Loes Adegeest wins elite women's Esport World Championships

ROOSENDAAL, NETHERLANDS - SEPTEMBER 02: Loes Adegeest of Netherlands and National Team Netherlands / during the 21st Boels Rental Ladies Tour 2018, Stage 6 a 18,6km Individual Time Trial stage from Roosendaal to Roosendaal / BLR / on September 2, 2018 in Roosendaal, Netherlands. (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images) — Loes Adegeest (Netherlands) (Image credit: Getty Images)

Loes Adegeest (Netherlands) won the elite women's world title in the second edition of the UCI Esport World Championships on Saturday. The Dutch rider finished the 55km course in a winning time of 1:23 beating runner-up Cecilia Hansen (Sweden) and third placed Zoe Langham (Great Britain) by just two seconds.

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Brief Results
Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Loes Adegeest (Netherlands)	1:23:19
2	Cecilia Hansen (Sweden)	0:00:02
3	Zoe Langham (Great Britain)
4	Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (South Africa)	0:00:10
5	Liz Van Houweling (United States)	0:00:14
6	Mary Wilkinson (Great Britain)	0:00:16
7	Emma Belfort (Norway)
8	Courtney Nelson (United States)	0:00:17
9	Jacquie Godbe (United States)
10	Caroline Bohe (Denmark)

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