Dutch teenage cyclist Rosita Reijnhout has stormed to a shock solo win at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race.
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The 19-year-old Team Visma rider timed her attack to perfection and held on for her first win at WorldTour level on Saturday in Geelong.
Reijnhout attacked fellow leaders, Poland's Dominika Wlodarczyk (UAE Team ADQ) and Danish star Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ Suez) with 4km left after they had gone clear a kilometre earlier.
Wlodarczyk and Uttrup Ludwig desperately chased her down, and had the race gone for another 50m the Dutch youngster would have been caught.
But she prevailed in her second season at WorldTour level.
Uttrup Ludwig's teammate Grace Brown was the first Australian finisher, coming home in fifth.
Australian star Amanda Spratt, one of the pre-race favourites, was a late withdrawal.
She spent Friday night in hospital because of a kidney stone.
The Lidl-Trek team suffered a further blow when another of their Australian riders, Lauretta Hanson, pulled out immediately after the start because of illness.
The team said the two withdrawals were not related.
Australian Associated Press
