Coryn Rivera's string of top results has propelled her to the top of the UCI Women's WorldTour standings. The Tour of Flanders and Trofeo Alfredo Binda winner becomes the second American to lead the series after Megan Guarnier won the inaugural edition.
Rivera's two WorldTour wins, and her third place in Gent-Wevelgem gave her a 60-point advantage over fellow sprinter Elena Cecchini (Canyon-SRAM). Annemiek van Vleuten and former leader Elisa Longo Borghini (Wiggle-High5) are separated by nine points in third and fourth, respectively, with Chantal Blaak (Boels Dolmans) in fifth.
D'hoore switches focus to track after Dottignies victory
After a successful early season, culminating in a sprint victory on Monday's GP Dottignies over Chloe Hosking (Alé Cipollini), Belgian champion Jolien D'hoore will switch to fixed gears as she turns her attention to the UCI Track World Championships in Hong Kong. The racing begins on April 12.
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D'hoore and teammate Lotte Kopecky are due to race the Madison at the world championships. The pair are the current European champions in the discipline, which will be a rainbow jersey event for the first time since its addition to the program last year. D'hoore will also race the Scratch Race.
The decision to race the GP Dottignies came after a disappointing Tour of Flanders, where D'hoore missed making the front group.
“Normally I wasn’t planning to ride this race, but after the race yesterday I had a good talk with Giorgia [Bronini],” D’hoore said. “You know, she’s like my mentor, and she’s the mother of the team, and she cheered me up yesterday evening. She said that it was a good plan to race today, to forget Flanders especially."
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