“The Boss” Marianne Vos did it again for her 252nd road victory on stage 3 of La Vuelta Femenina.
The ageless Dutch slayer uncorked a huge sprint that left rivals way back in her fumes Tuesday after her Visma-Lease a Bike teammates went deep all day long to set up their all-conquering captain.
Charlotte Kool (DSM-Firmenich-PostNL) and Canadian speedster Olivia Baril (Movistar) finished in second and third respectively, several lengths back on Vos and her huge muscling sprint.
“Of course I’m very happy and satisfied,” Vos said at the finish.
“Yesterday we worked hard and tried hard, but we had some bad luck in the final,” she said. “Today we went all in. All the girls worked really hard for this, of course it’s really nice to finish it off. I’m very happy with this win.”
Overnight race-leader Blanka Vas (SD Worx-Protime) narrowly hung on to her maillot rojo after the stage Tuesday.
She is now just one second ahead of Vos on GC when accounting for Vos’ winner’s time bonuses and the couple seconds the young Hungarian nipped at the day’s intermediate sprint.
I’m impressed by the season Vos is doing.
After the last two seasons I thought that age had finally caught her, but it doesn’t seem so. Good for her.
And today’s stage suits her too.
She seems to be in great shape, and she’s such an experienced rider, she just stayed where she needed to be in the bunch without seeming to expend much energy. Vos is the Boss.