona Factory) from making her way past to a fifth-placed finish. In the grand scheme of things, however, the incident was quite meaningless, such♛ was Kaptheijns' domination on the day.

Gieten also saw newly-crowned ITT World Champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Annemiek Van Vleuten (Orica-Scott) on the startlist. After her victory in Bergen, the Dutchwoman had outlined her intentions to race some cyclo-cross and mount🃏ain-bike for "some fun." Van Vleuten didn't have the best time of it from a racing standpoint, however, rid🐬ing at the back of the field from the start.

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