Horgan (with red bar tape, leading) has bounced back after her crash last month
By Graham Healy
Following on from her impressive performances in the recent ‘Kerry Group Rás Mumhan’, Siobhán Horgan (Team GSD Gestion) has ridden strongly in the UCI 1.2 Halle-Buizingen in Belgium.
The 121km event was won by the Australian Chloe Hosking(Team Specialized-Lululemon) in a bunch sprint.
Many of the top women’s trade teams including Rabobank, SC Michaela Fanini and Lotto-Belisol were taking part, in addition to national teams from France, Belgium, USA and Australia.
A breakaway of nine riders was clear heading into the final kilometres but due to the work of Hosking’s team they were brought back, resulting in a bunch finish. Horgan came in at the back of the bunch for 36th place.
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It was evidence of her current form that only 44 of the 182 starters finished the race, and she finished ahead of some of the biggest names in the sport. Her search for valuable UCI points continues later this week, when she lines up in the Women’s World Cup race, La Flèche Wallonne Féminine.
Ireland’s Michelle Geoghegan (Wielerclub Steeds Vooraan V.Z.W.) was also due to take part but did not appear amongst the finishers.
Halle-Buizingen 121.3km (UCI 1.2)
1. Chloe Hosking Team Specialized-Lululemon 03:11:20 75 25
2. Emma Johansson Hitec Products - Mistral Home
3. Liesbet De Vocht Rabobank Women Team
4. Biannic Aude
5. Joanie Caron
6. Kaat Hannes Lotto Belisol Ladies
7. Christine Majerus Team GSD Gestion
8. Andrea Graus Vienne Futuroscope
9. Evelyn Arys Kleo Ladies Team
10. Ine Beyen Topsport Vlaanderen - Ridley 2012
11. Anna Van Der Breggen Sengers Ladies Cycling Team
12. Amelie Rivat Vienne Futuroscope
13. Tiffany Cromwell GreenEdge-AIS
14. Lise Nøstvold Hitec Products - Mistral Home
15. Rhae-christie Shaw Exergy Twenty12
36. Siobhan Horgan Team GSD Gestion
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