Nebraska Cycling News

First-Time International Competitor Wins Sprint Jersey in Dutch UCI Race

Colorado Springs, Colo. - The USA Cycling Women's National Team continued its European tour last week as first-time international competitor Brooke Miller led the team with several solid performances in three Dutch one-day races that included a visit to the podium. The U.S. team gained valuable international racing experience at the Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo on April 12, the Ronde van Drenthe World Cup on April 14 and the Novilion Internationale Damesronde van Drenthe on April 15.

In the UCI 1.1-ranked Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo on Thursday, Miller led the way for Americans with an eighth-place effort in the 125-kilometer race, just two seconds off the pace of winner Regina Schleicher of Germany. 

On Saturday, Miller once again led the way for the National Team in the third round of the UCI Women's Road World Cup with a 14th-place finish in the Ronde van Drenthe, finishing a mere 14 seconds off the pace of winner and hometown favorite Adrie Visser of Holland. 

The National Team remained in the Netherlands on Sunday to compete in the 139-kilometer Novilion Damesronde van Drenthe, another UCI 1.1-ranked single day race. Miller placed 58th, but scored one of her biggest career accomplishments in winning the sprinters jersey after spending 30 kilometers off the front of the peloton in a breakaway.  Facing its third-straight race on European cobblestones and narrow Dutch roads, the team, which also included Kristin Armstrong (Boise, Idaho/Team Lipton), Alison Powers (Boulder, Colo./Colavita-Sutter Home-Cooking Light), Katheryn Curi (Mountain View, Calif./Webcor), and Rebecca Larson (Gainesville, Fla./Aarons), put forth a solid team effort to ensure Miller's career highlight. Lauren Franges (Ashville, N.C./Team Lipton) also competed for the squad in the first two Dutch events.

The Women's National Team next competes at the Ronde van Gelderland in Holland on April 21, followed by the fourth round of the UCI World Cup, La Fleche Wallone in Belgium on April 25, the Giro di San Marino in Italy, May 4-6 and the Magi Pache Time Trial in Switzerland on May 6.     

Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo

The Netherlands

April 12

Individual Results

1. Regina Schleicher (GER) 3:12:19

2. Rochelle Gilmore (AUS)

3. Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)

8. Brooke Miller (Los Altos, Calif.) +0:02

45. Kristen Armstrong (Boise, Idaho) +0:14

61. Amber Neben (Irvine, Calif.) +0:20

62. Katheryn Curi (Mountain View, Calif.)

64. Alison Powers (Boulder, Colo.)

66. Lauren Franges (Ashville, N.C.)

90. Rebecca Larson (Gainesville, Fla.) +6:43

Ronde van Drenthe World Cup

The Netherlands

April 14

Individual Results

1. Adrie Visser (NED) 3:33:47

2. Elodie Touffet (FRA)

3. Marianne Vos (NED) +0:17

14. Brooke Miller

63. Kristin Armstrong

64. Rebecca Larson

65. Katheryn Curi

71. Alison Powers +3:13

DNF. Lauren Franges

Novilon Internationale Damesronde van Drenthe

The Netherlands

April 15

Individual Results

1. Giorgia Bronzini (ITA) 3:23:08

2. Marianne Vos (NED)

3. Ina Teutenberg (GER)

39. Kristin Armstrong

41. Amber Neben

56. Alison Powers +0:14

58. Brooke Miller

63. Katheryn Curi +0:23

DNF. Rebecca Larson

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