Unive World Cup - Ronde van Drenthe - CDM

Netherlands, April 13, 2009

Photography

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Images by DCP/Bert Geerts

• Dutch rider Chantal Beltman (Columbia-Highroad) looked ready to race at the early start.
• Kirsten Wild (Cervélo TestTeam) also looked ready to tackle her home race.
• Lithuanian national champion Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Bigla Cycling Team) looks set to go.
• The peloton enjoys rolling along a paved road which is much smoother than those they will face later in the day.
• Cyclo-cross anyone? Alexandra Greenfield (Great Britain National Team) leads a group of women.
• Alley Stacher (USA National Team) looked to have a dirty day in the saddle.
• Hannah Welter (Dutch National Team) didn't see the finish line of her home World Cup.
• Denmark's Linda Villumsen (Columbia-Highroad) finished back in 67th spot.
• Cervelo Test Team's women lead as the peloton starts to climb the Vamberg.
• This Selle Italia rider didn't find the Vamberg climb much fun.
• Kirsten Wild (Cervélo TestTeam) leads a group over the rough terrain.
• Belgian Liesbeth De Vocht (DSB Bank - LTO) lost a lot of time and finished four minutes behind the leaders.
• Marianne Vos (DSB Bank - LTO) could only manage eighth place and lost her UCI Women's World Cup leader's jersey.
• One of the American National Team women didn't look to enjoy having a coal miner's face...and who can blame her.
• The peloton hits another cobbled road during the World Cup race.
• Riders dropping back through the convoy has more than just the rough road to worry about.
• An Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung rider follows teammate Trixi Worrack off-road.
• Pick a line, any line: Chances are one is just as uncomfortable as the next.
• Adrie Visser (DSB Bank - LTO) made her way down the grass section.
• Anne Eversdijk (Dutch National Team) had a well earned thirsty following the day's race.
• Great Britain's Emma Silversides (Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam) reflects on a tough day of race.
• Emma Johansson is the new leader of the Women's World Cup.
• Emma Johansson (Red Sun Cycling Team) is ecstatic about her victory in the third round of the World Cup.
• The Ronde van Drenthe podium Loes Gunnewijk (Team Flexpoint), Emma Johansson (Red Sun Cycling Team) and Chantal Blaak (Leontien.nl), l-r.
• Emma Johansson is all smiles on the podium, flanked by the Dutch riders Loes Gunnewijk and Chantal Blaak (l&r) who finished second and third.