Valenciana stage win marks breakthrough victory for 19-year-old Elise Uijen

Elise Uijen (Team DSM) celebrates her stage win on the final day of the 2023 Setmana Valenciana Feminès
Elise Uijen (Team DSM) celebrates her stage win on the final day of the 2023 Setmana Valenciana Feminès (Image credit: Alex BroadwayGetty Images)

Elise Uijen's win on stage 4 of Setmana Ciclista Valenciana marked a breakthrough win for the 19-year-old, as well as a sign of things to come for Team DSM as they look for victories without their former headline riders.

After being in the breakaway for all of stage 3, working right until the end with a series of last-ditch attacks, Uijen again found herself in the decisive move that went in the middle of stage 4.

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