2014 Ronde van Drenthe World Cup

2014 Ronde van Drenthe World Cup

2014 UCI Women's Road World Cup, race 1 of 9
Race details
Dates	15 March 2014
Stages	1
Distance	132.8 km (82.52 mi)
Winning time	3h 51' 03"
Results
Winner Lizzie Armitstead (Great Britain) (Boels–Dolmans)   Second Anna van der Breggen (Netherlands) (Rabo–Liv)   Third Shelley Olds (United States) (Alé–Cipollini)

UCI Report

The 2014 Ronde van Drenthe World Cup was the 8th running of the women's Ronde van Drenthe World Cup, a women's bicycle race in the Netherlands. It was the first World Cup race of the 2014 UCI Women's Road World Cup and was held on 15 March 2014 over a distance of 132.8 kilometres (82.5 miles), starting and finishing in Hoogeveen.

In the final of the race Anna van der Breggen and Iris Slappendel rode away from the chasing group. 16 km before the finish, after riding the VAM mountain for the last time, Van der Breggen rode away from Slappendel. Van der Breggen got an advantage of over 1' 30" on the chasing group. It was the Dutch Ellen van Dijk from Boels–Dolmans Cycling Team who closed about the whole gap and launched teammate Lizzie Armitstead, who rode to Van der Breggen. Armitstead outsprinted Van der Breggen in the final and won the race. Armitstead said after the race that it was her best achievement after winning silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics and thanked Van Dijk for chasing down Van der Breggen.

Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)	Boels–Dolmans	3h 51' 03"
2	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Rabo–Liv	+ 2"
3	Shelley Olds (USA)	Alé–Cipollini	+ 29"
4	Chantal Blaak (NED)	Specialized–lululemon	+ 29"
5	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	Rabo–Liv	+ 29"
6	Kirsten Wild (NED)	Giant–Shimano	+ 29"
7	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	Boels–Dolmans	+ 31"
8	Emma Johansson (SWE)	Orica–AIS	+ 31"
9	Amy Pieters (NED)	Giant–Shimano	+ 33"
10	Iris Slappendel (NED)	Rabo–Liv	+ 1' 36"

External links

• Official website (in Dutch)