The current world champion, Annemiek Van Vleuten, leaves her stamp as she passes through Navarra

The Dutch cyclist Annemiek Van Vleuten, from the Australian team Mitchelton – Scott, has been the winner of the first of the two classic UCI World Tour women’s cycling that are held today and tomorrow in Navarra. The current world champion crossed the Lekunberri goal first, followed by the Spanish María Victoria García, from the Italian team Ale’btc Ljubljana, and in third place the Dutch  Anna Van der Breggen, from the Dutch team Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam. .

The first women’s cycling classic that has been held in 2020 has left Pamplona to finish in Lekunberri, with a route of 118.3 kilometers. The day has been hard on a route with four mountain passes, continuous steep slopes and a very demanding route. The first two passes of the stage – Ulzurrun and Etxauri – have been lived by the grouped peloton and leaving no options for getaways.

On the third climb of the day, the Guembe peak, it was when the peloton was completely broken, leaving a group of 10 runners ahead. The escape has been gradually losing troops and increasing distances between the ten runners that made it up. With an enormous pedaling rhythm, in the last pass of the race, the Alto de Zuarrarate, Van Vleuten, Mavi García and Van der Breggen have been opening a gap, who have no longer given respite to their road companions. Among the three was the winner.

The Dutch Van Vleuten was the first to open space to reach the Lekunberri goal alone, followed, 18 seconds later, by an excellent Mavi García and, 27 seconds, Van der Breggen entered.

Tomorrow, Friday, July 24, the second and last round of the two Clásicas Féminas de Navarra will be held. It will leave Pamplona, ​​to travel 122.9 kilometers, and will also end in the capital of the Autonomous Community. 

Both events are registered in the UCI (International Cycling Union) world calendar in the elite women’s category.