Lara Gillespie (UAE Team ADQ) has taken her first win of the season after dominating the very tough final at A Travers les Hauts de France today. The victory signals the Irish rider is in some very good form for the last part of the season.
Her win also tops off a fantastic 2025 campaign to date, which has been her first season racing on the roads of Europe for extended periods without having track racing commitments.
Today, at the end of 127.7km of racing from Péronne to Arleux-en-Gohelle in France, Gillespie absolutely dominated the finish, in very wet conditions.
It was a war of attrition through the day, with the main field numbering just 40 riders by the finish. However, Gillespie had three team mates with her in the shape of Hannah Kunz, Francesca Pellegrini and Sofie van Rooijen.
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They worked to position the Irish rider in the final, where she unleased her sprint to win by quite a distance, with one second back to the rest of the riders in the front group.
Britain's Carys Lloyd (Movistar Team) was 2nd, with Dutch rider Eline Jansen (VolkerWessels Pro Cycling) in 3rd.
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Irish road race champion Mia Griffin (Roland) also rode very strongly today and she was in the group sprinting for victory, placing 14th.
Ⓜ️ Movistar Team roza el triunfo en A Travers les Hauts de France [1.1]
?? Carys Lloyd intenta anticipar el sprint final pero cede en línea de meta ante la irlandesa Gillespie [UAE].
? Una de las pingüinas junto con Cat Ferguson y Paula Ostiz, ésta debutando como profesional. pic.twitter.com/WPZcH047yc
— Jaime Gómez (@Rincon_Deporte) September 13, 2025
Sept 13th: A Travers les Hauts de France 127.7km
1 Gillespie Lara UAE Team ADQ 03:02:29
2 Lloyd Carys Movistar Team + 00
3 Jansen Eline Volker Wessels Women's Pro Cycling Team + 01
4 Fortin Valentine Cofidis Women Team + 01
5 Verhulst-Wild Gladys AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 01
6 Rysz Kaja Roland Le Dévoluy + 01
7 Zanetti Linda Uno-X Mobility + 01
8 Schweinberger Kathrin Human Powered Health + 01
9 Souren Scarlett VolkerWessels Women's Pro Cycling Team + 01
10 Tonetti Cristina Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi + 01
11 Wollaston Ally FDJ-SUEZ + 01
12 Kiekens Cleo DD Group Pro Cycling Team + 01
13 Drummond Michaela ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 01
14 Griffin Mia Roland Le Dévoluy + 01
15 Milette Laury KDM-Pack Cycling Team + 01
16 Ruiz Perez Lucía Movistar Team + 01
17 Ebras Elisabeth BePink-Imatra-Bongioanni + 01
18 Trégouët Maurène ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 01
19 Jansen Noä Liv AlUla Jayco Women’s Continental Team + 01
20 van 't Geloof Marjolein ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 01
