Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) has taken her second victory within the Trofeo Alfredo Binda, outsprinting Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) and Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) within the streets of Cittiglio.
After a protracted solo breakaway by Clara Emond (EF Schooling-Cannondale) was introduced again with 60km to go, not one of the assaults that adopted lasted very lengthy. Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) was caught early on the ultimate climb to Orino, and regardless of quite a few makes an attempt on the climb, all the pieces got here again collectively within the downhill.
Mareille Meijering (Movistar Workforce) made a final transfer 5.6 km from the road however was caught simply earlier than the flamme rouge. Kopecky was led out nicely however began her dash a bit too early, and Balsamo may come around the globe champion to win whereas Pieterse completed third.
“It’s simply superb – if it is a dream please do not wake me up – I am so completely happy,” Balsamo mentioned.
“The workforce was simply tremendous robust. The final two laps have been actually laborious and the final climb was so painful for me however then my teammates did an incredible job to convey the bunch collectively. I simply tried to do the perfect dash that I may.”