Van Dijk wins Dwars door Vlaanderen
By Cycling News
Sunweb rider makes trademark late-race attack on route to Waregem
Ellen van Dijk (Team Sunweb) won the women's Dwars door Vlaanderen thanks to a powerful solo attack in the final seven kilometres of the rain-soaked race.
She gradually opened a gap on a group of riders that had emerged on the Knoteberg climb after 84km of racing. They struggled to respond to her time trialling skills and van Dijk won alone.
Three-time winner Amy Pieters (Boels-Dolmans) won the sprint for second place ahead of Floortje Mackaij (Team Sunweb).
The mid-week, semi-classic was positioned between two Women's WorldTour races; Gent-Wevelgem, won by Marta Bastianelli on March 25, and Tour of Flanders on April 1, which offered a good test for the riders looking for success in Oudenaarde.
The women raced 117.9km starting in Tielt and finishing in Waregem. The parcours was mainly flat in the first half but hit the bergs mid-race with Kluisberg, Knokteberg, Vossenhol and Nokereberg climbs, and the cobblestoned roads Holstraat and Herlegemstraat.
Van Dijk was in a late-race lead group that included Pieters and Mackaij, along with Eugenia Bujak, Annemiek Van Vleuten, Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio and Kasia Niewiadoma. They held a 20-second lead over the field in the closing kilometres.
Van Dijk made her signature late-race attack out of that group and built a lead of 10 seconds with five kilometres to go, leaving the chasers scrambling to close the gap before the finish line in Waregem. Pieters, who won the event from 2014-2016 before the event gained UCI status, sprinted for second place.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 3:30:24 |
2 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:00:55 |
3 | Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | |
4 | Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | |
5 | Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Mitchelton Scott Women | |
6 | Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | |
7 | Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Movistar Team Women | |
8 | Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM Racing | |
9 | Susanne Andersen (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | 0:01:47 |
10 | Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | |
11 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) Ale Cipollini | |
12 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
13 | Elena Cecchini (Ita) Canyon-SRAM Racing | |
14 | Pascale Jeuland (Fra) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | |
15 | Skylar Schneider (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | |
16 | Maaike Boogaard (Ned) BTC City Ljubljana | |
17 | Sheyla Gutierrez (Spa) Cylance Pro Cycling | |
18 | Martina Alzini (Ita) Astana Women's Team | |
19 | Liane Lippert (Ger) Team Sunweb Women | |
20 | Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Valcar PBM | |
21 | Lotta Pauliina Lepistö (Fin) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | |
22 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling | |
23 | Stine Borgli (Nor) Autoglas Wetteren | |
24 | Henrietta Colborne (GBr) Bizkaia Durango-Euskadi Murias | |
25 | Mieke Kröger (Ger) Team Virtu Cycling | |
26 | Marjolein van 'T Geloof (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | |
27 | Ann-Sophie Duyck (Bel) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | |
28 | Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women | |
29 | Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing | |
30 | Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Wiggle High5 | |
31 | Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing | |
32 | Marie Vilmann (Den) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | |
33 | Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing | |
34 | Sofie De Vuyst (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | |
35 | Simona Frapporti (Ita) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | |
36 | Alba Teruel (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
37 | Gloria Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
38 | Lucia Gonzalez (Spa) Bizkaia Durango-Euskadi Murias | |
39 | Kaat Hannes (Bel) Jos Feron Lady Force | |
40 | Sofia Beggin (Ita) Astana Women's Team | |
41 | Elise Maes (Lux) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | |
42 | Claudia Koster (Ned) Team Virtu Cycling | |
43 | Kelly Van Den Steen (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | |
44 | Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Ale Cipollini | |
45 | Anastasiia Iakovenko (Rus) BTC City Ljubljana | |
46 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing | |
47 | Sara Mustonen Lichan (Swe) Experza-Footlogix | |
48 | Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Team Virtu Cycling | |
49 | Vita Heine (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | |
51 | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | |
52 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
53 | Margarita Victoria Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
54 | Charlotte Bravard (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
55 | Ruth Winder (USA) Team Sunweb Women | |
56 | Valerie Demey (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | |
57 | Sarah Rijkes (Aut) Experza-Footlogix | |
58 | Julie Leth (Den) Wiggle High5 | |
59 | Anne De Ruiter (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
60 | Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Wiggle High5 | |
61 | Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Ale Cipollini | |
62 | Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women | 0:02:02 |
63 | Julia Soek (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | |
64 | Jolien D'Hoore (Bel) Mitchelton Scott Women | |
65 | Gracie Elvin (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women | |
66 | Jenelle Crooks (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women | 0:02:23 |
67 | Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Valcar PBM | |
68 | Lucy Kennedy (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women | |
69 | Jip van den Bos (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:03:18 |
70 | Ganna Solovei (Ukr) Parkhotel Valkenburg | 0:03:50 |
71 | Marieke van Witzenburg (Ned) Health Mate-Cyclelive Team | |
72 | Line Marie Gulliksen (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | |
73 | Fien Delbaere (Bel) Autoglas Wetteren | 0:03:52 |
74 | Nathalie Bex (Bel) Experza-Footlogix | |
75 | Thalita De Jong (Ned) Experza-Footlogix | |
76 | Sara Penton (Swe) Team Virtu Cycling | |
77 | Nancy Van Der Burg (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
78 | Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
79 | Kathrin Schweinberger (Aut) Health Mate-Cyclelive Team | |
80 | Lone Meertens (Bel) Keukens Redant | |
81 | Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale Cipollini | |
82 | Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
83 | Sarah Inghelbrecht (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | |
84 | Bryony van Velzen (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | |
85 | Silvia Persico (Ita) Valcar PBM | |
86 | Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol) Team Virtu Cycling | |
87 | Daria Pikulik (Pol) BCM Nowatex Ziemia Darlowska | |
88 | Mia Radotic (Cro) BTC City Ljubljana | |
89 | Quinty van de Guchte (Ned) Isorex | 0:03:56 |
90 | Chantal Hoffmann (Lux) Lotto Soudal Ladies | |
91 | Pernille Mathiesen (Den) Team Sunweb Women | |
92 | Emma Norsgaard (Den) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 0:03:59 |
93 | Christina Perchtold (Aut) Health Mate-Cyclelive Team | 0:04:22 |
94 | Flavia Oliveira (Bra) Health Mate-CycleLive Team | 0:05:08 |
95 | Malin Eriksen (Nor) Keukens Redant | 0:07:10 |
96 | Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Valcar PBM | 0:07:13 |
97 | Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling | |
98 | Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) WNT Rotor | |
99 | Victorie Guilman (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
100 | Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar PBM | |
101 | Kirsten Peetoom (Ned) Jos Feron Lady Force | |
DNF | Anisha Vekemans (Bel) Ale Cipollini | |
DNF | Lorena Llamas Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team Women | |
DNF | Natalie Grinczer (GBr) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | |
DNF | Meike Uiterwijk Winkel (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
DNF | Holly Breck (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling | |
DNF | Brenda Goessens (Bel) Keukens Redant | |
DNF | Olena Pavlukhina (Aze) BTC City Ljubljana | |
DNF | Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | |
DNF | Birgitte Ravndal (Nor) Keukens Redant | |
DNF | Vibeke Dybwad (Nor) Keukens Redant | |
DNF | Rozanne Slik (Ned) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | |
DNF | Romy Kasper (Ger) Ale Cipollini | |
DNF | Sandra Alonso (Spa) Bizkaia Durango - Euskadi Murias | |
DNF | Evelien Debboudt (Bel) Keukens Redant | |
DNF | Andrea Terjesen (Nor) Isorex NoAqua Ladies Team | |
DNF | Caroline Thorvik Olsen (Nor) Jos Feron Lady Force | |
DNF | Mie Bjørndal Ottestad (Nor) De Sprinters Malderen | |
DNF | Corinna Lechner (Ger) BTC City Ljubljana | |
DNF | Anna Plichta (Pol) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | |
DNF | Antonia Gröndahl (Fin) Isorex NoAqua Ladies Team | |
DNF | Chloë Turblin (Fra) Health Mate - Cyclelive Team | |
DNF | Sarah Ten Hartog (Bel) Equano-Wase Zon Cycling Team | |
DNF | Gaia Tortolina (Ita) Equano-Wase Zon Cycling Team | |
DNF | Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Health Mate - Cyclelive Team | |
DNF | Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) Doltcini - Van Eyck Sport UCI Women Cycling | |
DNF | Anna Badegruber (Aut) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | |
DNF | Naïka Deneef (Bel) Equano-Wase Zon Cycling Team | |
DNF | Marjon Claus (Bel) De Sprinters Malderen | |
DNF | Yva Geluk (Ned) Equano-Wase Zon Cycling Team | |
DNF | Demmy Druyts (Bel) Doltcini - Van Eyck Sport UCI Women Cycling | |
DNF | Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
DNF | Martine Fon (Nor) Equano-Wase Zon Cycling Team | |
DNF | Susanna Zorzi (Ita) Experza-Footlogix | |
DNF | Aafke Soet (Ned) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | |
DNF | Agnieszka Skalniak (Pol) Experza-Footlogix | |
DNF | Terry Fremineur (Bel) Terry Fremineur | |
DNF | Silvia Pollicini (Ita) Valcar PBM | |
DNF | Emmy Andersson (Swe) De Sprinters Malderen | |
DNF | Kelly Kalm (Est) Isorex NoAqua Ladies Team | |
DNF | Senna Feron (Ned) Jos Feron Lady Force | |
DNF | Grace Garner (GBr) Wiggle High5 | |
DNF | Agata Sredzinska (Pol) BCM Nowatex Ziemia Darlowska | |
DNF | Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | |
DNF | Vania Canvelli (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
DNF | Kerry Jonker (Aus) Isorex NoAqua Ladies Team | |
DNF | Francesca Pisciali (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
DNF | Annelies Dom (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | |
DNF | Beatrice Rossato (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
DNF | Sara Mariotto (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
DNF | Alexandra Nessmar (Swe) Jos Feron Lady Force | |
DNF | Wiktoria Pikulik (Pol) BCM Nowatex Ziemia Darlowska | |
DNF | Aleksandra Kowalska (Pol) BCM Nowatex Ziemia Darlowska | |
DNF | Marta Jaskulska (Pol) BCM Nowatex Ziemia Darlowska | |
DNF | Wiktoria Kierat (Pol) BCM Nowatex Ziemia Darlowska | |
DNF | Chiara Perini (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | |
DNF | Jeydy Pradera Bernal (Cub) Astana Women's Team | |
DNF | Gilke Croket (Bel) De Sprinters Malderen | |
DNF | Lynn Marien (Bel) De Sprinters Malderen | |
DNF | Lara Defour (Bel) Autoglas Wetteren Cycling Team | |
DNF | Carolien Haers (Bel) Autoglas Wetteren Cycling Team | |
DNF | Ane Iriarte Lasa (Spa) Bizkaia Durango - Euskadi Murias | |
DNF | Kim Johanna Kohlmeyer (Ger) Autoglas Wetteren Cycling Team | |
DNF | Margot Dutour (Fra) Autoglas Wetteren Cycling Team | |
DNF | Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Astana Women's Team | |
DNF | Karolina Perekitko (Pol) De Sprinters Malderen | |
DNF | Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Astana Women's Team | |
DNF | Lara Vieceli (Ita) Astana Women's Team | |
DNF | Keira McVtty (GBr) Isorex NoAqua Ladies Team | |
DNF | Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste (Spa) Bizkaia Durango - Euskadi Murias | |
DNF | Demi De Jong (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | |
DNF | Nathalie Verschelden (Bel) Jos Feron Lady Force | |
DNS | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Wiggle High5 | |
DNS | Jelena Eric (Srb) Cylance Pro Cycling | |
DNS | Christina Malling Siggaard (Den) Team Virtu Cycling |
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