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Charlotte Kool (Group DSM) received stage 2 of the Vuelta Femenina, a principally flat affair from Orihuela to Pilar de la Horadada that got here right down to a mass dash. Chloé Dygert (Canyon-SRAM) tried to anticipate the dash with a late assault 500 metres from the end, however Marianne Vos (Group Jumbo-Visma) went after the American and reached her with 100 metres to go, however Kool then jumped from Vos’ wheel to take the stage. Dygert nonetheless held on to complete in third place.
“That is my first massive win in a Grand Tour, very nice to do it on the primary dash alternative. It was a busy remaining, we knew that. I used to be nearly boxed in, however fortunately I discovered the precise wheel in the long run. Canyon made it a extremely, actually lengthy dash, so it was a tough one,” mentioned Kool after the end.
As a result of time bonifications on the end, Vos is the brand new general chief, one second forward of Dygert.
The way it unfolded
Criss-crossing the area of Murcia, the primary highway stage had just one categorised climb on its 105.8 km, the Puerto de Rebate, cresting 19 km from the end.
The break of the day consisted of Coralie Demay (St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93), Catalina Soto (Bizkaia Durango), Iurani Blanco (Laboral Kutxa-Fundación Euskadi), and Andrea Casagranda (BePink). They constructed a bonus of as much as 1:20 minutes, however the peloton took up the chase early and diminished this to solely 30 seconds with 56 km to go when a crosswind part cut up each the break and the peloton.
Soto and Casagranda had been caught a number of kilometres later whereas the 2 pelotons merged once more, however Demay and Blanco continued on their very own. Blanco was awarded the combativity prize and can put on the white jersey on stage 3.
After a quick descent into Torremendo, a crash within the peloton introduced down a number of riders simply as Demay and Blanco had been caught. Silvia Persico (UAE Group ADQ) was probably the most distinguished sufferer, sporting a big spot of highway rash for the remainder of the stage.
As a result of shut GC, the intermediate dash and its bonus seconds had been extremely wanted. Femke Markus (Group SD Worx) took six bonus seconds forward of her sister Riejanne (Group Jumbo-Visma) and Dygert, placing Riejanne Markus within the digital race lead.
Dygert saved up the tempo into the Puerto de Rebate climb that consisted of a number of quick climbs interspersed with downhill sections. Afterward, her teammates Kasia Niewiadoma and Élise Chabbey attacked to make the race even more durable, whittling the peloton right down to about 30 riders.
Jade Wiel (FDJ-SUEZ) went for the mountain factors and crested the climb simply forward of Alba Teruel (Laboral Kutxa-Fundación Euskadi), however they had been reeled in once more on the descent. The scale of the peloton grew once more on the 19 kilometres in the direction of the end, and after negotiating 4 90-degree turns throughout the remaining three kilometres, every thing was arrange for a bunch dash.
Dygert positioned an assault with 500 metres to go, taking pictures out of the peloton with pace on the precise aspect of the highway and shortly opening a spot. Vos noticed the hazard and went after the American, getting onto her rear wheel simply over 100 metres from the road. As Vos went round Dygert and seemed over her proper shoulder, Kool got here out of her slipstream on the Dutch famous person’s left aspect with superior pace, profitable her first Grand Tour stage with a motorbike size.
Outcomes
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