Annemiek van Vleuten takes Izoard stage on La Course by Le Tour
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ByEurosport
Updated 20/07/2017 at 13:00 GMT
Annemiek van Vleuten of the Netherlands attacked four kilometres (2.5 miles) from the finish on Thursday to win the first stage of La Course by Le Tour, the women's race run by Tour de France organisers ASO.
Annemiek Van Vleuten of Netherlands riding for Team Orica Scott crosses the line to take the stage win on the first stage of the 4th La Course.
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A few hours before the Tour's 18th stage finishes at the top of the famed Izoard climb, Van Vleuten beat Britain's Lizzie Deignan by 43 seconds.
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Finish: Van Vleuten wins Izoard stage on La Course
The top 20 finishers will compete in a time trial in Marseille on Saturday.
It is Van Vleuten's biggest win since she suffered a spectacular crash in last year's Olympics road race in Rio de Janeiro.
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