Marianne Vos (Team Visma | Lease a Bike): “We wanted to make the race as hard as possible”

May 5 ^th 2024 - 15:44 [GMT + 2]

“We are very happy. Our goals were going for stage wins and for the final GC. The whole team worked really hard, the two stage wins were great, and to have Riejanne Markus standing second on the overall podium is fantastic. It was a good La Vuelta Femenina 24 by Carrefour.es. We started off with a bit of bad luck with Anna Henderson crashing out in the second stage and we missed her this week, but hopefully she will recover well. The rest, we just were going for it every day, and we ended with a very good feeling. Today we wanted to make the race as hard as possible. We know Riejanne has a big engine, so if it’s hard, she’s on her best. My idea was to try to get in the breakaway and survive as long as possible, but I didn’t make it over the first climb. I’m very proud of the girls. They worked really hard and made it also hard on the climb, and then I’m also very proud of how Riejanne finished it off.”