At the first cycling World Cup in Africa, Canadian Magdaleine Vallieres Mill has secured her greatest success of her young career so far. The German Antonia Niedermeier had to give up late in the street race and landed on the 6th place.
At the Tour de Fance Femmes, Vallieres Mill still took 18th place, on Saturday afternoon the cyclist crowned herself with the World Cup title. Their teammates chanted at the finish “Best of the World (best in the world)” And the winner could not really believe her triumph yet.
Vallieres Mill with the greatest success of her career
Three kilometers in front of the finish were three women at the top, but not the big favorites, but the Spaniard Mavi Garcia, Niamh Fisher-Back from New Zealand and Vallieres Mill. At almost 1,800 meters, the cyclist from the team EF Education-Oatly set off from their competitors with their strong start on the mountain and held the lead to the goal.
Antonia Niedermeier was long part of the top group, a few kilometers before the end at the Kigali Golf the German had to be torn down. The pedestal completed fisher black (+00: 23) and Mavi (+00: 27). The actual favorite Demi Volling from the Netherlands finished seventh.