• Dutchwoman triumphs in first attempt at two-day race
• Lizzie Deignan fades: ‘I burnt too many matches’
After a brutal day’s racing across the North York Moors, the Women’s Tour de Yorkshire fell to the most successful women’s road racer of all time, Marianne Vos, who forged the winning three-woman escape in a blistering northerly gale and took the finish sprint on Scarborough’s Royal Albert Drive to seal the overall standings in her first attempt at the two-day race.
After winning three world championships and the London Olympic title, Vos is now entering her thirties but the Dutchwoman remains as doughty a competitor as ever, although a new generation such as her compatriot Anna van der Breggen, the world champion, has emerged to challenge her. Van der Breggen made a daring early move here but then faded along with the home favourite Lizzie Deignan, who conceded afterwards that she had “burnt too many matches” early on.
Written by William Fotheringham in Scarborough
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/may/04/marianne-vos-wins-tour-de-yorkshire-scarborough under the title “Marianne Vos battles the hail to win Tour de Yorkshire in Scarborough”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
