
There is no doubting the pool of talent that runs deep in Dutch women's cycling, and on Saturday a new name was added to the winner's list, with Rosita Reijnhout (Visma Lease a Bike) in disbelief as she crossed the line beside the Geelong waterfront to claim victory at the Women's Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race.
The 19-year-old was comfortably the youngest ever winner of the Australian race, men's or women's, with Reijnhout - who is into her second professional year with Visma-Lease a Bike - catching her rivals, and perhaps herself, by surprise when she held off the chase to deliver a solo victory.