Irish women into top 10 in UCI-ranked TT in Holland
Eileen Burns, above, and Josie Knight have put in great rides for their trade teams in Holland (Photo: Sean Rowe)
Eileen Burns and Josie Knight have demonstrated their ability against the clock on the international stage in Holland.
Both Irish riders finished in the top 10 at the EPZ Omloop van Borsele last night. The event was a 19.7km flat test with a UCI 1.1 ranking.
It attracted a very strong field, not just from Holland but also further afield.
British national TT champion Hayley Simmonds, a Team WNT team mate of Knight's, claimed victory in a time of 27mins 20secs.
She beat Dutch rider and Lotto Belgium Tour stage winner Natalie van Gogh (WV Noord-Holland) by eight seconds.
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Hanna Solovey (Parkhotel Valkenburg) was 3rd at 22 seconds. The Ukrainian was 28th in Amstel Gold midweek and is a former national TT champion.
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Irish road and track international Burns was guesting for British team NCC Group-Kuota-Torelli.
One of Ireland's best ever female TT riders; she was 6th, 1:01 down on the night.
She looks a certainty for Northern Ireland's Commonwealth Games team next year. Burns is expected to take in more international racing as the Games approach.
Knight, in her first TT since moving to her new team, claimed 10th place last night, 1:25 down.
The young Irish hope was 6th earlier this month in the Capernwray Road Race in Britain.
Fri, April 21: 's-Heerenhoek, Holland
EPZ Omloop van Borsele TT (19.7km)
1 Hayley Simmonds Team WNT 27:20.48
2 Natalie van Gogh WV Noord-Holland 27:28.06
3 Anna Solovey Parkhotel Valkenburg 27:42.29
4 Aafke Soet WRV De Peddelaars 27:44.51
5 Riejanne Markus RSC De Zuidwesthoek 28:15.91
6 Eileen Burns NCC Group-Kuota-Torelli 28:21.46
7 Karlijn Swinkels WV Breda 28:25.80
8 Sari Saarelainen Maaslandster Veris CCN 28:37.07
9 Maaike Boogaard TWC De Kempen 28:41.07
10 Josie Isabel Knight Team WNT 28:45.00
11 Henrietta Colborne SWABO-ladies 28:45.73
12 Nicole Steigenga WV Avanti 28:50.75
13 Rotem Gafinovitz WM3 29:01.05
14 Thea Thorsen Hitec Products 29:03.84
15 Alicja Verhagen WV Breda 29:08.01
16 Loes Adegeest NWVG Groningen 29:09.45
17 Tessa Dijksman WV Avanti 29:14.97
18 Danique Braam GRC Jan van Arckel 29:22.94
19 Bianca Lust ARC Ulysses 29:23.73
20 Mieke Leeman Isorex Cycling Team 29:24.83
21 Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez Bizkaia-Durango 29:25.05
22 Anne Marijn van der Graaf NWVG Groningen 29:31.71
23 Mathilde Matthijsse Nani Cycling 29:38.74
24 Marieke Kerkvliet TWC Maaslandster-Zuid Limburg 29:45.41
25 Marieke van Witzenburg SWABO-ladies 30:25.73
26 Melanie Klement AR en TV de Adelaar 30:27.26
27 Wendy Oosterwoud NWV Groningen 30:31.78
28 Willemiek Meinders AR en TV de Adelaar 30:35.64
29 Evelien Deltombe Equano Cycling Team 30:39.62
30 Amalie Winther Olsen Maaslandster Veris CCN 30:47.96
31 Marleen Stoel AR en TV de Adelaar 30:54.15
32 Puck Moonen TWC Het Snelle Wiel 30:55.79
33 Jasmien de Boeck Isorex Cycling Team 31:40.00
34 Sarah ten Hartog Nani Cycling 32:44.14
35 Danique Speklé WV De Jonge Renner 34:02.33
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