She knew that it would take much more than it had in previous years to get a winning gap and aimed to make two big moves over the final two ascents of the Côte de la Redoute and the Côte de Roche-aux-Faucons. The growing level of the peloton was in Van Vleuten’s mind as she made her plan of attack for the race. We should be happy about it becoming harder to win because it makes winning more beautiful.” Destroying oneself Maybe people in the Netherlands got a bit spoiled that it was so easy to pull off the wins. I know that I had my best spring campaign ever, so I still believe in myself and in my level. “I don’t have that feeling but I got that question and I was laughing about it. “It’s a bit more easy to keep the journalists calm because then I get less nasty questions like yesterday that I always get second. Also, without a win I would go home as a happy person because I know that I had the confidence from the Mur de Huy in Flèche that I’m in a really good shape,” she said in a post-race press conference.
She is excited to see the level of the bunch get ever higher and relishes the challenge of competing against stronger riders. She has never looked, or sounded, disappointed with what she’s got out of each race and has always had a good word to say about her rivals.Ī post shared by Movistar Team after Liège whether the first place was something of a relief after so many second places, Van Vleuten dismissed the idea. Through all of the near-misses this season, Van Vleuten has kept a smile on her face. It’s not so easy anymore to win but it also makes every win more beautiful if you really need to fight for it.” I’m also better but there’s more girls that are able to win.
In between, she racked up three runners-up spots at Strade Bianche, the Tour of Flanders, and Wednesday’s Flèche Wallonne, plus a fourth place at the Amstel Gold Race. Van Vleuten bookended her classics campaign with victories at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Sunday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
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