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| Marianne Vos celebrates as she crosses the finish line . Photo: AP Photo/ Christophe Ena via HH |
Dutch cyclist Marianne Vos has won the sixth edition of the La
Course cycle race in France on Friday after overtaking runaway lone leader
Amanda Spratt on the steep final climb.
Vos, who has three time former world
champion, had been favourite to take the title in the event, which begans and
ended in the French city of Pau and covered 121 kilometres.
La Course,
organised to coincide with the Tour de France, first took place in 2014 when
Vos also took the title. This year, the Tour de France stage 13 time trial
takes place on the same course.
‘This means a lot. My first title was five
years ago and to win now again on a different circuit is a very special
feeling,’ Vos said after the race.
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Annemiek van Vleuten riding in La Course in 2017. Photo: Wikipedia
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