Sara Casasola (Crelan Corendon) rode an assured race to energy to a powerful victory in spherical 2 of the Superprestige-Overijse on Sunday.
The Italian rider was clearly one of many two strongest riders on the day, battling with Lucinda Model (Baloise Glowi Lions) from the second lap onwards, however when Model got here down on the penultimate lap, Casasola was in a position to take benefit driving solo to victory and transfer into the lead within the collection. Model completed second, 28 seconds behind, and Aniek van Alphen (Seven Racing) accomplished the rostrum in third.
With cobbles and climbs, the course in Overijse within the south of the Flemish area of Belgium is likely one of the oldest ‘crosses on the calendar, and situations have been dry for the ladies’s race, although the difficult parcours had slick and slippery sections alongside its size that may check the riders.
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Fem van Empel (Visma-Lease a Bike) withdrew from the race previous to the beginning following her fiftieth profession victory yesterday on the Actual Cross in Heerderstrand, whereas it was the primary race of the season for Blanka Vas (Staff SD Worx-ProTime). T
he Hungarian wasted no time in exerting her authority on the race, putting out early together with French nationwide champion Amandine Foquenet (Arkéa-B&B Inns) and Model, as different riders faltered in a slick muddy part on lap 1.
Model maintained her presence on the entrance of the race nevertheless it was all change within the main group as Casasola put stress on the remainder of the sector, inflicting Vas to drop again. Model and Casasola traded blows on the entrance of the race heading into lap 3, with Van Alphen the one different rider able to sticking with them.
Previous to the race, Marion Norbert Riberolle (Crelan Corendon) led the general standings within the collection following spherical 1 in Ruddervoorde however struggled all through the race with mechanical points, falling away from the tempo and preventing to push her means again up the standings after that.
In the meantime, Casasola and Model dropped Van Alphen to arrange an explosive head-to-head battle with two laps remaining. The 2 remained locked collectively heading in the direction of the ultimate lap with nothing to separate them, however simply earlier than the beginning/end straight Model got here down onerous after catching her arm on a picket publish, permitting Casasola the area to open up a spot on the head of the race.
Model dug deep on the ultimate lap, grimacing as she fought to cut back her deficit, however Casasola was faultless, powering to her first C1 degree victory of the season following a second place in Ruddervoorde, and taking the lead within the general standings within the course of.
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