Inexperience costs Armitstead dear at Flanders

armitstead, ghent wevelgem, 2012

British champion Lizzie Armitstead finished 34th in her early-season target, the Tour of Flanders, on Sunday afternoon.

"I'm disappointed. I think my inexperience showed. I've only done Flanders once before and I got too excited, too early," she said at the finish.

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