Charlotte Kool (Team dsm-firmenich) kept her winning streak alive at the Baloise Women’s Tour and went four-for-four with a victory on stage 3a Saturday morning for her fourth consecutive win.
Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek) finished second and Emma Norsgaard (Movistar) third from a bunch sprint in Knokke-Heist.
The 82km road race was the opening contest of the six-stage event, with a 17.6km individual time trial to follow later on Saturday.
Team dsm-firmenich once again controlled the day and brought back an early breakaway with around 25 kilometres to go. On the last local lap, a lead group of about 40 riders set the stage for a bunch sprint. With fatigue settling in the peloton, all five riders for Team dsm-firmenich accelerated in a crosswind section to split the front group and set up Kool’s sprint in the finale.
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