After claiming her first win of the season at Nokere Koerse earlier in the week, Lotte Kopecky emerged victorious once again at Milan-San Remo Donne, as she produced a powerful sprint to win from a five-rider group that had gone clear on the Poggio in the final kilometres of the race.
The SD Worx-Protime rider had followed a move by Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Premier Tech) towards the top of the final climb, which also dragged Noemi Rüegg (EF Education-Oatly) Eleonora Gasparrini (UAE Team ADQ) and Dominika Włodarczyk (UAE Team ADQ) clear of the main group.
Efforts to extend their advantage on the descent meant that the group came onto the Via Roma with their slender lead over the chaser behind still intact. Kopecky then opened the sprint from the wheel of Włodarczyk with nobody able to come around her, as she managed to hold off Rüegg to take the victory.
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Results
Milan-San Remo Donne: Genoa > San Remo (153km)
1. Lotte Kopecky (Bel) SD Worx-Protime, in 3:47:17
2. Noemi Rüegg (Sui) EF Education-Oatly
3. Eleanora Gasparrini (Ita) UAE Team ADQ
4. Puck Pieterse (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech, all at same time
5. Dominika Włodarczyk (Pol) UAE Team ADQ, +4s
6. Lorena Wiebes (Ned) SD Worx-Protime, +9s
7. Ally Wollaston (NZl) FDJ United-SUEZ
8. Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Lidl-Trek
9. Charlotte Kool (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech
10. Chiara Consonni (Ita) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto, all at same time
