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  "description": "Mischa Bredewold has won at least one stage of Itzulia Women in the past three editions, including this year's race where she won on the opening day for the third consecutive year. But in 2024 and 2025, the Dutch rider was unable to wrap up the overall despite winning two out of three stages. This year, Bredewold's stage-win tally was down, but at long last, the SD Worx-Protime rider was able to seal the GC on a dramatic final stage.\n\nThe race split, as it always does, on the final climb before ",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-17T11:51:52.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Mischa Bredewold has won at least one stage of Itzulia Women in the past three editions, including this year's race where she won on the opening day for the third consecutive year. But in 2024 and 2025, the Dutch rider was unable to wrap up the overall despite winning two out of three stages. This year, Bredewold's stage-win tally was down, but at long last, the SD Worx-Protime rider was able to seal the GC on a dramatic final stage.\n\nThe race split, as it always does, on the final climb before the run back into San Sebastián, and, as before, Bredewold lost touch before the crest, finding herself in a group with third-overall Riejanne Markus. In the group ahead were big threats Yara Kastelijn and Lauren Dickson, just 16 and 20 seconds down respectively, and Dickson had two FDJ United-Suez teammates in the group, both also in the GC top 10. In spite of this, the groups came back together in the final kilometre, meaning Bredewold was finally able to take home the jersey just by finishing in the group.\n\n\"Last year, I overpaced myself on the climb in the beginning. I knew that was my biggest enemy today,\" Bredewold said afterwards. \"I saw the gap was not too big [over the top], and I knew the flatter part and then the technical descent is my part. When I came down, I saw them, and I had only one goal. I don’t think I dug this deep in my life before, I almost fainted behind the podium just now.\"\n\nStage 2-winner Dominika Włodarczyk won the reduced sprint to secure back-to-back victories, with Évita Muzic and Lauren Dickson taking the minor placings, which ensured the promising young Scot would step up onto the overall podium.\n\n[race_result id=14244 stage_id=90158 count=5 gc=0 year=2026]\n\n[race_result id=14244 stage_id=90158 count=5 gc=5 year=2026]",
  "title": "Bredewold wins Itzulia Women on third try, Włodarczyk wins dramatic final stage",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-17T12:47:10.813Z"
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