The 2022 Ronde van Drenthe was a

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one-day race that took place on 12 March 2022. It was the 15th edition of

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and the 2nd event of the

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. It was won by

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in a sprint finish.

Teams

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Route

The route from

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Hoogeveen Hoogeveen (; nds-nl, 't Ogeveine or '' 't Oveine'') is a municipality and a town in the Dutch province of Drenthe. Population centres Elim, Fluitenberg, Hoogeveen and Noordscheschut, which still have the canals which used to be throughout ...

uses generally flat roads in the Drenthe region of the Netherlands, with the challenge being four ascents of the VAMberg - a hill built on a

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. The climb is 750m in length with an average gradient of 4.2% and a maximum gradient of 20%. Other difficulties are the ten cobbled sections on the route.

Summary

The multiple ascents of the VAMberg climb led to a race full of attacks and breakaways. The distance from the last ascent of the climb to the finish in Hoogeveen was 14km, with a four woman group caught within the final kilometre.

of Team DSM outsprinted world champion Elisa Balsamo to win in a bunch sprint, despite a suffering puncture in the closing stages of the race.

Result

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References

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