2014 Ronde van Drenthe World Cup

2014 Ronde van Drenthe World Cup 2014 UCI Women's Road World Cup 1 9 15 March 2014 1 132.8 km 3h 51' 03" Lizzie Armitstead Great Britain DLT 2014 Anna van der Breggen Netherlands DSB 2014 Shelley Olds United States Alé–Cipollini 2013 2015 thumb|110px|UCI Report The 2014 Ronde van Drenthe World Cup was the 8th running of the women's Ronde van Drenthe World Cup, a women's bicycle race in the Netherlands. It was the first World Cup race of the 2014 UCI Women's Road World Cup and was held on 15 March 2014 over a distance of 132.8 km 1 off, starting and finishing in Hoogeveen. In the final of the race Anna van der Breggen and Iris Slappendel rode away from the chasing group. 16 km before the finish, after riding the VAM mountain for the last time, Van der Breggen rode away from Slappendel. Van der Breggen got an advantage of over 1' 30" on the chasing group. It was the Dutch Ellen van Dijk from Boels–Dolmans Cycling Team who closed about the whole gap and launched teammate Lizzie Armitstead, who rode to Van der Breggen. Armitstead outsprinted Van der Breggen in the final and won the race. Armitstead said after the race that it was her best achievement after winning silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics and thanked Van Dijk for chasing down Van der Breggen.http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/other-sports/cycling/help-from-van-dijk-elevates-armitstead-1-6502681 Help from van Dijk elevates Armitstead Yorkshire Post 14 March 2014 19 March 2014 Results CyclistTeamTime1 Lizzie Armitstead GBR DLT 2014 3h 51' 03"2 Anna van der Breggen NED DSB 2014 + 2"3 Shelley Olds USA Alé–Cipollini + 29"4 Chantal Blaak NED SLU 2014 + 29"5 Annemiek van Vleuten NED DSB 2014 + 29"6 Kirsten Wild NED GIW 2014 + 29"7 Ellen van Dijk NED DLT 2014 + 31"8 Emma Johansson SWE LAJ 2014 + 31"9 Amy Pieters NED GIW 2014 + 33"10 Iris Slappendel NED DSB 2014 + 1' 36" References External links http://www.rondevandrenthe.nl/ nl Category:Ronde van Drenthe (women's race) Ronde van Drenthe World Cup Ronde van Drenthe World Cup