Van den Bos wins Le Samyn des Dames
Boels-Dolmans pulls off solo attack
Jip van den Bos (Boels Dolmans) claimed her first victory as a professional on Tuesday with a solo success at Le Samyn des Dames.
The 22-year-old Dutchwoman had signalled her form and potential with a podium finish at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday and took flight from a select group of seven on the last of three laps of the 25km finishing circuit around Dour. Daniela Gass (Equano-Wase Zon) finished runner-up, and Demi De Jong (Lotto Soudal Ladies) took the final spot on the podium.
As with the men’s race, the finishing circuit featured four sectors of cobblestones - two of which were uphill - totaling 1700m of pave. After a quiet early period, the race exploded on the first lap and by the end of it the peloton had split, with a group of 30 or so riders left out front.
On the second lap a further selection was made. Boels Dolmans had recent Omloop winner and former world champion Chantal Blaak in the main group but it was Van den Bos who jumped into the move that comprised seven riders. As well as Van den Bos, Gass, and De Jong, also present were Malgorzata Jasinska (Movistar), Barbara Guarischi (Team Virtu Cycling Women, Romy Kasper (Ale-Cipollini), and Lauretta Hanson (Trek-Segafredo Women).
The group had a 30-second lead as they took the bell and, despite some counter-attacks behind, they extended their lead on the final lap.
Van den Bos waited for the penultimate and steepest cobblestone sector, the Côte des Nonettes, to make her bid for glory. She rode clear and managed to open up a convincing lead over the final sector and through the final three kilometres to the line.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Jip Van Den Bos (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 2:32:10 |
2 | Daniela Gass (Ger) | 0:00:56 |
3 | Demi De Jong (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Trek - Segafredo | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Team Virtu Cycling | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Romy Kasper (Ger) Ale Cipollini | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Movistar Team Women | 0:00:58 |
8 | Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Team Virtu Cycling | 0:01:37 |
9 | Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Eugénie Duval (Fra) Fdj Nouvelle - Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Chantal Blaak (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) Movistar Team Women | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Maria Apolonia Van 'T Geloof (Ned) Ale Cipollini | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Soraya Paladin (Ita) Ale Cipollini | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Teniel Campbell TTO Wcc Team | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Jolien D`Hoore (Bel) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Hitec Products - Birk Sport | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Nicola Juniper (GBr) | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Annelies Dom (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Kylie Waterreus (Ned) Health Mate - Ladies Team | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Lonneke Uneken (Ned) Hitec Products - Birk Sport | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Stine Borgli (Nor) | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) Ale Cipollini | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Audrey Cordon Ragot (Fra) Trek - Segafredo | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Demi Vollering (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Natalie Van Gogh (Ned) Biehler Pro Cycling | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Fien Delbaere (Bel) Health Mate - Ladies Team | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Laura Tomasi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Rachele Barbieri (Ita) Bepink | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Kirstie Van Haaften (Ned) Health Mate - Ladies Team | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Eva Buurman (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Kaat Hannes (Bel) | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Ale Cipollini | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Daniela Reis (Por) Doltcini - Van Eyck Sport Uci Women Cycling | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Diana Carolina Peñuela Martinez (Col) Ale Cipollini | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Quinty Ton (Ned) Biehler Pro Cycling | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Skylar Schneider (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Jade Wiel (Fra) Fdj Nouvelle - Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Katia Ragusa (Ita) Bepink | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Alice Sharpe (Irl) Wcc Team | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Belle De Gast (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Marion Sicot (Fra) Doltcini - Van Eyck Sport Uci Women Cycling | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Vita Heine (Nor) Hitec Products - Birk Sport | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Olga Shekel (Ukr) Astana Women'S Team | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Paula Andrea Patiño Bedoya (Col) Movistar Team Women | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Lotta Pauliina Lepistö (Fin) Trek - Segafredo | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Jesse Vandenbulcke (Bel) Doltcini - Van Eyck Sport Uci Women Cycling | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Marion Norbert Riberolle (Fra) | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Mieke Docx (Bel) Doltcini - Van Eyck Sport Uci Women Cycling | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Agua Marina Espinola (Par) Wcc Team | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Greta Richioud (Fra) Fdj Nouvelle - Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Alba Teruel Ribes (Spa) Movistar Team Women | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Chantal Hoffmann (Lux) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Alana Castrique (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Anna Plichta (Pol) Trek - Segafredo | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Kathrin Schweinberger (Aut) Health Mate - Ladies Team | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Sara Penton (Swe) Team Virtu Cycling | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) Fdj Nouvelle - Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Ruth Winder (USA) Trek - Segafredo | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Mieke Kröger (Ger) Team Virtu Cycling | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Chanella Stougje (Ned) Hitec Products - Birk Sport | 0:01:48 |
65 | Marlen Reusser (Swi) Wcc Team | 0:01:55 |
66 | Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team Women | 0:01:59 |
67 | Henrietta Colborne (GBr) | 0:02:06 |
68 | Elena Pirrone (Ita) Astana Women'S Team | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Désirée Ehrler (Swi) | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Nicole Steigenga (Ned) Bepink | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Makhabbat Umutzhanova (Kaz) Astana Women'S Team | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Céline Van Houtum (Ned) | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Natalie Grinczer (GBr) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Marieke Van Witzenburg (Ned) | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Lauren Creamer (Irl) | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Birgitte Ravndal (Nor) | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Tayler Wiles (USA) Trek - Segafredo | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Sandra Alonso Dominguez (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Antonia Gröndahl (Fin) | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Tatiana Guderzo (Ita) Bepink | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Silvia Zanardi (Ita) Bepink | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Health Mate - Ladies Team | 0:02:16 |
84 | Anastasiya Kolesava (Blr) Wcc Team | 0:02:18 |
85 | Teuntje Beekhuis (Ned) Biehler Pro Cycling | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Maëlle Grossetete (Fra) Fdj Nouvelle - Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Hitec Products - Birk Sport | 0:02:25 |
88 | Liisa Ehrberg (Est) | 0:02:27 |
89 | Tereza Medvedova (Svk) Bepink | 0:02:34 |
90 | Emily Meakin (GBr) | 0:02:40 |
91 | Pernille Larsen Feldmann (Nor) Hitec Products - Birk Sport | 0:02:43 |
92 | Gilke Croket (Bel) | 0:02:45 |
93 | Laura Süßemilch (Ger) Health Mate - Ladies Team | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Sylvie Swinkels (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Malin Eriksen (Nor) | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Thi That Nguyen (Vie) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Laura Camila Lozano Ramirez (Col) Health Mate-Ladies Team | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Sarah Inghelbrecht (Bel) | 0:03:16 |
99 | Chiara Perini (Ita) Bepink | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Femke Verstichelen (Bel) | 0:03:34 |
101 | Josefine Huitfeldt (Den) | 0:03:49 |
102 | Isabel Martin Martin (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango | 0:04:08 |
103 | Elyse Fraser (NZl) | 0:04:22 |
104 | Mie Bjørndal Ottestad (Nor) | 0:04:56 |
105 | Lone Meertens (Bel) | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Ditte Lenseclaes (Bel) | 0:05:41 |
107 | Loes Adegeest (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | 0:06:06 |
108 | Karolina Perekitko (Pol) | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
109 | Ainara Elbusto Arteaga (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango | 0:07:46 |
110 | Fernanda Yapura (Arg) | 0:08:16 |
DNF | Hanna Johansson (Swe) | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Amiliya Iskakova (Kaz) Astana Women'S Team | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Carolien Haers (Bel) | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Julie Debock (Bel) | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Grace Garner (GBr) Hitec Products - Birk Sport | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Melanie Klement (Ned) Biehler Pro Cycling | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sarah Borremans (Bel) | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Meike Uiterwijk Winkel (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Aurore Verhoeven (Fra) | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lynn Marien (Bel) | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Maxime Roes (Bel) | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Martina Stefani (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lies De Vleminck (Bel) | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Chloë Turblin (Fra) Health Mate - Ladies Team | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Camille Delestrait (Bel) | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Femke Geeris (Ned) | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Greta Marturano (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Amber Lacompte (Bel) | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Aroa Gorostiza Ulloa (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kim De Baat (Bel) Doltcini - Van Eyck Sport Uci Women Cycling | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Luisa Ibarrola Albizua (Spa) Bizkaia-Durango | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Crystal Lane-Wright (GBr) | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lensy Debboudt (Bel) | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Doris Schweizer (Swi) Bizkaia - Durango | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Merel Hofman (Ned) Biehler Pro Cycling | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lisa Groothuesheidkamp (Ned) | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Isabella Stone (GBr) | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Arianna Pruisscher (Ned) | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nele Armee (Bel) | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michelle Geoghegan (Irl) | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Liena Vanderheyden (Bel) | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Anna Bohatá (Cze) | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Elisa Dalla Valle (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christina Malling Siggaard (Den) Team Virtu Cycling | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gaia Tortolina (Ita) | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Eveline Baele (Bel) | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lotte Popelier (Bel) | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marie Flataas (Nor) | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Senna Feron (Ned) | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rachel Jary (GBr) | Row 149 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Leonie Vanderjeugt (Bel) | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Natalya Saifutdinova (Kaz) Astana Women'S Team | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Elena Leonardi (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 152 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marina Kurnossova (Kaz) Astana Women'S Team | Row 153 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Maja Perinović (Cro) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 154 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Savannah Morgan (GBr) | Row 155 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Svetlana Pachshenko (Kaz) Astana Women'S Team | Row 156 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Margot Bourguignon (Bel) | Row 157 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Caren Commissaris (Bel) | Row 158 - Cell 2 |
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