The 2013 Le Samyn des Dames was the second running of the women's

Le Samyn Le Samyn is an annual single-day road bicycle race in Belgium, held usually in late February or early March. The event was created in 1968 as ''Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc'', named after the former municipality where it started and finished. In 1 ...

, a women's

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, Belgium. It was held on 27 February 2013 over a distance of starting in

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and finishing in

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. It was rated by the

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as a 1.2 category race. The race was part of the 2013 Lotto Cycling Cup.

Race

A miscommunication caused the race started while some teams were on the stage signing the startlist. The race was controlled for the most part by the teams of Tibco, , Orica–AIS and Hitec. It stayed together until the last third of the race. With about to go

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attacked over a cobbled section. In the scramble to close the gap, a number of riders went down at the front of the peloton.

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and

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managed to avoid the carnage and chased, but van Dijk was too strong and had created a gap of over a minute. Despite hitting the pavement,

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bridged up to the pair but the trio could scarcely close down a minute of the large gap to the leader. With a lead of more than three minutes, van Dijk rode solo over the finish line. Behind her, Olds out-sprinted Johansson for the second place, while Longo Borghini claimed fourth place.

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led home the main bunch for the fifth place.

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Le Samyn des Dames Le Samyn is an annual single-day road bicycle race in Belgium, held usually in late February or early March. The event was created in 1968 as ''Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc'', named after the former municipality where it started and finished. In 1 ...

Le Samyn des Dames

Race

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