Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour with a purple glow 💜💜💜 Looking back at the stage races with team leader @bartfaes373 :
“One of my personal goals was to have the team race worthy of Parkhotel Valkenburg again.
How great it is to see that the riders have fully lived up to this.
Every day attentive and offensive in the race.
On day three I even did "a Mischaatje". (Attack that fails just before the finish)
Got to pick up the fighting spirit jersey three times after the stage with 3 different riders.
3 top 10 results in the stages and 2 top 20 places in the GC.

But above all a group of riders who rode as a team. Who went through fire for each other.

Super proud of the team that we were allowed to take the fighting spirit jersey with us on the last day. A jersey for the whole team.” ... Lees meerLees minder

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Cleaning the bikes with @bbbcycling and @cyclon_nl after the final stage of Ride London with a strong breakaway of @sofie_vanrooijen ... Lees meerLees minder

Gorgeous pictures by @piarazzi of @lauramolenaar__ taking the purple jersey by being the most combative rider of stage 5 💥💥

“We wanted to try to get into the breakaway today to show the team again. Margot and Lieke were in a breakaway at the start of the race, which unfortunately was caught before the long climb. After the bonisprint I tried to attack and they let me go, so I started an unexpected solo of 30 kilometers. Then someone else came to join me and we rode together for another 10 km until we were caught by the peloton. Which resulted in the combative riders jersey thanks to the team behind me. We've been racing as a team all week and luckily it's rewarded again today. Still another day of banging with the girls to go!” ... Lees meerLees minder

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Gorgeous pictures by @piarazzi of @lauramolenaar__ taking the purple jersey by being the most combative rider of stage 5 💥💥 “We wanted to try to get into the breakaway today to show the team again. Margot and Lieke were in a breakaway at the start of the race, which unfortunately was caught before the long climb. After the bonisprint I tried to attack and they let me go, so I started an unexpected solo of 30 kilometers. Then someone else came to join me and we rode together for another 10 km until we were caught by the peloton. Which resulted in the combative riders jersey thanks to the team behind me. We've been racing as a team all week and luckily it's rewarded again today. Still another day of banging with the girls to go!” ... Lees meerLees minder

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