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The UCI Women's World Cup heads north to Sweden for a double round in the town of Vårgårda - starting first with a team time trial and continuing with Sunday's road race in which Marianne Vos (Nederlands Bloeit) will attempt to defend her series lead. Vos' closest competitor in the individual standings will have extra motivation to take a victory: Swedish champion Emma Johansson needs 60 points to equal her Dutch competitor and will be keen to give her country its first win since the ...
Open de Suède Vargarda Stages
Team Time Trial
- Location:
- Vargarda
- Distance:
- 41 km
Women's World Cup
- Location:
- Vargarda
- Distance:
- 132 km
Open de Suède Vargarda Photos
Charlotte Becker (Cervelo Test Team) give a TV interview after the race
- World Cup leader, Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) on the podium in Vargarda
- Pooley (Cervelo Test Team) continues on her solo break
- Grace Verbeke (Lotto Ladies Team) managed a short-lived breakaway
- Kirsten Wild (Cervelo Test Team) celebrates victory ahead of Adrie Visser (HTC - Columbia Women) and Swedish RR Champion, Emma Johansson (Redsun Cycling Team)
- The start house in Vargarda - complete with 4WD buggies as the lead-out of town on the first lap
- Content to keep the gap at around one minute, the bunch were not so keen to chase Pooley
- Swedish sprinter, Monica Holler (Alriksson Go:Green)
- Kirsten Wild (Cervelo Test Team) on the podium with Adrie Visser (HTC - Columbia Women) and Swedish RR Champion, Emma Johansson (Redsun Cycling Team)
- A red, white and pink first line waits for the start
- Linda Villumsen (HTC - Columbia Women) checks the damage after she made an attack on the Tanga Hed road
- An acceleration by World Cup leader, Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) caused reactions in the bunch
- Early breakaways, Emma Pooley (Cervelo Test Team) and Mascha Pijnenborg (Redsun Cycling Team) pass the hay bales which are 'dressed' each year for the race
- Next to try to go alone was Shara Gillow (Australia)
- Vicki Whitelaw (Lotto Ladies Team) paces sprinter, Rochelle Gilmore on the climb