La Classique Morbihan: Eline Jansen tops Amber Kraak in uphill sprint for first victory of season

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JENA GERMANY JUNE 25 Eline Jansen of The Netherlands and Volkerwessels Pro Cycling Team competes during the 36th Internationale LOTTO Thringen Ladies Tour 2024 Stage 1 a 1185km from Jena to Jena UCIWWT on June 25 2024 in Jena Germany Photo by Luc ClaessenGetty Images
Dutch rider Eline Jansen of VolkerWessels Pro Cycling Team (Image credit: Luc Claessen/Getty Images)
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Eline Jansen (VolkerWessels Women's Pro Cycling) took her first victory of the year in Josselin with a victory at La Classique Morbihan. Amber Kraak (FDJ-SUEZ) finished second and Giada Borghesi (Human Powered Health) went third from the reduced front group of 22 riders.

The 23-year-old Dutch rider had five top 20s across one-day races this season, including 16th at Gent-Wevelgem, and claimed the third win of the year for her Continental squad on Friday.

Jackie Tyson
Jackie Tyson
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Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).

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