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Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) received the ladies’s Strade Bianche for the second time in her profession, distancing Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) on the steep climb up the Through Santa Caterina on the ultimate kilometre.

10km from the road, Kopecky had attacked from a lead group of 5 that fashioned on the ultimate gravel sector, Le Tolfe. Longo Borghini chased after her and rapidly made contact, and the 2 riders traded activates the best way to Siena.

Longo Borghini led onto the ultimate climb, however Kopecky dropped her with an explosive acceleration and will have a good time on the Piazza del Campo. Her teammate Demi Vollering beat Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) within the dash for third place.

“We have been a bit extra in management immediately. Elena Cecchini put us out of the wind and led us into the sectors, and we had Mischa Bredewold within the break. Niamh Fisher-Black did an important job within the last, then Demi and I have been there on Le Tolfe and performed it rather well,” Kopecky stated of the workforce’s efficiency.

“I didn’t have my greatest day immediately. I actually suffered the entire day, I felt fairly drained, but it surely didn’t get any worse in the course of the race. I’ve had this earlier than and simply tried to not panic and belief that my legs can be there,” Kopecky described her expertise on the Tuscan roads.

Ultimately, her legs have been there, and she or he might safe the win along with her trademark assault on the Through Santa Caterina.

“You possibly can go early, however I waited slightly bit longer. It was simply how I felt, and I feel it was second. It’s superb to win on this jersey, and two weeks in the past I signed for 4 years with SD Worx-Protime, so I needed to present that confidence again,” Kopecky stated.

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Hector Antonio Guzman German

Graduado de Doctor en medicina en la universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo en el año 2004. Luego emigró a la República Federal de Alemania, dónde se ha formado en medicina interna, cardiologia, Emergenciologia, medicina de buceo y cuidados intensivos.

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