Just like she did last year, Annemiek van Vleuten (Bigla) kicked off the Giro Rosa with a prologue victory. She won by a narrow margin Wednesday, eking out first place over Lucinda Brand (Rabo-Liv) by one second in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Van Vleuten, 32, former winner of Ronde van Vlaanderen and La Route de France stage race, blazed the two-kilometer course in two minutes, 48 seconds. She finished eighth overall in last year’s Giro Rosa and won stage 3 in 2014, as well as the prologue.
Another Rabo-Liv rider, Roxanne Knetemann, rounded out the podium in third, finishing in the same time as Brand.
The race stays in Slovenia on Saturday for the first road stage. The 102.5km day starts in Kamnik and finishes in Ljubljana. The sprinters should have their day, as there is only one category 3 climb, midway through the mostly flat stage.
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Van Vleuten, 32, former winner of Ronde van Vlaanderen and La Route de France stage race, blazed the two-kilometer course in two minutes, 48 seconds. She finished eighth overall in last year’s Giro Rosa and won stage 3 in 2014, as well as the prologue.
Another Rabo-Liv rider, Roxanne Knetemann, rounded out the podium in third, finishing in the same time as Brand.
The race stays in Slovenia on Saturday for the first road stage. The 102.5km day starts in Kamnik and finishes in Ljubljana. The sprinters should have their day, as there is only one category 3 climb, midway through the mostly flat stage.
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