Van der Breggen and Hall form powerful alliance at Tour of California
16 May 2019 07:43
Back-to-back Tour of California Women's Race winners Anna van der Breggen and Katie Hall, who both race for Boels Dolmans, are the favourites to take repeat victories at the three-day race, set to begin on Thursday in Ventura. Van der Breggen is confident that having two cards to play will increase Boels Dolmans' chances of winning the overall title in what is considered the toughest edition yet. "We need to see how the race develops," Van der Breggen told Cyclingnews in an interview at the team presentation on Wednesday. "Katie won it last year, and this is her kind of racing. It's also her home race. It's fair racing, so you need to be good and have good legs to win it.ADVERTISEMENT "But we have to see how we are in the race. Sometimes it's better not to gamble on one person, and try to play a bit. If we can gamble on Katie, it will be nice, but we'll see how it works out." Van der Breggen won the Tour of California Women's Race in 2017, but skipped the race last year having opted to compete at Emakumeen Bira in Spain. "There are no sprint stages here this year," Van der Breggen noted of the three stages, which all feature a significant amount of climbing. "You need to feel good and be good at this stage race. I think it's fair racing with a parcours like this, and so I like the route."
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