Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (SD Worx-Protime) is the brand new Dutch girls’s highway race champion after she outlasted Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) on the ultimate lap in Arnhem.
The first key choice got here with 30km or so remaining, when a gaggle of 13 cast clear with all the main groups represented. Van den Broek-Blaak sensed her alternative, and she or he sparked what proved to be the profitable transfer by attacking shortly earlier than the bell.
Kastelijn was the one rider to come back together with her, and the Fenix-Deceuninck rider repeatedly tried to drop Van den Broek-Blaak on the climbs on the ultimate lap. Van den Broek-Blaak held agency, nevertheless, and she or he proceeded to clip away from Kastelijn with 6km remaining.
Kastelijn was caught by a chasing group on the run-in, and so they closed to inside 10 seconds of Van der Broek-Blaak as she approached the ultimate two kilometres. The former world champion had managed her assets neatly, nevertheless, and she or he held her nerve to assert the nationwide title for the third time.
Her SD Worx teammate Mischa Bredewold received the dash for silver at 8 seconds, beating Nina Kessler (EF Education-Cannondale) to the road, whereas Loes Adegeest (FDJ – SUEZ) got here residence in fourth and Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck) took fifth.
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