It wasn’t part of the plan, not even close. Paula Blasi wasn’t originally meant to race the Amstel Gold Race Ladies. By the end of the day, she was alone at the front, holding off the favourites and riding into a win that didn’t follow…
The combination of defending champion Noemi Rüegg and reigning road race world champion Magdeleine Vallieres (both EF Education–Oatly) proved too much for their rivals on the deciding third, and final lap, of the Santos Women’s Tour Down Under, which was decided by the final climb…