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Welcome to dwell protection of the eighth version of the ladies’s Brugge – De Panne
This race is one for the sprinter’s and all the quickest riders within the ladies’s WorldTour are right here together with European Champion Lorena Wiebes in addition to Charlotte Kool, 2024 winner Elisa Balsamo and Chiara Consonni.
It’s a pan-flat course which in earlier editions has seen crosswind motion on the notorious De Moeren. Today, nonetheless, the solar is shining and there’s little or no wind which means we’re more likely to see the race come all the way down to a bunch dash.
The males’s peloton confronted related situations yesterday leading to a crash-filled finale that took out lots of the favourites. The ladies shall be hoping to keep away from an identical final result in the present day, however will groups be capable of make it laborious sufficient to skinny down the sector with none crosswinds?
The riders are off for the impartial begin, they’ve 8.5km earlier than the official begin in Bruges.
After her victory at Sanremo ladies on the weekend, Lorena Wiebes of SD Worx – Protime goes into this race because the favorite having demonstrated the shape she is in. Of course, the hills of Sanremo are very completely different to the flat and technical roads in Belgium however the Dutch rider has additionally proven herself to be fairly adept in a straight dash, too.
Charlotte Kool has been Wiebes’ closest rival for a while, nonetheless the Team Picnic – PostNL rider has been unable to get the higher of her compatriot thus far this season, together with in UAE Tour the place she had beforehand managed to beat Wiebes. Can the 25-year-old discover the pace to take her first De Panne victory in the present day?
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