Van der Breggen finished ahead of Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) in a two-rider sprint at the summit, while Demi Vollering (SD Worx) finished third at 20 seconds back.
Van der Breggen's victory meant that she sealed the overall victory at the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas by three seconds ahead of Van Vleuten and 23 seconds ahead of Vollering.
Olga Zabelinskaya (Uzb) Cogeas Mettler Look Pro Cycling Team
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Mikayla Harvey (NZl) Canyon-SRAM Racing
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Elise Chabbey (Swi) Canyon-SRAM Racing
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Marlen Reusser (Swi) Ale' BTC Ljubljana
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Vuelta a Burgos Feminas
Vuelta a Burgos Feminas is the first stage race of this year’s Women’s WorldTour held from May 20-23 in Spain. After the cancellation of Itzulia Women and the postponement of Tour of Chongming Island, it is also the only top-tier event for the women’s peloton during the month of May.
Vuelta a Burgos Feminas was one of two stage races added to the Women’s WorldTour this year, alongside Itzulia Women, also in Spain. The latter was originally planned for May 14-16, but was cancelled. Organisers have, instead, brought back their one-day Clasica San Sebastián race and it has been added to the Women's WorldTour on July 31.
A combination of lower-level events including the Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, Emakumeen Nafarroako Women's Elite Classics, Navarra Women's Elite Classics, Gran Premio Ciudad de Eibar and Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria - all in Spain - gave the peloton a series of challenging climbing races as a lead-up to the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas.
An action-packed Spring Classics campaign ended with Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) in the overall lead of the Women’s WorldTour. The Italian champion has 1568 points and is positioned ahead of Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) 1484 points, and Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) 1420 points.
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The route
Vuelta a Burgos Feminas offers the field four days of challenging racing in Spain. The parcours offers a total of six categorised climbs throughout the four days of racing with a mountaintop finish at the end of stage 4 finale at Lagunas de Neila.
Stage 1: Villadiego to Sargentes de la Lora, 100km
Stage 2: Pedrosa de Valdeporres to Villarcayo, 97km
Stage 3: Medina de Pomar-Ojo Guareña, 115.4km
Stage 4: Quintanar de la Sierra to Lagunas de Neila, 121.6km
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