
So far Anna van der Breggen has impressed on her return to racing after three seasons away, however, the real test for the SD Worx-Protime rider is ahead on Saturday at the 136km Strade Bianche Women.
“After her good races in Setmana Valencia and the Omloop van het Hageland, everyone was a bit euphoric,” team sporting manager Danny Stam said in a team statement of the Spanish race where she came third overall and the Belgian race where she was pivotal in her teammate’s victory and also came seventh. ”But those races are not yet of the calibre of the Strade Bianche.