“Attacking was our intention and I saw the moment,” she looked back on her attack, about 10 kilometers before the finish. Bredewold, winner of the WorldTour race Classic Lorient Agglomération in Plouay earlier this month, gained a maximum lead of 20 seconds until first the Swiss Marlen Reusser and then the Danish Emma Norsgaard threatened to close the gap. But she stood her ground. “When I arrived on the cobblestones section I thought: now give everything one more time and then I might win.”
Bredewold European cycling champion: ‘I was amazed’
