Marianne Vos won the Dutch women's road race title on Saturday. The current cyclo-cross world champion outsmarted her compatriots to take a solo win in front of a appreciative crowd in Heerlen.
Vos orchestrated her victory by launching her determined attack with 20km remaining. The 22-year-old DSB-Netherland rider held heradvantage over the peloton finishing one minute ahead of the second placed rider. Runner up was Chantal Blaak, who beat Andrea Bosman and the remainder of the peloton to the line by less than half a second.
It is the second time Vos has won the senior national road title, having previously taken victory in the 2006 race.
My best guess would be that social media has accelerated the glorification and fetishization of the Alpe d’Huez atmosphere, and more and more people are heading up with the primary focus of seeking out the hot-spots where the music is loudest, and the costumes are wildest.
