Historic first time of an Italian at the Amstel Gold Race.
Marta Cavalli, 24 years old from Cremona, won the eighth edition of the Northern women's cycling classic.
The blue - who competes with the French team FDJ / Nouvelle-Aquitaine - crossed the finish line ahead of the Dutch Demi Vollering and the German Liane Lippert, at the end of the 128.5 kilometers.
She went on the attack after the summit of Cauberg, 1,700 meters from the finish, after the forcing of Dutchman Annemiek van Vleuten who failed to overtake her rivals in the fourth and final ascent of Valkenburg.
For second place, Vollering (SD Worx) narrowly adjusted the strong group of six competitors while the world champion, the Italian Elisa Balsamo (Trek), took 8th place.
"I felt pretty tired in the last 15 kilometers," admitted the winner of the day.
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I have to thank my sporting director who encouraged me to attack when we found ourselves eight-nine on top of the Cauberg.
I decided to go, it was all or nothing! "." I had imagined living this at the moment of the reconnaissance of the course, I knew it was the decisive moment of the race ", added Cavalli, the 2018 Italian champion at the age of 20.