Italy’s Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) took victory in the women’s Tre Valli Varesine, gaming a two-up move in the finale to beat Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) in a sprint in Varese.
After an attacking final few laps in northern Italy, Vollering launched an attack on the final climb, taking Longo Borghini with her, and the Italian Champion remained glued to her wheel, not taking any kind of turn for the final 2.5km.
Newly-crowned European champion Vollering had to settle for second, whilst the chasing group battled it out for third, with Noemi Rüegg (EF Education-Oatly) just snagging the final place on the podium.
How it unfolded
Starting out from Busto Arsizio, the women’s Tre Valli Varesine saw the peloton take on a 40km starting section, before completing six laps of the main circuit, featuring the Montello climb (2km at 4.5%) and the Salita dei Ronchi (2.5km at 5.3%).
In the early part of the race, a breakaway made up of mainly Continental-level riders and Italian teams got away, but they were never allowed much of a gap, and once the race hit the laps, they were caught with 70km to go as the action kicked off early.
Ava Holmgren (Lidl-Trek), Amber Kraak (FDJ-Suez) and Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE ADQ) all tried to attack soon after the catch, but nothing immediately stuck with the big teams keeping things…
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