Sencur (Slovenia) (AFP) – A week after triumphing in the road race of the Cycling World Championship in Canada, the Dutch Demi Vollering defended her title in the online race of the European Championship this Saturday in Slovenia.
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Since this continental event was established ten years ago, Vollering is the first to achieve double crowns in the World Cup and the European Championship in the same season.
The 29-year-old Dutchwoman achieved a clear victory by escaping alone in the final part to defend her advantage, without suffering, over the rest of the favorites.
His season is being spectacular and the golds in the World Cup and the European Championship crown a year in which he already triumphed in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, as well as in emblematic classics such as the Tour of Flanders and Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
In his victory this Saturday, he attacked on the last climb (2.1 km at 10.4% gradient), 15 kilometers from the finish line, to leave the rest behind.
Second place in the test went to the also Dutch Puck Pieterse and third place to the Swiss Marlen Reusser.
The Polish Kasia Niewiadoma, who was presented as Vollering's main rival for the victory, suffered a fall in the final part and was left unable to fight for the podium.
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