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2nd Holland Hills Classic - NE
Netherlands, August 14, 2005
Valen too strong
By Dennis van der Meiden
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Anita Valen won the second Holland Hills Classic in front of a huge crowd that came out for the final race of the Dutch Topcompetition in Gulpen.
With 10 climbs (five ascents of the Kruisberg, four of the Schweiberg and once up the Gulpenerberg) and a distance of almost 126 km, this race was very tough for the 160 women who started. In occasionally very bad weather conditions with rain, wind and hail, a front group of four riders stayed at the front for almost 100km, Trixi Worrack (Nürnberger), Anita Valen (Vlaanderen), Arenda Grimberg (Therme Skin Care) and Josephine Groenveld (Van Bemmelen). The crumbled peloton didn't have the power to close the gap. Trixi Worrack was the most active rider in the front group and won the mountain classification. After dropping Josephine Groenveld and Arenda Grimberg, Anita Valen won the sprint 'ā deux'.
Photography
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- The leaders on one of the 10 climbs
- Worrack and Valen battle it out
- These hills are steep
Images by Roland Godschalk/www.rojapers.nl
- Anita Valen (Vlaanderen Capri Sonne/T-Interim) beats Trixi Worrack to win the 2nd Holland Hills Classic
- The podium (L to R): Trixi Worrack (2nd), Anita Valen (1st), and Arenda Grimberg (3rd)
Results - 125.9 km
1 Anita Valen (Nor) Vlaanderen Caprisonne/T Interim 3.22.03 (37.387 km/h) 2 Trixi Worrack (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Vers. 0.01 3 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Therme Skin Care 2.21 4 Josephine Groenveld (Ned) Van Bemmelen - AA Drink 3.50 5 Nathalie Bates (Aus) Van Bemmelen - AA Drink 3.59 6 Francis Linthorst (Ned) Therme Skin Care 4.00 7 Mirjam Melchers-van Poppel (Ned) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint 4.48 8 Oenone Wood (Aus) Equipe Nurnberger Vers. 9 Suzanne de Goede (Ned) Van Bemmelen - AA Drink 10 Ludivine Henrion (Bel) Therme Skin Care 11 Sarah Duster (Ger) Therme Skin Care 12 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Vrienden vh Platteland 13 Adrie Visser (Ned) Van Bemmelen - AA Drink 14 Laure Werner (Bel) Vlaanderen Caprisonne/T Interim 15 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Vrienden vh Platteland 16 Corine Hierckens (Bel) Therme Skin Care 17 Loes Markerink (Ned) @Work Cycling Team 18 Sandra Rombouts (Ned) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint 19 Sofie Goor (Bel) Vlaanderen Caprisonne/T Interim 20 Sharon van Dromme (Bel) Vlaanderen Caprisonne/T Interim 21 Cindy Pieters (Bel) Vlaanderen Caprisonne/T Interim 22 Bertine Spijkerman (Ned) @Work Cycling Team 5.08 23 Katharine Bates (Aus) Van Bemmelen - AA Drink 24 Liesbet de Vocht (Ned) KSV Deerlijk-WC Noordzee 25 Janne Brok (Ned) Willebrord Wil Vooruit 26 Sissy van Alebeek (Ned) Van Bemmelen - AA Drink 27 Kathleen Sterckx (Ned) Merida Ld - WV Eemland 28 Sharon van Essen (Ned) Vrienden vh Platteland 29 Charlotte Goldsmith (GBr) Vlaanderen Caprisonne/T Interim 30 Emanuela Azzini (Ita) Nobili Rubinetterie 31 Linda Serup (Den) Buitenpoort-Flexpoint 32 Tina Liebig (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Vers. 5.15 33 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen Caprisonne/T Interim 5.27 34 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Ltu) Nobili Rubinetterie 35 Iris Slappendel (Ned) Vrienden vh Platteland 36 Kirsten Wild (Ned) @Work Cycling Team 37 Claudia Stumpf (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Vers. 38 Anke Wichmann (Ger) Equipe Nurnberger Vers. 39 Areke Hassink (Ned) @Work Cycling Team 40 Linda Ringlever (Ned) Weijers-Eikhout Mov Lady 6.56
