Nicole Cooke (Raleigh-Lifeforce) failed to win her third consecutive women?s World Cup event in Holland on Saturday but held on to her lead in the season-long competition despite finishing only seventh in the 136-km Ronde van Drenthe race.
Cooke was part of the decisive break that also included world champion Marianne Vos that formed on the last climb but it was another Dutch rider, track specialist Adrie Visser, who came out winner. She went across to the break and then made a late attack with France?s Elodie Touffet and then beat her in the sprint. The remains of the break were caught by the bunch at the line but Vos hung on for third place ahead of Ina Teutenberg (T-Mobile), while Cooke finished seventh.
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