Once, twice, three times a Lotte victory? 21st Women's Ronde van Vlaanderen, March 31st, 2024

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tbf I normally call her out for having not won on the road lately as well, perpetual bridesmaid and all that, but it does feel like that gravel win clicked something in her. we'll know in 4km :)
I hope so
 
Oct 3, 2021
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and nope, ELB takes it

fwiw it looked like Vos had plenty left there, just got stuck in the wrong group
 
Sep 26, 2020
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That was the most likely outcome, although it did look like Van Anrooij was about to make it hard for ELB to come around.
 
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Btw normally not her fan tactically but I think ELB made the right choice chasing down her teammate. Shirin was clearly cooked and it was just a 10-5s gap and a further 10-5s gap to the SDW group, no way she is keeping that gap for over 10km. Instead they got a situation were Kasia was happy to work in order to guarantee the podium and Shirin could rest a bit in the run in before giving that leadout.
 
Jan 10, 2019
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Btw normally not her fan tactically but I think ELB made the right choice chasing down her teammate. Shirin was clearly cooked and it was just a 10-5s gap and a further 10-5s gap to the SDW group, no way she is keeping that gap for over 10km. Instead they got a situation were Kasia was happy to work in order to guarantee the podium and Shirin could rest a bit in the run in before giving that leadout.
The DS also said Elisa could make the move and Shirin was waiting.
 
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Sep 26, 2020
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she wasnt the only one, but still quite easily beat everyone else around her who did as well.

Also there's no shame in getting dropped by better climbers. The last few years she's not even been close to the podium, so it's still not a bad result for her, but she probably wanted more.
 
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Jan 10, 2019
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she looks flat out on the ground after that though
She have her all. After bad luck last year she found herself again. Love to see it. Didn’t knew she had it in her what she showed these races. Hope her team let her start more in Belgium now.

Think she will be really happy with her race and top 10.
 
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