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Rochelle Gilmore, team captain and one of TEAM LOTTO’S lead riders sprinted into 2nd place at the Omloop Van Borsele, in Holland on Saturday 24th April. Grace Verbeke, TEAM LOTTO lead rider finished 12th.
Well done Rochelle and Grace!


Check out Rochelle’s race report below       
Kirsten Wild out-sprints Gilmore again, but we’re getting closer!!!
Saturday’s race of 120km saw a break of 15 riders form during the first 20km, the break contained all of the strongest riders and stayed away the entire race. Cervelo had 5 riders in the break including Wild. HTC Colombia had 3 riders including Arndt, Van Dijk and Hosking. Great Britain had 3 riders including Cooke. Bloeit had 3 riders including Vos.... Lotto had Gilmore in there alone.
Cervelo were the strongest and most active team in the break but with 40km to go the attacks started, with 15km to go Cooke launched a strong attack and took 3 other riders with her to get a maximum lead of 50 seconds with 5km to go. Cervelo had Charlotte Becker in the break but decided to continue the chase in order to set the race up for Wild.
The break of four containing Cooke and Becker were caught with 200m to go.
Wild (Cervelo) won the sprint, Gilmore (Lotto) was 2nd and Broun (Aust. National Team) 3rd.
You can view the sprint finish at the link below.
Lotto raced again today (Sunday) in the GP Stad Roeselare 1.1 in Belgium. Gilmore had mechanical problems during the first 50km and withdrew from the race, Grace Verbeke finished 12th.
There was an interesting preview published before this weekend, it gives an opinion on the fastest sprinters in the world. They’ve given the number one spot to Ina Teutenberg (HTC Colombia) and 2nd position went to Kirsten Wild (Cervelo). They kind of gave equal 3rd to Giorgia Bronzini and Rochelle Gilmore. Whilst Ina has dominated sprinting for the past 10 years, many would agree that Kirsten Wild is actually faster at the moment!
You can read the article here: http://www.podiumcafe.com/2010/4/24/1441066/preview-sprint-weekend

APRES VELO “sizzles” with TEAM LOTTO LADIES. Pictured ... Rochelle Gilmore (Aus), Liz Hatch (USA) and Veronica Andreasson (Sweden)





 

Check out TEAM LOTTO LADIES and their Aussie captain and lead rider, Rochelle Gilmore, at the road UCI World Cup presentations.
The LOTTO Team went on to win the Tour of Flanders in Belgium that weekend, through Grace Verbeke of Belgium.





Go Girls and good luck with your forthcoming races
Big Cog