Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) won the women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, outsprinting Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx-Protime) in the sprint of a group of four, with Lidl-Trek’s Elisa Longo Borghini and Shirin van Anrooij in third and fourth.
“It was my debut here in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, and of course, you want to give it your all. I couldn’t believe that it would be enough for the win today, but I’m really, really happy,” said Vos after the finish.
In her first-ever participation, the 36-year-old veteran closely followed Kopecky when the world champion attacked on the Muur van Geraardsbergen, closing the gap to solo frontrunner Longo Borghini over the climb with Van Anrooij.
Kopecky tried to shake off her companions on the Bosberg, but Vos was very attentive and was right on her wheel. Van Anrooij and Longo Borghini returned after the climb and tried to play their strength in numbers by attacking in turn, but in the end, Van Anrooij led the group onto the finishing straight.
Longo Borghini launched a long sprint, but Vos accelerated out of Kopecky’s slipstream to take the win.
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