Paula Blasi solos to biggest career win at Amstel Gold Race

Twenty three-year old Paula Blasi soloed away from a peloton that contained five former winners to take victory in the Amstel Gold Race Ladies in Valkenberg.

Amstel, which she was racing for the first time, is the biggest win of the young Spaniard’s career so far. The only WorldTour win on her palmarès before today was the prologue time trial of the Tour de Romandie last year.

Blasi attacked with Vinke Nienke (SD Worx – Protime) as the race descended off the penultimate ascent of the Belemerberg, the second of three climbs on the 19km finishing circuit.

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She then accelerated away from Nienke on the Cauberg and entered the final lap of the finishing circuit alone.

The chase from a reduced peloton behind was never committed or coordinated enough to bridge the gap back to the UAE Team ADQ rider.

Her lead had eked out to over a minute when she very nearly took a wrong turn at a roundabout in the final 5km.

As the rain fell Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon/Sram zondacrypto) attacked the peloton up the Cauberg and was joined by Demi Vollering (FDJ United – Suez) to take the final two podium positions. Vollering won the two-up sprint.

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