Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio 2020

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Pro peloton returns to north Italy for hilly one-day race

Marianne Vos (CCC-Liv) wins Trofeo Alfredo Binda – Comune di Cittiglio 2019

Marianne Vos (CCC-Liv) wins Trofeo Alfredo Binda – Comune di Cittiglio 2019 (Image credit: Getty Images)

The 2020 Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio held on March 22 in Italy, will mark the fourth round of the Women's WorldTour.

The women's field race a hilly 131.3-kilometre, one-day race that finished on 17.8-kilometre circuits around the finishing town Cittiglio. Each lap included a climb through Orino, but the wide-open roads to the finish line often cater to a reduced group sprint.

Marianne Vos (CCC-Liv) won the Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio in 2019 for the fourth time and now holds the joint record together with Maria Canins - who raced in the 1980s and early 1990s.

Vos held onto a group of favourites that had formed on the final climb and was fastest in the sprint, beating Amanda Spratt (Mitchelton-Scott) and Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (then Bigla).

Vos ended the 2019 season as the winner of the Women's WorldTour.

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