Loes Gunnewijk (Nederland Bloeit) celebrates her solo win in Drenthe,
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Adrie Visser (HTC Columbia Women) at the front of the lead group.
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The tough roads kept the team cars busy all day.
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UCI World Road Champion Tatiana Guderzo didn't finish the World Cup race.
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UCI World Road Champion Tatiana Guderzo found the race tough going.
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Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) is the World Cup leader
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Loes Gunnewijk (Nederland Bloeit) charges to a win.
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Charlotte Becker, Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel and Iris Slappendel (Cervelo
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Loes Gunnewijk (Nederland Bloeit) and her mom hug in celebration after
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The narrow roads makes it tough for team cars to get to their riders,
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The lead group passes over a cobbled road.
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The Nederland Bloeit women wait for the race to start.
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The peloton strings out as it attempts to find the best line over the
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Great Britain's Nicole Cooke (British National Team) could only manage
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Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel (Cervelo Test Team) finished in the main bunch.
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Dutch rider Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) finished 1:13 minutes down.
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Dutch rider Lucinda Brand (Leontien.nl) finished in 40th place.
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Linn Torp (Fenixs) didn't make the finish.
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The podium: Annemiek Van Vleuten (Nederland Bloeit), Loes Gunnewijk
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The rainbow jersey for the World Cup leader, Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit)
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Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) defended her World Cup lead in Drenthe
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Kirsten Wild (Cervelo Test Team) leads the bunch in for 14th place. Marianne
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Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) in the leading group
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The Ronde van Drenthe podium - Annemiek Van Vleuten, Loes Gunnewijk (Nederland
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Loes Gunnewijk (Nederland Bloeit) sprints to a win.
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Eventual third, Giorgia Bronzini (Gauss Rdz Ormu) checks for chasers as
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Martine Bras (Gauss Rdz Ormu) led the race over the VAM berg with 26 kilometres
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The champion of the cobbles was the leader here, Grace Verbeke (Lotto
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Noris Cycling colours are black and red, without a sponsor name. Trixi
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Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel (Cervelo Test Team) leads the bunch through
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The victor of Thursday's Drenthe race in Dwingeloo, Ina Yoko Teutenberg
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The victor of Thursday's Drenthe race in Dwingeloo, Ina Yoko Teutenberg
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Winner of this race in 2009, Emma Johansson (Redsun Cycling Team), with
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Emma Mackie (Tibco), a return to Europe and the cold weather after starting
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The lead group works its way through the forest which contains the pave
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Veronica Andreasson (Lotto Ladies Team) leads a group on the trademark
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The bunch crosses a bridge in the Drenthe region
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A softer ride perhaps, on the cobbles, than a carbon race bike - Sarah
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