April 05, 2015 (Oudenaard, Belgium) – Joelle Numainville (Can) Bigla Pro Cycling finished 14th as Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle Honda attacked late in the race to gain a strong 1-min lead and win the 144.9km women’s Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen), UCI Women’s Road World Cup #3, today in Oudenaard, Belgium. Her teammate Jolien D’Hoore was second with Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Rabobank-Liv Woman Cycling Team in third. Fellow Canuck, Karol-Ann Canuel (Velocio-SRAM) finished 43rd.
Results (brief)
1. Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling 3:50:43
2. Jolien D’Hoore (Bel) Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling 0:43
3. Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Rabobank-Liv Woman Cycling Team
4. Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Bigla Pro Cycling Team
5. Elena Cecchini (Ita) Lotto Soudal Ladies
14. Joelle Numainville (Can) Bigla Pro Cycling Team 3:30
43. Karol-Ann Canuel (Can) Velocio-SRAM 4:12