Van der Breggen`s Ardennes triple named Most Memorable Women`s Moment in Cyclingnews poll
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Anna van der Breggen´s historic Ardennes Triple has been voted the women´s cycling moment of the year in the Cyclingnews Reader Poll, securing 28 per cent of the votes. Van der Breggen´s feat secured 1500 more votes that Chantal Blaak´s surprise victory in the road race at the World Championships. Coryn Rivera´s Tour of Flanders victory claimed third spot in the poll with a 16 per cent share. The 2017 season was the first time that the women´s peloton had the opportunity to ride a so-called Ardennes Week. Fleche Wallonne Feminine has been a part of the calendar since 1998 while the Amstel Gold Race had a women´s event for three years before reviving it this season. New to the calendar was the women´s Liege-Bastogne-Liege a 135km version of the La Doyenne.ADVERTISEMENT After a rocky start to the season, Van der Breggen found her form just in time for one of her favourite parts of the season. Providing more than capable back-up for the Dutch rider was her former world champion Boels Dolmans  teammate Lizzie Deignan. At the Amstel Gold Race, Van der Breggen made her move when she shut down an attack from Annemiek van Vleuten. She was shadowed by Deignan and WM3 Pro Cycling´s Kasia Niewiadoma but Van der Breggen´s win was by an emphatic 55 seconds over the chasers. Three days later at Fleche Wallonne, Boels Dolmans used Deignan perfectly to mark all the moves. She followed an attack by Niewiadoma on the Cote de Cherave, which was quickly pegged by Van der Breggen. Deignan tested their Polish rival on the flat run towards the Mur de Huy, forcing her to chase and setting Van der Breggen up for a run at the climb. She had five seconds on the pair at the bottom and added a further 11 by the top as she claimed her third consecutive Fleche Wallonne. Deignan had the legs to distance Niewiadoma to take another second place. You can read more at Cyclingnews.com