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5 ANNA VAN DER BREGGEN
Spectacular swansong
Anyone who knows the Dutchwoman knew that while this might have been her swansong season, before she turns DS at her SD Worx team, there was no way van der Breggen would go quietly into her dotage. For a start she had postponed retirement for the Tokyo Olympics. She didn’t quite get the result she wanted there, but she still managed bronze in the time trial. And she added some big wins to her palmarès too, with a fourth GC win at the Giro Rosa and a seventh Flèche Wallonne victory.
