Relive the final kilometer of the Flèche Wallonne Femmes 2024 !
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00:00 There's one rider up towards the front, Aline Janssen, who's been in the picture the entire time.
00:08 She's very close to the front and is following all of the other riders.
00:14 But let's just keep an eye on who is making the moves.
00:17 That's a little bit of a surprise that she's still in the mix.
00:21 This is our solo leader.
00:23 Three hours and 52 minutes of racing, starting in the pouring rain.
00:27 It's going to be game over.
00:30 And Dami Bollering is at the front very early.
00:32 Is she riding for Lotte Kopecky?
00:35 It wouldn't be beyond the realms of possibility that it could be for Kopecky.
00:40 You have seen the prowess of Kopecky over the last year.
00:46 The way that she's been able to transform herself from being a rider who can win bunch sprints
00:50 to being able to climb with the very best.
00:52 Especially on this type of classic style climb where it's a three and a half minute effort.
00:59 However, maybe Bollering just wants to be the rider who sets the pace.
01:04 Everyone rides to her pace.
01:06 She's making it difficult.
01:08 And there, that's where it snaps and the elastic has gone.
01:11 It has. Dami Bollering is just riding off the front to try and win this race.
01:17 Behind her is Kasia Niewiadoma, just behind is Juliette Labusse, Ashley Morgan-Pasio.
01:23 Coming up onto the wheel is Elisa Lombard-Borghini.
01:26 Is Dami Bollering just so sure of her form now that she's just going to try and destroy the race?
01:33 Coming up in the colours of FDJ, is that heart of the mountain?
01:39 Evita Musik moves forward, the former French champion,
01:42 just getting to the wheel of Juliette Labusse, her compadre from Team DSM Firminic PostNL.
01:48 But there on the left-hand side, biding her time, Ashley Morgan-Pasio,
01:52 but looking poised and ready to strike Elisa Lombard-Borghini.
01:57 Fourteen times Ashley Morgan-Pasio has ridden Fleshlock.
02:01 This is her final chance before she retires.
02:05 Can she win this race?
02:07 Evita Musik is there.
02:09 You need to be confident, you need to be calm, you need to wait.
02:13 You can't go too early.
02:15 Bollering has ridden from the bottom of this climb on the front,
02:18 and they're still there.
02:20 Lombard-Borghini, Bollering, Niewiadoma, Morgan-Pasio and Labusse.
02:25 That's the five who are going to find this race out.
02:28 It's who's going to blink first to strike for glory.
02:32 Because once you commit here, there's no hesitation, it's all in for that final.
02:38 Now dreaded thief, Niewiadoma, wants to try and move alongside Amy Bollering.
02:44 Look at the way she controls her breathing.
02:47 It's amazing the way that Amy Bollering has taken all this climb through the front.
02:53 And now it looks like Morgan-Pasio is now sprinting as well.
02:57 So it's going to be Bollering, Niewiadoma, and it's going to be Elisa Lombard-Borghini.
03:01 Niewiadoma has ridden this race so many times.
03:04 Morgan-Pasio cracks, and now she has three.
03:07 Bollering has ridden the entire peloton, apart from two other riders, off her wheel.
03:12 And now we start to see the attacks, and Bollering can't respond immediately.
03:17 And it's Niewiadoma who hits first.
03:19 Has she gone too early?
03:21 Bollering tries to fight her way back into the wheel.
03:24 Has she, Niewiadoma, gone in for glory?
03:27 Is she finally going to win the professional round?
03:30 Bollering is on her heel, trying to fight her way back into this one.
03:34 Elisa Lombard-Borghini getting ready to strike.
03:37 And here comes Elisa Lombard-Borghini, but it's Tashia Niewiadoma.
03:41 Tashia Niewiadoma is going to get the victory she's been searching for for so long.
03:47 Bollering fights back, but finally it's Tashia Niewiadoma, a tag-in strike.
03:53 She wins the medal, and it's Bollering, and it's not just Bollering.
03:57 It's Niewiadoma, and it's Tashia.
04:01 [MUSIC PLAYING]
04:04 (whooshing)