Lorena Wiebes had the perfect opportunity to win the Amstel Gold Race. The hilly Classic is usually the domain of better climbers than the SD Worx-Protime sprinter. On Sunday, thanks to a shortened race, the Dutchwoman had her chance to take victory at her home event.
She thought she had won it, sticking with the reduced group and timing her powerful sprint to perfection, to triumph in Berg en Terblijt. Well, she would have done, had she not sat up before the line to celebrate, which gave Marianne Vos the opportunity to nip in front of her with a well-timed bike throw.
