Young British rider Erin Boothman (Liv AlUla Jayco Continental) notched her first pro victory with a searing sprint in wet conditions at Festival Elsy Jacobs à Luxembourg on Sunday.
The 19-year-old launched her acceleration at 200 metres to go in the 121.6km one-day race, holding off four other riders from an eight-rider breakaway group. Steffi Häberlin (SD Worx-Protime) went second ahead of local rider Nina Berton, riding for the MIX Luxembourg-Iceland squad rather than her EF Education-Oatly trade team.
It was a second day of racing in Luxembourg, the day before the former women’s junior Gent-Wevelgem winner going fifth in a five-rider sprint at Festival Elsy Jacobs à Garnich.
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The podium finishers were part of the day’s breakaway that moved away from the peloton with three full laps of the 15km circuit to the west of Cessange remaining: Boothman, Häberlin and Berton riding with Bodine Vollering (VolkerWessels Cycling), Katharina Sadnik (Visma-Lease a Bike), Nina Lavenu (AG Insurance Soudal Development), Magdalena Leis (UAE Development) and Lidia Cusack (Team USA).
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