Veenhoven sprints to third place in fifth stage Simac Ladies Tour
Despite several attack attempts, it took a long time for a breakaway to form. After 65 kilometers, one rider took the lead. She created a lead of more than two minutes but was caught fifteen kilometers before the finish by the chasing peloton, in which the riders of the yellow-black formation showed themselves several times in front. Veenhoven then sprinted to a great third place in the streets of Doetinchem.
“It was a super nice race,” Veenhoven says, looking back with a happy feeling. “We made the course with the team from 85 kilometers before the finish by attacking alternately. The bunch sprint was therefore not well organized, which was to our advantage. I was dropped well by my teammates, which allowed me to sprint to a nice third place.”
“When I see how the riders put themselves down as a team today, I am very proud of that”
Rutger Tijssen
Sports director Rutger Tijssen also looks back on today with a happy feeling. “In the first part, little happened, and it was mainly waiting until the hilly zone. As a team, we rode very well and attacked, which disrupted the race and allowed us and Nienke to sprint and compete for a good classification. When I see how the riders put themselves down as a team today, I am very proud of that.”
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Simac Ladies Tour
Stage 5
Result
Rankings
Result
1
Lorena Wiebes
Team SD Worx – Protime
03:33:21
2
Elisa Balsamo
Lidl – Trek
+00:00:00
3
Nienke Veenhoven
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
20
Anna Henderson
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
32
Linda Riedmann
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
33
Riejanne Markus
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
35
Lieke Nooijen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
44
Margaux Vigie
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
49
Eva van Agt
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:00
Rankings
1
Franziska Koch
Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
13:41:06
2
Zoe Bäckstedt
Canyon//SRAM Racing
+00:00:05
3
Lotte Kopecky
Team SD Worx – Protime
+00:00:08
13
Nienke Veenhoven
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:00:58
20
Lieke Nooijen
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:01:34
23
Anna Henderson
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:01:51
25
Eva van Agt
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:01:54
29
Riejanne Markus
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:02:04
43
Linda Riedmann
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:02:59
49
Margaux Vigie
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
+00:11:06
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Cycling – Women’s Team
Nienke Veenhoven
Rutger Tijssen
1
Simac Ladies Tour
