Anna van der Breggen solos to brilliant Tour of California stage one victory

World champion Anna van der Breggen timed her attack perfectly to put her in pole position to repeat her 2017 win

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Anna van der Breggen took a stranglehold of the Women’s Tour of California, comfortably winning stage one.

The reigning world champion attacked on the last climb of the day and soloed to victory, finishing 18 seconds ahead of chasing group of seven led by Elisa Balsamo (Valcar Cylance).

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