Manon Bakker (Crelan-Correndon) blasted away across the snows of Val di Sole for the biggest victory of her career ahead of World Cup leader Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (Alpecin-Deceunink).
At the end of a thrilling final lap duel, Bakker first closed in on long-standing race leader Alvarado, then pulled away for an impressive solo win.
Last year’s winner Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) came home in third, making for an all-Netherlands podium in Italy’s only round of the cyclocross World Cup.
