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The 39-year-old Movistar rider, who grabbed the lead with a brilliant solo performance in the mountains on Saturday, bided her time in the peloton before powering up the final climb to seal her triumph.
PLANCHE DES BELLES FILLES, France — Veteran rider Annemiek van Vleuten won the women's Tour de France for the first time on Sunday after clinching the eighth and final stage in style.
Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten won the Tour de France Femmes after her triumph in Sunday's eighth and final stage, a 123.5km route from Lure to La Super Planche des Belles Filles.
Annemiek Van Vleuten (Movistar) looks set to add the Tour de France Femmes to her palmares, and she told Eurosport that is less a fulfilment of a dream and more the completion of a goal that she has set. “I'm the kind of person that's not dreaming about things,” Van Vleuten began.
Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar Team) is the rider of a generation. Over a relatively short time — say, the last six years — she has proved that to us time and time again. She has produced more memorable performances than perhaps any female rider ever.
Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar Team) produced a masterclass in stage racing on Saturday to take a vice-like grip of the yellow jersey ahead of the final day of the Tour de France Femmes. The 39-year-old put the hammer down on the first climb of the day, the Petit Ballon, alongside Demi Vollering (Team SD Worx), and then soared away from her rival a kilometre from the top of the second climb of the day, the Col du Platzerwase. Ad/> The Movistar rider had a three-minute advantage as she crested the third climb of the day, the Grand Ballon, and finished the day 3’26” ahead of Vollering, who she now holds a 3’14” advantage over in the general classification ahead of Sunday’s final stage.
Dutch rider Annemiek Van Vleuten blew the Tour de France Femmes field apart with a climbing masterclass to seize the yellow jersey on the penultimate stage on Saturday.
Danish rider Emma Norsgaard was forced to abandon the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift after a major crash during the fifth stage.