Nienke Veenhoven wins in a sprint at A Travers les Hauts de France

Nienke Veenhoven (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) has won A Travers les Hauts de France, a 130.5-kilometre one-day race from Queant to Écourt-Saint-Quentin, finishing in 03:16:44. The Dutch rider was the fastest in the final sprint, beating Shari Bossuyt (AG Insurance - Soudal Team) and Lara Gillespie (UAE Team L'Imad), both of whom finished in the same time as the winner. The race The race was animated by a series of attacks that generated several breakaway attempts, none of which, however, managed to gain a decisive advantage. The groups out front were caught one after another, bringing the peloton back together and delivering the race to a bunch sprint finish. Results Nienke Veenhoven (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) — 03:16:44 Shari Bossuyt (AG Insurance - Soudal Team) — s.t. Lara Gillespie (UAE Team L'Imad) — s.t. Scarlett Souren (VolkerWessels Cycling Team) — s.t. Mia Griffin (Team Picnic PostNL) — s.t. The group of the best riders arrived together at the finish in Écourt-Saint-Quentin: the first five riders were all credited with the same time as the winner, confirming a tight sprint decided in the final metres. For Veenhoven it is a victory in a late-season classic, ahead of a group that gave no room to any long-range move.