The women’s world number one cyclist Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) took another major victory in her career today by taking overall victory in the UCI World Cup.
Marianne’s 2nd place today in the Grand Prix Plouay, France, was enough for her to retain her World Cup lead, repeating her victory of 2009. Emma Pooley (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam won the race for the second successive year with a fine solo victory, breaking away from 4 other riders, which included Vos, in the closing stages.
Vos still had to place well and started the sprint from a long way out to clinch second on the day and was pleased to take the victory on what was a tough day for the Dutch rider. Vos is also the current World Cup Cyclo-Cross Champion and this shows the versatility and talent she has at her disposal, a sincere role model to all athletes worldwide.
Fellow Bike Pure supporter, Kirsten Wild (Cérvelo) finished 3rd overall in the World Cup to make it a great day all round.
Result GP Plouay
1. Emma Pooley (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam
2. Marianne Vos (Ned) Nederland Bloeit @ 1’14”
3. Emma Johansson (Swe) RedSun Cycling Team
4. Judith Arndt (Ger) HTC-Columbia
5. Evelyn Stevens (USA) HTC-Columbia @ 2’35”
Final World Cup standings
1. Marianne Vos (Ned) Nederland Bloeit 270pts
2. Emma Johansson (Swe) RedSun Cycling 209
3. Kirsten Wild (Ned) Cervélo TestTeam 202
4. Charlotte Becker (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 182
5. Judith Arndt (Ger) HTC-Columbia 161
Comments
Mary Ann Talbot 25.08.2010 at 07:08pm
How can that be the final standings? Doesn't the Nurnberger Altstadt points affect the final standings, or what that race canceled?
Tony McKendric 21.08.2010 at 10:16pm
What can we say about Marianne? Great to see her sporting the blue band and a girl people can trust.
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