Milan, 20 April 2022 – The classics of the North continue to speak Italian. After the success of Elisa Longo Borghini last Saturday at Paris-Roubaix, Marta Cavalli he made the Freccia Vallone his own, winning the sprint on his escape companion, the Dutchman Annemiek van Vleuten. Third was placed the other Dutch Demi Vollering, 10 seconds behind, while Longo Borghini finished in sixth place 30 seconds behind the winner. For Cavalli this is the second great success of the season after the one at the Amstel Gold Race. It had been 20 years instead that an Italian hadn’t triumphed at the Freccia Vallone: the last one had been Fabiana Luperini in 2022.
The emotion of Cavalli
“I did not think I had these legs – Cavalli commented – The attack of the van Vleuten was impressive, for me it is a magnificent emotion, perhaps the greatest because having beaten it is worth a lot. This Wall is very difficult, very hard slopes even if it’s not too long. I waited at its wheel, I knew that in the end it flattened a thread … and I was able to make a difference. Fantastic “. The 24-year-old from Cremona of the Fdj Nouvelle-Aquitaine will go hunting for the trio on the occasion of the Liège-Bastogne-Liège scheduled for Sunday, with Longo Borghini ready to challenge her. In short, Italy is great in women’s cycling.
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