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Charlotte Kool (Team DSM) won the final stage 3 of the RideLondon Classique and the race overall. On The Mall, Kool was the fastest in the sprint, beating Chloé Dygert and Maike van der Duin (both Canyon-SRAM).
The final stage was dominated by a three-rider breakaway who went off the front halfway through the eight-lap race but were reeled in on the final lap.
With the time bonifications for second place on the stage, Dygert moved past Lizzie Deignan (Trek-Segafredo) into second place overall, 11 seconds behind Kool.
“I am really happy. This one is really for the team. How we did it again today, how strong the girls were, how they rode today, that was really impressive. This morning I felt really, really bad, so I am happy that I could still take this stage and the GC,” said Kool about returning to the top step of the podium after crashing in the final of stage 2.
“It was to our benefit that there were a lot of GC riders who wanted to keep the GC close. The bonus seconds were not a problem for us, neither were the girls in front, it was a good situation for us,” Kool recounted the race.
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