A number of names were mentioned as possible stage winners for the opening stage of the Santos Women’s Tour. Janneke Ensing’s name was not amongst them.
Although Ensing (Ale-Cipollini) has been racing on UCI teams for eight years, she’s never recorded a professional victory. Her performance in Adelaide made it clear that that she’s on the cusp.
The 30-year-old made an early impact on the race on stage one when she bridged across to Amanda Spratt (Orica-Scott) and Rushlee Buchanan (UnitedHealthcare) on the rising Paris Creek Road. Buchanan proved unable to match Spratt’s pace up the QOM climb, but Ensing held tight to the eventual overall winner’s wheel until Spratt’s final attack on the descent into town.
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Spratt won the stage, which ultimately set her up for the overall victory. Ensing finished 19-seconds back in second place on the stage – a position she maintained through race end.
“It wasn’t anything I expected,” said Ensing. “Only two weeks ago I was training on the ice for the Dutch National Championships in [speed] skating.”
Ensing came second there, too. She hopes to represent The Netherlands in speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.
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