Moolman-Pasio wins Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria 2023
South Af🀅rꦗican tops Santesteban, Steels in Basque race


168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal-QuickStep) used her fast finish to win a thrܫee-up sprint to the line and take the victory at one-day Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria.
The powerful climber was part of a two-rider breakaway that formed over the final ascent of the Alto de Goiuria along with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Ane Santesteban (Team Jayco AlUla). In a massive effort, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Claire Steels ꦺ(Isra𒁃el Premier Tech Roland) bridged across to the two breakaway leaders in the closing kilometre.
Moolman started her sprint first and crossed the line with day's the victory, l൲eaving Santesteban to settle for second and Steels in third on the day.
The peloton raced 113km along a hilly parcours that included four early circuits with an intღermediate sprint at Alto de Miota, followed by three categorised ascents at Areitio (4.3km at 4.2%), Alto de Goiuria (5km at 4.8%) and Alto de Goiuria (4.8km at 5.6% before a descent 🌳into Durango.
The peloton was intact along the opening circuits, Mireia Benito (AG Insurance-Soudal-QuickStep) took full points at the first sprint at Alto de Miota, with Valentina Basilico (Bepink) taking the full points on the next lap, Benito on the third lap ღbefore a breakaway set off ahead of the hilly final stretch of racing.
The five-rider move included Emma Norsgaard (Movistar Tea🔴m), Tamara Dronova-Balabolina (Israel Premier Tech Roland), Debora Silvestri (Laboral Kutxa Fundación Euskadi), Gaia Masetti (AG Insurance- Soudal-QuickStep), and Alice Palazzi (Top Girls Fassa Bortolo).
The peloton caught the breakaway over the firs꧒t as🐬cent of Areitio, with the thinning peloton together over the first of two ascents of the Goiuria.
However, there was a split in the peloton, and a selection was made on the Goiuria with some fifteen riders emerging at the front of the race, including strong climbers Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal-QuickStep), Urška Žigart and Ane Santesteban (Team Jayco AlUla) and Claire Steels (Israel Premier Tech Roland).
Moolman𓆉-Pasio and Santest𝔍eban surged out of the group of favourites on the last ascent of the Goiuria, opening up a small lead with 10km to go.
Steels closed the gapꩵ to the two leaders inside the final kilometre, with Moolman-Pasio winning the three-up sprint to the line in Durango
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