Lizzie Armitstead (Boels-Dolmans) repeated her third place of last year in the women's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in Belgium on Saturday.
Dutchwoman Anna van der Breggen (Rabo-Liv) won the race ahead of compatriot and former time trial world champion Ellen van Dijk (Boels-Dolmans) after the pair had escaped on the Molenberg with 30 kilometres to race.
Armitstead brought the chase group home for third.
>>> Lizzie Armitstead among front runners for Women's Het Nieuwsblad
Result
Women's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2015, 120.5km
1. Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Rabo-Liv
2. Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Boels-Dolmans at same time
3. Lizzie Armitstead (GBr) Boels-Dolmans at 14 secs
4. Chantal Blaak (Ned) Boels-Dolmans
5. Tiffany Cromwell (USA) Velocio-SRAM
6. Elna Cecchini (Ita) Lotto-Soudal
7. Amy Pieters (Ned) Liv-Plantur
8. Christine Majerus (Lux) Boels-Dolmans
9. Trixi Worrack (Ger) Velocio-SRAM
10. Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Rabo-Liv at same time
Thank you for reading 10 articles this month* Join now for unlimited access
Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1
*Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription
Join now for unlimited access
Try first month for just £1 / $1 / €1
-
-
Jess Roberts doubles up at British Track Championships as 19 year-old sprinter topples Olympian
Comeback queen wins her first solo national title in the scratch race
-
Extinction Rebellion stages anti-Shell protest at British Track Champs
Two people carried a banner through the stands at Newport's Geraint Thomas National Velodrome
-
Biniam Girmay takes momentous sprint victory at Gent-Wevelgem
The Eritrean etched his name in history as the first African rider to win the spring classic.
-
How to watch Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2022: Live stream the first cobbled Classic of the season
If you can't be in Belgium for Opening Weekend you might as well watch it on the TV
-
Trek-Segafredo back to winning ways as Ruth Winder takes Brabantse Pijl
US national champion Ruth Winder won the tightest of sprints at Brabantse Pijl on Wednesday (April 14).
-
Lorena Wiebes wins in a bunch sprint at a wind ravaged women's Scheldeprijs
Team DSM win the battle of the lead outs after a scrappy final in the Belgian wind and rain
-
Groupama-FDJ pull out of Scheldeprijs 2021 after Covid-19 positive
Groupama-FDJ have had to pull out from racing at the Belgian one-day race of Scheldeprijs due to a positive Coronavirus test within the team
-
Annemiek van Vleuten wins the Tour of Flanders with a signature long range move
Annemiek van Vleuten won the Tour of Flanders for the second time with a signature attack on Sunday.
-
Tour of Flanders 2021 start lists
Full list of riders taking part in the 2019 edition on Sunday, April 7
-
'Risk big and you win big,' Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig willing to risk all at the Tour of Flanders
After finishing third in 2019 the Danish rider has a stronger team than ever to help achieve a first WorldTour win
