Karlijn Swinkels Triumphs at Trofeo Oro in a Stunning Euro Victory

Karlijn Swinkels (UAE ADQ) out-sprinted Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) for victory on the 2025 Trofeo Oro in Euro, netting her first win of the season in Cinquale.

In a super day for UAE ADQ, Dominika WÅ‚odarczyk bookended the rostrum in 3rd, getting away in a lead trio along Pieterse and her teammate ahead of doing the lion’s proportion of the paintings and permitting her chief to dash for victory.

Pieterse attempted to blow up away solo on the second one and ultimate rep up the Fortezza climb in Montignoso with underneath 20km to move, alternatively, she could not drop the UAE pair and needed to accept moment within the dash. 

The multi-discipline famous person used to be nevertheless nonetheless happy along with her efficiency, for the reason that it got here off the again of a 7th position in the day gone by’s Strade Bianche. She did admit, alternatively, that “I was in a sandwich, unfortunately, and I knew Karlijn would be really fast in the sprint. I think I misjudged still a bit how far it was to the finish line because I still had good legs, but she’s just super fast, and I’m happy to take second.”

UAE ADQ had been because of get started the day with out protecting champion Elisa Longo Borghini, alternatively, after falling unwell and suffering right through Strade Bianche the day gone by, the two-time Trofeo Oro in Euro winner used to be no longer provide. 

Swinkels took up the mantle as chief and controlled to raised her second-place end from final season, at the back of her now-teammate Longo Borghini. That is UAE Workforce ADQ’s 5th victory of the season.

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