{"id":721948,"date":"2026-06-08T00:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T00:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/721948\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T00:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T00:08:11","slug":"dwars-door-de-westhoek-federica-venturelli-wins-reduced-bunch-sprint-from-breakaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/721948\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwars door de Westhoek: Federica Venturelli wins reduced bunch sprint from breakaway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"elk-ed1ccfce-e1bd-43f9-a485-4e65f40f86a3\">Federica Venturelli (UAE Team ADQ) outkicked Lonneke Uneken (VolkerWessels Cycling) and Marta Lach (SD Worx-Protime) for the victory in a reduced group sprint at <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/races\/dwars-door-de-westhoek-2024\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/races\/dwars-door-de-westhoek-2024\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/races\/dwars-door-de-westhoek-2024\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dwars door de Westhoek<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old Venturelli threw her bike across the line but had room to spare for her second victory of the season.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-ed1ccfce-e1bd-43f9-a485-4e65f40f86a3-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">The breakaway group entered the final circuits with 13 riders and held a 30-second gap with 30km to race. On the final lap, eight riders continued to drive the pace: Venturelli, Uneken, Lach with Femke Markus of SD Worx-Protime, Kathrin Schweinberger (Human Powered Health), Shari Bossuyt and Niccole Steigenga (AG Insurance-Soudal), and Anna van Wersch (Lotto Intermarche).<\/p>\n<p>Latest Videos From<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] block h-[18px] w-auto shrink-0 brightness-0 invert\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/gmvwmhupgi1715762145.svg\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] max-h-12 w-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Julia Kopeck\u00fd (SD Worx-Protime) rejoined the front group and then attacked with 3km to go. 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