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SYDNEY: Dutchwoman Annemiek van Vleuten staged a classic late attack to win the world championship road race in a stunning finish on Saturday (Sep 24) despite nursing a fractured elbow throughout the 164.3km race.
Annemiek van Vleuten will ride in the women’s road race at the Road World Championships despite fracturing her elbow. In a shocking crash, Van Vleuten says her front tyre exploded in Wednesday’s mixed team trial which saw her suddenly veer across the road and into the barrier.
Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) won La Madrid Challenge 2022 to add to wins at the Giro Donne and the Tour de France Femmes earlier in the year. Elisa Balsamo (Trek–Segafredo) won the final stage after being led out by Elisa Longo-Borghini. Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx) in second and Marta Bastianelli (UAE Team ADQ), third, made up the podium on the day.
Alice Sharpe finished in 29th position in the women's road race at the European Cycling Championships in Munich.
Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes continued her stunning 2022 by winning the women’s road race at the European Championships in a photo finish. Wiebes edged out Elisa Balsamo to win the event on a tight street-circuit in Munich, ahead of bronze medallist Rachele Barbieri and Lisa Brennauer, who finished her final-ever cycling race in fourth, just outside of the medals.
Dutchwoman Lorena Wiebes of Team DSM won the fifth stage of the women's Tour de France on Thursday (Jul 28) with another powerful sprint to the finish line of the 176km flat ride from Bar-le-Duc to Saint-Die-des-Vosges - the longest stage of the race.
The fifth and longest stage of the 2022 Tour de France Femmes came down to a final, frantic sprint, with Dutch cyclist Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM) out-lasting Italy’s Elisa Balsamo (Trek-Segafredo) and fellow Dutchwoman Marianne Vos (Team Jumbo Visma) to take the win.
Lorena Wiebes earned her second win of the Tour de France Femmes with victory on stage five to Saint-Die-des-Vosges.