Karlijn Swinkels wins Trofeo Oro in Euro

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UAE Team ADQ rider tops Puck Pieterse, teammate Dominika Włodarczyk in Cinquale

CINQUALE MARCH 09 Karlijn Swinkels of Netherlands and Team UAE Team ADQ R celebrates at finish line as race winner ahead of Puck Pieterse of Netherlands and Team FenixDeceuninck L during the 13th Trofeo Oro in Euro 2025 a 1068km one day race from Cinquale to Cinquale on March 09 2025 in Cinquale Italy Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images
Karlijn Swinkels beats Puck Pieterse to the line in Trofeo Oro in Euro
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Karlijn Swinkels (UAE ADQ) out-sprinted Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) for victory at the 2025 Trofeo Oro in Euro, netting her first win of the season in Cinquale.

In a great day for UAE ADQ, Dominika Włodarczyk bookended the podium in third, getting away in a lead trio alongside Pieterse and her teammate before doing the lion's share of the work and allowing her leader to sprint for victory.

Pieterse tried to explode away solo on the second and final rep up the Fortezza climb in Montignoso with under 20km to go, however, she couldn't drop the UAE pair and had to settle for second in the sprint. 

The multi-discipline star was nonetheless still pleased with her performance, given that it came off the back of a seventh place in yesterday's Strade Bianche. She did admit, however, that "I was in a sandwich, unfortunately, and I knew Karlijn would be really fast in the sprint. I think I misjudged still a bit how far it was to the finish line because I still had good legs, but she's just super fast, and I'm happy to take second."

UAE ADQ were due to start the day without defending champion Elisa Longo Borghini, however, after falling ill and struggling during Strade Bianche yesterday, the two-time Trofeo Oro in Euro winner was not present. 

Swinkels took up the mantle as leader and managed to better her second-place finish from last season, behind her now-teammate Longo Borghini. This is UAE Team ADQ's fifth victory of the season.

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James Moultrie
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James Moultrie is a gold-standard NCTJ journalist who joined Cyclingnews as a News Writer in 2023 after originally contributing as a freelancer for eight months, during which time he also wrote for Eurosport, Rouleur and Cycling Weekly. Prior to joining the team he reported on races such as Paris-Roubaix and the Giro d’Italia Donne for Eurosport and has interviewed some of the sport’s top riders in Chloé Dygert, Lizzie Deignan and Wout van Aert. Outside of cycling, he spends the majority of his time watching other sports – rugby, football, cricket, and American Football to name a few.

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