Lizzie Armitstead wins Boels Rental Hills Classic for second time

Image: Lizzie Armitstead continued her excellent 2016 season

Lizzie Armistead claimed her fifth victory of the season by winning the Boels Rental Hills Classic in the Netherlands for the second year in a row.

Armitstead (Boels-Dolmans) outsprinted runner-up Annemiek van Vleuten (Orica-AIS) and third-placed Ashleigh Moolman (Cervelo-Bigla) after the trio had mounted a late escape.

The race was Armitstead's first outing since the Women's Tour de Yorkshire a month ago.

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Result

1 Lizzie Armitstead (GB) Boels-Dolmans, 3:26:38

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2 Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Orica-AIS, same time

3 Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) Cervelo-Bigla, st

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4 Marianne Vos (Ned) Rabobank-Liv, +20sec

5 Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Boels-Dolmans, st

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