Two of essentially the most tough forces in ladies’s biking of the remaining 20 years, Marianne Vos and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, joined forces as soon as once more at Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio, with each Visma-Rent a Motorcycle riders close to the entrance of Sunday’s race within the ultimate levels although in the long run Vos needed to accept a place simply off the rostrum.
“It’s a pity that I just came up short in the sprint, because I would have liked to take a nice place of honour here,” Vos mentioned in a workforce commentary after she made her highway season debut for 2025. “Nevertheless, I am happy with the feeling. A first race like this is always a bit exciting.”
A strong break went with under 100km to go as the race was in the first lap of six around the finishing circuit, with Visma-Lease a Bike’s Fem van Empel among the group of around a dozen riders.
“It used to be great that we had Fem with us within the breakaway,” said Vos. “At the back of, we attempted to stick sharp for the overall, through which there have been numerous assaults.
“Our task was to keep control as much as possible. I think we succeeded well in that.”
Vos and Ferrand-Prévot have been sturdy within the ultimate levels of the race, each in a bunch of 9 on the head of the race with 10km to move, alternatively with Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) powering the pursuit from the crowd at the back of it used to be a number of round 16 that got here to the road to contest the dash.
Ferrand-Prévot tailed off the again whilst Vos fought for a place up the entrance, coming over the road fourth as Elisa Balsamo claimed her 3rd win on the race, now sitting on a tally one lower than Vos.
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“Although the result could have been better, we can take this into the coming weeks,” mentioned Vos.
The chance, too, comes faster relatively than later with each Vos and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, who completed 3rd in Strade Bianche, slated to line up on the new version of the ladies’s Milan-San Remo on March 22.
The race will proceed the construct towards a key purpose of the season for Vos, April 12’s Paris-Roubaix Femmes, an tournament the place she got here 2nd within the first ladies’s version in 2021.
