UCI Women's WorldTour

Polish champion -supported by really active Movistar Team, well represented into final split with 'Jasi' and Biannic (14ª)- claims 21st top-ten finish of her extraordinary 2018 season.

Amy Pieters (DLT) went on a long, majestic sprint to win the 17th GP Plouay (UCI Women’s WorldTour), the 125km, five-lap course in Brittany (France) really suiting the Movistar Team’s strength as a block and helping them to get yet another great result with its classics star throughout the 2018 season: Polish allrounder Małgorzata Jasińska.

Perfectly covered at all race phases by an excellent Blue squad, with Lorena Llamas, Eider Merino and a great Alicia González as top helpers and Aude Biannic and Rachel Neylan following the diverse moves at the front, the double national champion paid back the Jorge Sanz-led group by climbing within the top ten competitors through the last two Ty-Marrec ascents. ‘Jasi’ even went on a short attack with 4km remaining, later staying into a 14-woman front group which also included a fantastic Aude Biannic.

The French champion helped close a gap into the final 1.5km by Soraya Paladin (ALE), and led out a sprint where Jasińska took 7th place, yet another great result -her 21st top-ten finish of the 2018 season, including three victories- to honout the Blues’ work in the last European WWT classic of 2018.

The day’s negative sidenote came from two crashes: those suffered by Llamas, with no physical consequence as she tried to get back to the front with less than 20km remaining; and an early one for Neylan, which had her being put three stitches to her left knee and still didn’t keep the Australian from finishing into the second main group.

Picture (c): Sean Robinson / Vélofocus