Team News: La Course for Hoskings

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Chloe Hosking has won La Course by Le Tour de France in a bunch sprint on probably the most prestigious avenue in World Cycling, the Champs-Elysées

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Team News: La Course for Hoskings

Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Chloe Hosking has won La Course by Le Tour de France in a bunch sprint on probably the most prestigious avenue in World Cycling, the Champs-Elysées in Paris. The Australian Sprint blasted past late breakaway rider Ellen van Dijk (Boels-Dolmans) in the final 100 metres of the race, with Finnish Champion Lotta Lepistö (Cervélo-Bigla) and former World Champion Marianne Vos (Rabo-Liv) trailing across the line metres behind her.

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“I was like ‘Are they coming? Are they coming?’ And then they didn’t come!” Hosking said afterwards. “To cross the line with my hands in the air was just crazy! I still haven’t seen my teammates, I think they came down in some crashes, so I’m a bit like ‘I want to know where they are!’

“I just kept riding after the finish, and people probably thought I was a bit weird,” Hosking laughed. “But my family and my fiancé are about 200 metres past the finish line, so I just wanted to go and see them. I think we’re all in a bit of disbelief at the moment.”

Hosking’s victory came at the end of a strong race for every member of the Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling team, with Dutch Classics specialist Amy Pieters part of a late breakaway that was only closed down in the closing kilometres of the final lap. Unfortunately, Olympic Track Champion Dani King and French Time Trial Champion Audrey Cordon-Ragot were brought down in late crashes, but their work to protect Hosking throughout the race had been done.

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“They were incredible,’ Hosking said. “There were a few moments there. We missed that first break that had about three or four girls in it, but I just looked up the peloton and they were all just on the front. Then Amy Pieters was in a break with a lap to go, and I don’t even know when we caught them actually…

“Amy Roberts, our young British rider, was up the front, then at the back, and then up the front and never gave up. Then of course Audrey, our French rider, was protecting me for the last three laps, and put me in position.

“I’m so lucky!”

Despite the hard work from many teams to ensure a bunch sprint, van Dijk escaped alone just as the Pieters break was caught on the Quai des Tuileries, just before the peloton ducked into the tunnel beneath the Jardin des Tuileries for the last time. With a kilometre to go it looked as though the former World Time Trial Champion might be able to hold off the sprinters but, as she crossed the Place de la Concorde on the approach to the finishing straight, the Dutchwoman was in Hosking’s sights.

As she accelerated, Hosking surged several lengths clear of her sprint rivals, and had crossed the line before they could pull her back.  “She sort of took a flyer as we through the tunnel and I was just jumping from train to train,” Hosking explained. “First of all Canyon were going, then Rabo came, and I came through that bottom corner – which is still 400 to go – on Pauline Ferrand-Prevot’s wheel.

“Then she sort of swung with 300 to go and I thought ‘this is way too early!’ but I went, kicked, sat on Ellen’s wheel, and then kicked again. As I said, I was waiting for them to come, and they didn’t come!”

Hosking’s victory is her fourth in the UCI Women’s WorldTour in 2016. The Australian sprinter won the second stage of the Tour of Chongming Island in May, then went on to take the race overall, and won her first ever stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile earlier this month.

RESULT
1 HOSKING Chloe WIGGLE HIGH5 02h 01′ 27”
2 LEPISTÖ Lotta CERVELO BIGLA
3 VOS Marianne RABOLIV WOMENCYCLINGTEAM
4 NUMAINVILLE Joëlle CERVELO BIGLA
5 FOURNIER Roxane POITOU-CHARENTES.FUTUROSCOPE
6 JEULAND Pascale POITOU-CHARENTES.FUTUROSCOPE
7 CROMWELL Tiffany CANYON SRAM RACING
8 KIESANOWSKI Joanne TEAM TIBCO-SILICON VALLEY
9 KOPECKY Lotte LOTTO SOUDAL LADIES
10 CONFALONIERI Maria Giulia LENSWORLD – ZANNATA
11 ZABELINSKAYA Olga BEPINK
12 KIRCHMANN Leah TEAM LIV-PLANTUR
13 PENUELA MARTINEZ Diana UNITEDHEALTHCARE
14 RADOTIC Mia BTC CITY LJUBLJANA
15 ROY Sarah ORICA – AIS
16 FIDANZA Arianna ASTANA WOMEN’S TEAM
17 MOBERG Emilie HITEC PRODUCTS
18 VAN GOGH Natalie PARKHOTEL VALKENBURG CONT.
19 BASTIANELLI Marta ALE CIPOLLINI
20 VAN DEN STEEN Kelly TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN – ETIXX
21 BUJAK Eugenia BTC CITY LJUBLJANA
22 GUTIERREZ RUIZ Sheyla CYLANCE PRO CYCLING
23 BLAAK Chantal BOELS DOLMANS CYCLINGTEAM
24 VAN DER MEULEN Kaat LENSWORLD – ZANNATA + 00′ 04”
25 DREXEL Ingrid ASTANA WOMEN’S TEAM + 00′ 04”
26 SOEK Julia TEAM LIV-PLANTUR + 00′ 04”
27 VAN DIJK Eleonora BOELS DOLMANS CYCLINGTEAM + 00′ 04”
28 KOSTER Anouska RABOLIV WOMENCYCLINGTEAM + 00′ 04”
29 FRAPPORTI Simona HITEC PRODUCTS + 00′ 04”
30 PINTAR Ursa BTC CITY LJUBLJANA + 00′ 04”
31 BIANNIC Aude POITOU-CHARENTES.FUTUROSCOPE + 00′ 06”
32 DELZENNE Elise LOTTO SOUDAL LADIES + 00′ 06”
33 TENNIGLO Moniek RABOLIV WOMENCYCLINGTEAM + 00′ 06”
34 DUVAL Eugénie POITOU-CHARENTES.FUTUROSCOPE + 00′ 06”
35 FERRAND PREVOT Pauline RABOLIV WOMENCYCLINGTEAM + 00′ 09”
36 DEMAY Coralie POITOU-CHARENTES.FUTUROSCOPE + 00′ 11”
37 AMIALIUSIK Alena CANYON SRAM RACING + 00′ 11”
38 DE JONG Demi BOELS DOLMANS CYCLINGTEAM + 00′ 11”
39 RYAN Alexis CANYON SRAM RACING + 00′ 11”
40 MUSTONEN Sara TEAM LIV-PLANTUR + 00′ 29”
41 LICHTENBERG Claudia LOTTO SOUDAL LADIES + 00′ 36”
42 DECROIX Lieselot LOTTO SOUDAL LADIES + 00′ 36”
43 ROWNEY Loren ORICA – AIS + 00′ 36”
44 BRAND Lucinda RABOLIV WOMENCYCLINGTEAM + 00′ 36”
45 ALLEN Jessica ORICA – AIS + 00′ 39”
46 HEINE Vita HITEC PRODUCTS + 00′ 54”
47 DUTRIAUX Fiona FRANCE + 00′ 54”
48 KOEDOODER Véra PARKHOTEL VALKENBURG CONT. + 01′ 06”
49 BORTOLOTTI Simona BEPINK + 01′ 06”
50 ARZUFFI Alice Maria LENSWORLD – ZANNATA + 01′ 06”
51 DRUYTS Jessy TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN – ETIXX + 01′ 06”
52 KESSLER Nina LENSWORLD – ZANNATA + 01′ 06”
53 ERAUD Severine POITOU-CHARENTES.FUTUROSCOPE + 01′ 06”
54 TUHAI Kseniya BEPINK + 01′ 06”
55 DRUYTS Demmy TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN – ETIXX + 01′ 06”
56 DE BAAT Kim LENSWORLD – ZANNATA + 01′ 06”
57 HANNES Kaat LENSWORLD – ZANNATA + 01′ 06”
58 HALL Lauren TEAM TIBCO-SILICON VALLEY + 01′ 06”
59 VAN DEN BOS Jip PARKHOTEL VALKENBURG CONT. + 01′ 06”
60 CROKET Gilke TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN – ETIXX + 01′ 06”
61 SLAPPENDEL Iris UNITEDHEALTHCARE + 01′ 06”
62 HOFMANN Chantal LOTTO SOUDAL LADIES + 01′ 06”
63 PILOTE-FORTIN Gabrielle CERVELO BIGLA + 01′ 36”
64 LECHNER Corinna BTC CITY LJUBLJANA + 01′ 39”
65 MANLY Alexandra ORICA – AIS + 01′ 39”
66 SCHWEIZER Doris CYLANCE PRO CYCLING + 01′ 39”
67 MAJERUS Christine BOELS DOLMANS CYCLINGTEAM + 01′ 50”
68 MACKAIJ Floortje TEAM LIV-PLANTUR + 01′ 50”
69 HAMMES Kathrin TEAM TIBCO-SILICON VALLEY + 01′ 50”
70 DRUYTS Kelly TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN – ETIXX + 02′ 17”
71 MARKUS Riejanne TEAM LIV-PLANTUR + 02′ 17”
72 ERIC Jelena BTC CITY LJUBLJANA + 02′ 17”
73 BARNES Hannah CANYON SRAM RACING + 02′ 33”
74 SACHET Iris FRANCE + 02′ 43”
75 SCANDOLARA Valentina CYLANCE PRO CYCLING + 03′ 03”
76 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna RABOLIV WOMENCYCLINGTEAM + 03′ 03”
77 HOEKSMA Ilona PARKHOTEL VALKENBURG CONT. + 03′ 41”
78 PIETERS Amy WIGGLE HIGH5 + 03′ 41”
79 KNOL Willeke LOTTO SOUDAL LADIES + 03′ 41”
80 STEPHENS Lauren TEAM TIBCO-SILICON VALLEY + 04′ 23”
81 TROMP Esra PARKHOTEL VALKENBURG CONT. + 04′ 39”
82 SANGUINETI Ilaria BEPINK + 04′ 57”
83 STIJNS Kyara TEAM LIV-PLANTUR + 05′ 01”
84 KASPER Romy BOELS DOLMANS CYCLINGTEAM + 05′ 01”
85 PAWLOWSKA Katarzyna BOELS DOLMANS CYCLINGTEAM + 05′ 01”
86 CORDON Audrey WIGGLE HIGH5 + 05′ 04”
87 KING Danielle WIGGLE HIGH5 + 05′ 04”
88 DEMEY Valerie TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN – ETIXX + 05′ 17”
89 POST Jermaine PARKHOTEL VALKENBURG CONT. + 05′ 37”
90 JOHNSEN Cecilie Gotaas HITEC PRODUCTS + 06′ 06”
91 LETH Julie HITEC PRODUCTS + 06′ 23”
92 RIVERA Coryn UNITEDHEALTHCARE + 06′ 23”
93 WILES Tayler ORICA – AIS + 06′ 23”
94 BARBIERI Rachele CYLANCE PRO CYCLING + 06′ 24”

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