Drentse Acht van Westerveld: Kirchmann wins from breakaway
Marianne Vos returns to racing and finishes 10th
Canadian Leah Kirchmann (Liv-Plantur) won Drentse Acht van Westerwald in The Netherlands on Sunday by outsprinting her breakaway companions at the end of the 140.5km race. Boels-Dolmans' Christine Majerus was second, followed by Rabobank-Liv's Anouka Koster.
"I am very happy to get my first victory of the season," Kirchmann said in a statement released by her team. "It is my first ever win in Europe, so that makes it extra special for me."
Kirchamnn took the win from an all-star breakaway of 13 riders that sneaked away on the peloton's second trip up the Vamberg. Aside from Kirchmann, Majerus and Koster, the breakaway also included Tiffany Cromwell (Canyon/SRAM), Emilia Fahlin (Ale Cipollini), Chloe Hosking (Wiggle High5), Gracie Elvin (Orica-AIS), Emma Johansson (Wiggle High5), Coryn Rivera (UnitedHealthcare), Marianne Vos (Rabobank-Liv), Kataryzna Pawlowska (Boels-Dolmans), Alexis Ryan (Canyon/SRAM) and Megan Guanier (Boels Dolmans).
"It was a very strong breakaway with all of the big teams represented and some teams even had two or three riders there," Kirchmann said. "Almost everyone was turning to begin with and we gained a decent gap. I tried to conserve some energy heading into the finishing circuits, and I started my sprint very early coming down the final straightaway. I was so happy to hang on for the win."
Team director Hans Timmerman praised his rider's patience in the group.
"Leah did a great job in being in the breakaway," he said. "Her positioning was very good and she was able to grasp that opportunity. Behind her, we also had riders in the second group, so she was able to save some energy in the front group and to focus on the eventual sprint."
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Leah Kirchmann (Can) Team Liv-Plantur | 3:32:45 |
2 | Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Anouska Koster (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon-SRAM | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Emilia Fahlin (Swe) AlÈ Cipollini | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) Wiggle High5 | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Gracie Elvin (Aus) Orica-AIS | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Emma Johansson (Swe) Wiggle High5 | 0:00:02 |
9 | Coryn Rivera (USA) UnitedHealthcare Women | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Marianne Vos (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 0:00:10 |
12 | Alexis Ryan (USA) Canyon-SRAM | 0:00:14 |
13 | Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | 0:00:21 |
14 | Sarah Roy (Aus) Orica-AIS | 0:02:01 |
15 | Monique Van De Ree (Ned) Lares-Waowdeals Women Cycling Team | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) AlÈ Cipollini | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Elena Cecchini (Ita) Canyon-SRAM | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Wiggle High5 | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Kelly Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Etixx-Guill D'or | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Liv-Plantur | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Demi De Jong (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Arianna Fidanza (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Ilona Hoeksma (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Kaat Hannes (Bel) Lensworld-Zannata | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Anouk Rijff (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Chanella Stougje (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Valerie Demey (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Etixx-Guill D'or | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Lensworld-Zannata | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Jelena Eric (Srb) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Orica-AIS | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Eva Buurman (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Iris Slappendel (Ned) UnitedHealthcare Women | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Shara Gillow (Aus) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Brianna Walle (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Nina Kessler (Ned) Lensworld-Zannata | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Marta Bastianelli (Ita) AlÈ Cipollini | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Anna Zita Maria Stricker (Ita) INPA - Bianchi | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Aude Biannic (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | 0:02:09 |
43 | Molly Weaver (GBr) Team Liv-Plantur | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Sara Mustonen (Swe) Team Liv-Plantur | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Karen Elzing (Ned) | 0:05:36 |
46 | Jip Van Den Bos (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Jessy Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Etixx-Guill D'or | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Evy Kuijpers (Ned) | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Natalie Van Gogh (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Riejanne Markus (Ned) Team Liv-Plantur | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Veerle Goossens (Ned) | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Marjolein Van 'T Geloof (Ned) | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Kelly Van Den Steen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Etixx-Guill D'or | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Diana Peñuela (Col) UnitedHealthcare Women | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Svetlana Vasilieva (Rus) Astana Pro Team | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Oxana Kozonchuk (Rus) Lensworld-Zannata | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Esther Van Veen (Ned) | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Simona Bortolotti (Ita) Bepink | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Sara Olsson (Swe) INPA - Bianchi | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Lotte Van Hoek (Ned) Lares-Waowdeals Women Cycling Team | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Kseniia Dobrynina (Rus) Astana Pro Team | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Moniek Tenniglo (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Thalita De Jong (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Chloe Mcconville (Aus) Orica-AIS | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Aromitalia Vaiano | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Canyon-SRAM | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Emily Collins (NZl) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Katrin Garfoot (Aus) Orica-AIS | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Lieselot Decroix (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Claudia Cretti (Ita) INPA - Bianchi | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Julie Leth (Den) Hitec Products | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Lenore Pipes (Gum) Bepink | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Ingrid Drexel (Mex) Astana Pro Team | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Hitec Products | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Simona Frapporti (Ita) Hitec Products | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Michela Pavin (Ita) INPA - Bianchi | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Eileen Roe (GBr) Lares-Waowdeals Women Cycling Team | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Dorleta Eskamendi Gil (Spa) Lares-Waowdeals Women Cycling Team | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Annie Ewart (Can) UnitedHealthcare Women | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Katie Hall (USA) UnitedHealthcare Women | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Chantal Hoffmann (Lux) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Audrey Cordon (Fra) Wiggle High5 | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Gilke Croket (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Etixx-Guill D'or | 0:05:52 |
DNF | Nikki Harris (GBr) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Canyon-SRAM | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Canyon-SRAM | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Loren Rowney (Aus) Orica-AIS | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Emilie Moberg (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Janicke Gunvaldsen (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Shelley Olds (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rachele Barbieri (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Doris Schweizer (Swi) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alison Tetrick (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lauren Stephens (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lauren Hall (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Joanne Kiesanowski (NZl) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Julia Soek (Ned) Team Liv-Plantur | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Abigail Mickey (USA) UnitedHealthcare Women | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ellen Skerritt (Aus) AlÈ Cipollini | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Malgorzta Jasinska (Pol) AlÈ Cipollini | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Anna Trevisi (Ita) AlÈ Cipollini | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Coralie Demay (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Charlotte Bravard (Fra) Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86 | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lex Albrecht (Can) Bepink | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Bepink | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tereza Medvedova (Svk) Bepink | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fanny Riberot (Fra) Astana Pro Team | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Natalya Sokovnina (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Willeke Knol (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Susanna Zorzi (Ita) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ganna Solovei (Ukr) Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mia Radotic (Cro) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Anna Plichta (Pol) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ursa Pintar (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Olena Pavlukhina (Aze) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Laura Simenc (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Winanda Spoor (Ned) Lensworld-Zannata | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kaat Van Der Meulen (Bel) Lensworld-Zannata | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Demmy Druyts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Etixx-Guill D'or | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lara Vieceli (Ita) INPA - Bianchi | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Angela Maffeis (Ita) INPA - Bianchi | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kelly Markus (Ned) Lares-Waowdeals Women Cycling Team | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pia De Quint (Bel) Lares-Waowdeals Women Cycling Team | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Silvija Latozaite (Ltu) Aromitalia Vaiano | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dana Rožlapa (Lat) | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Erika Aliskeviciute (Ltu) | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pernilla Van Rozelaar (Ned) | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marjolein Bakker (Ned) | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nicolien Luijsterburg (Ned) | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christien Pries (Ned) | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Melissa Van Neck (Ned) | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Janieke Kalsbeek (Ned) | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sanne Bouwmeester (Ned) | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Melissa Steenhof (Ned) | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Elaine Jansen (Ned) | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Liena De Jong (Ned) | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle High5 | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5 | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ivana Tiessens (Ned) | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Leonie Lubbinge (Ned) | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Simone De Vries (Ned) | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Grytsje De Vries (Ned) | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mischa Top (Ned) | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kelley Hess (USA) | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Morag Wouters (Ned) | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Inge Van Ginneken (Ned) | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Esther Van Leeuwen (Ned) | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kim Lahaije (Ned) | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bryony Van Velzen (Ned) | Row 149 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michelle Stummel (Ned) | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Britt Teunissen (Ned) | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jarna De Jong (Ned) | Row 152 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kimberly Nieuwerth (Ned) | Row 153 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ingrid Tempert (Ned) | Row 154 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Malin Eriksen (Nor) | Row 155 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tessa Veen (Ned) | Row 156 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Erin Kinnealy (Aus) | Row 157 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Angela Smith (Aus) | Row 158 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Amalie Winther Olsen (Den) | Row 159 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kylie Waterreus (Ned) | Row 160 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kirsten Peetoom (Ned) | Row 161 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nadia Stappenbelt (Ned) | Row 162 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mady Kleeven (Ned) | Row 163 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Melanie Klement (Ned) | Row 164 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Willemiek Meinders (Ned) | Row 165 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Annefleur De Leeuw (Ned) | Row 166 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Cornelie Smorenburg (Ned) | Row 167 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ilaria Bonomi (Ita) Bepink | Row 168 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Anne Marijn Van Der Graaf (Ned) | Row 169 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Wendy Oosterwoud (Ned) | Row 170 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dyann Veenstra (Ned) | Row 171 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fianna Stenveld (Ned) | Row 172 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tessa Nederhoff (Ned) | Row 173 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Eline Oosterwoud (Ned) | Row 174 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Thea Thorsen (Nor) Hitec Products | Row 175 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Lauren Komanskia (USA) Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank | Row 176 - Cell 2 |
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