Tour de Normandie Féminin: Uno-X's Ottestad snatches overall from breakaway
Nelson wꦐins final stage in Caen ahead of Ava Holmgren

Mie Bjørndal Ottestad (Uno-X) parlayed a successful breakaway on the final stage of the Tour de Normandie into the overall victory, knocking overnꦅight leader Ellen van Dijk (Lidl-Trek) down to third place.
Stage winner Josie Nelson (DSM-Firmenich-PostNl) won the stage ahead of Ava Hol🔜mgren (Lidl-Trek) but missed out on the overall victory by a single second as the Norwegian fought to third on the stage.
The riders were part of a large breakaway that went clear on the second cꦯircuit and gained up to three minutes. Their advantage dropped to a minute on the final lap.
Nelson attacked in the final kilomeꦫtre to take out the stage win🦩.
"All of the girls have worked so hard the past four days so I&﷽rsquo;m really happy I ca𓆏n finish it off for the team," she said.
Nelson won the best young rider's classification while Thalita De Jong (Lotto Dstny) won the points classific🍌ation. Maeva Squiban (Arkea-B&B Hotels) secured the mountains jersey while DSM won best team.
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