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Demi Vollering clinched nan Vuelta Femenina title arsenic she won nan last shape of this year's title connected Sunday.
The SD Worx-Protime rider carried a 52-second advantage into shape eight - an 89km upland shape from Madrid to nan Valdesqui skis resort.
And Vollering, past year's Tour de France winner, attacked 6.5km from nan acme decorativeness to spell clear and comfortably unafraid her second shape triumph of nan week.
Evita Muzic crossed nan statement 29 seconds later, 4 seconds up of Riejanne Markus.
That proved capable for nan Dutch Visma-Lease a Bike rider to return 2nd spot successful nan wide classification standings from Elisa Longo Borghini.
Italian Lidl-Trek rider Borghini mislaid 68 seconds to Vollering connected Sunday to decorativeness 3rd overall, pinch Muzic's capacity giving nan Frenchwoman a top-five GC finish.
Vollering missed retired connected past year's Vuelta Femenina title by conscionable 9 seconds to Dutch compatriot Annemiek van Vleuten.
"I’m really happy to triumph this shape because it’s really bully to decorativeness it disconnected for illustration this," said nan 27-year-old.
"We did a really bully circuit present - [earned] immoderate podiums and 2 shape wins - truthful I deliberation we tin beryllium very proud of ourselves.
"It's a bully commencement [to nan season]. I dream I tin do immoderate different shape races and I'm really looking guardant to nan remainder to nan season."
1. Demi Vollering (Ned/SD Worx-Protime) 2hrs 43mins 6secs
2. Evita Muzic (Fra/FDJ-Suez) +29secs
3. Riejanne Markus (Ned/Visma-Lease a Bike) +33secs
4. Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned/Fenix–Deceuninck) +53secs
5. Ricarda Bauernfeind (Ger/Canyon–SRAM) +56secs
1. Demi Vollering (Ned/SD Worx-Protime) 23hrs 30mins 55secs
2. Riejanne Markus (Ned/Visma | Lease a Bike) +1min 49secs
3. Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita/Lidl-Trek) +2mins
4. Juliette Labous (Fra/Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) +2mins 58secs
5. Evita Muzic (Fra/FDJ-Suez) +3mins 15secs
