Greig Leach

With five kilometers and one very steep climb to go, Riejanne Markus (Visma-Lease a Bike) decided to jump clear of the peloton. Not to belittle her effort, she did gain seventeen seconds on the chasers, but they clearly let her go on a solo run. With the Mur d’Huy laying in wait, those behind were confident that this effort would leave her unable to stay away on the seventeen percent climb of over a kilometer. They weren’t wrong.