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Holland Ladies Tour 2011

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Stage 6 - Vos wins final stage and overall

Bunde - Berge en Terblijt, 113.8km

Race Writeup

Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) secured her place as the number on rider in the world right now with a decisive win on the final stage of the Holland Ladies Tour. In the ride to the line, Vos finished ahead of the 2010 World road Champion Giorgia Bronzini (ITA-Forno d'Asolo Cola Vita) and Emma Johansson (Hitec)

The first escape of the day came from Loes Gunnewijk (Nederland Bloeit), Lucinda Brand (AA Drink) and Erinne Willock (Tibco).

They managed to gain an advantage of 45 seconds that quickly went out to 1 minute 30 seconds.

After 50km of racing the peloton was in splinters with over four minutes separating the leader to the back of the final rider.

The lead started to come down with 25k to go. As the leader climbed the Berge en Terblijt, Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) moved to the front to take up the chase. With Vos went van Vleuten, Wild and Longo Broghini and a leading group of 22 riders formed. Vos moved to the front the break was caught.

A lead group formed with 14 riders led by Emma Johansson (Hitec). With 10km to go, Vos attacked alone.

13 pursuers chased Vos. At 5km she had 40 sec. With 2km Vos was still away but the bunch were closing quickly. In the end however, Vos was too strong for the rest of the riders, finishing strongly 34 seconds ahead and taking the overall win again. Giorgia Bronzini was second ahead of Johansson.

Vos swept the board winning the sprint and the points jerseys. Chloe Hosking (HTC Highroad) won the young rider jersey. Nederland Bloeit won the team prize

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Results - Top 10 - click here to see full result

Position	Name		Team	Time	Gap	Bonus
1	Marianne	VOS	Nederland Bloeit	3.05'28"		10"
2	Giorgia	BRONZINI	Italian National Team	3.06'02"	34"	6"
3	Emma	JOHANSSON	Hitec products UCK	3.06'02"	34"	4"
4	Annemiek	VAN VLEUTEN	Nederland Bloeit	3.06'02"	34"
5	Claudia	HÄUSLER	Diadora - Pasta Zara	3.06'02"	34"
6	Megan	GUARNIER	TIBCO	3.06'05"	37"
7	Kirsten	WILD	AA Drink	3.06'06"	38"
8	Martine	BRAS	Dolmans Landscaping Team	3.06'11"	43"
9	Joelle	NUMAINVILLE	TIBCO	3.06'13"	45"
10	Elisa	LONGO BORGHINI	Top Girls Fassa Bartolo	3.06'13"	45"

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General Classification Top 10 - click here to see full GC

Position	Name		Team	Time	Gap
1	Marianne	VOS	Nederland Bloeit	15.23'14"
2	Emma	JOHANSSON	Hitec products UCK	15.24'55"	1'41"
3	Kirsten	WILD	AA Drink	15.25'11"	1'57"
4	Chloe	HOSKING	HTC Highroad Women	15.28'34"	5'20"
5	Chantal	BLAAK	AA Drink	15.28'35"	5'21"
6	Joelle	NUMAINVILLE	TIBCO	15.29'21"	6'07"
7	Lucinda	BRAND	AA Drink	15.29'27"	6'13"
8	Loes	GUNNEWIJK	Nederland Bloeit	15.29'46"	6'32"
9	Annemiek	VAN VLEUTEN	Nederland Bloeit	15.32'32"	9'18"
10	Giorgia	BRONZINI	Italian National Team	15.33'09"	9'55"

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