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.
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Tour of Flanders 2021 start listsFull list of riders taking part in the 2019 edition on Sunday, April 7
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