Evita Muzic (France) took benefit of her descending talents to distance her breakaway partners on a rainy street and win the Alpes Gresivaudan Vintage on Sunday. Muzic has now claimed victory in each editions of the the hilly race. The previous French nationwide champion raced with at the French Nationwide crew as her FDJ-Suez crew didn’t line up for the 1.1 race.
Crossing the end line 43 seconds later, Ursa Pintar (BTC Town Ljubljana Scott) took 2d forward of Morgane Coston (Cofidis).
The 3000 metres of elevation over the 5 climbs from Versoud to Crolles took a toll at the 84-rider peloton early within the 128km level. The peloton was once down to twenty riders after they crested the primary categorised climb, the Col des Ayes, 13 kilometres into the level.
3 riders shaped the primary breakaway of the day at the descent of the second one climb, the Col du Barioz. Camille Fahy (St-Michel-Mavic-Auber 93), Jade Wiel (France), and Spela Kern (Cofidis) stayed away for 100 kilometres over the Côte du Moutaret however noticed their hole scale back dramatically as they climb the Côte des Petites Roches within the first of 2 completing circuits.
Down to 2 riders, Wiel and Kern most effective had 50 seconds on a chase staff of 9 riders with 37km to move. Coston counter-attacked at the climb when the small peloton regrouped. She was once joined via Pintar and Muzic and the trio crested the class 1 ascent in combination.
It was once in any case at the descent on a rainy street, that Muzic bested her competition to win with a cast benefit.
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