translated from Ladies Tour of Holland
After victory evading her with two second place finishes, Belgian champion Jolien d’Hoore finally made her mark on this year’s Boels Rental Ladies Tour, after winning yesterday’s fifth stage.
"After two second places, it is very nice that it is successful", said d’Hoore afterwards know. "It was very hectic in the final, where we had a lot of twists and turns. I knew I had to go through the last turn at the first three racer, and did so as a third. That was perfect. I immediately entered my sprint and took it. "
The 24-year-old Lotto-Belisol rider proved to be the fastest sprinter, beating American Shelley Olds and German champion Lisa Brennauer – with race leader Evelyn Stevens finishing safely in the peloton in sixteenth spot.
Stevens remains in the lead, with a three second gap over her teammate Brennauer.
TOP 20 FINISHERS
1 Jolien D’HOORE BEL LBL 2:59:10 2 Shelley OLDS USA ALE +0 3 Lisa BRENNAUER GER SLU +0 4 Annette EDMONDSON AUS GEW +0 5 Emma JOHANSSON SWE GEW +0 6 Eleonora VAN DIJK NED DLT +0 7 Barbara GUARISCHI ITA ALE +0 8 Christine MAJERUS LUX DLT +0 9 Amy PIETERS NED GIW +0 10 Elisa LONGO BORGHINI ITA HPU +0 11 Bianca VAN DEN HOEK NED PHV +0 12 Lotte KOPECKY BEL BEL +0 13 Anouska KOSTER NED +0 14 Romy KASPER GER DLT +0 15 Sara MUSTONEN SWE GIW +0 16 Evelyn STEVENS USA SLU +0 17 Ilona HOEKSMA NED PHV +0 18 Elizabeth ARMITSTEAD GBR DLT +0 19 Katarzyna NIEWIADOMA POL RBW +0 20 Moniek TENNIGLO NED RBW +0
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
1 Evelyn STEVENS USA SLU 12:03:34 2 Lisa BRENNAUER GER SLU +3 3 Eleonora VAN DIJK NED DLT +9 4 Alison STARNES USA BPK +13 5 Malgorzta JASINSKA POL ALE +30 6 Claudia HÄUSLER GER GIW +31 7 Elizabeth ARMITSTEAD GBR DLT +36 8 Jessie MACLEAN AUS GEW +38 9 Ann-Sofie DUYCK BEL BEL +44 10 Emma JOHANSSON SWE GEW +45 11 Romy KASPER GER DLT +46 12 Jacqueline HAHN AUT BCT +48 13 Jolien D’HOORE BEL LBL +52 14 Chantal BLAAK NED SLU +59 15 Audrey CORDON FRA HPU +1:01 16 Carmen SMALL USA SLU +1:01 17 Karol-Ann CANUEL CAN SLU +1:02 18 Elisa LONGO BORGHINI ITA HPU +1:04 19 Bianca VAN DEN HOEK NED PHV +1:06 20 Lauren STEPHENS USA TIB +1:07
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