Appetite-whetting

January 25 ^th 2018 - 12:30

Should you change a winning route? As it happens, no. Last year, the "Doyenne" of the classics set things right by finally opening up to women riders, 125 years after it was created.

Women's cycling took advantage to demonstrate its rise in importance as well as its freshness thanks to the ceaseless attacks made on the three climbs on the way into the finish, similar to the one ridden by the men: La Redoute, La Roche-aux-Faucons then Côte de Saint-Nicolas slopes. In the last twenty kilometres, the battle between Anna van der Breggen, former World Champion Liz Deignan and Poland's Katarzyna Niewiadoma was sumptuous. In the end, with this titanic struggle as a fitting climax, the Dutch Olympic Champion accomplished a sensational Ardennes hat-trick, following victory on the Amstel Gold Race and Flèche Wallonne. We want more!