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Tour of Britain Women: Lorena Wiebes Doubles up with Long-Range Sprint to Win Stage 2
Lorena Wiebes won her second straight stage and extended her overall lead after racing resumed from an hour-long stoppage.
- On Thursday, Lorena Wiebes of SD Worx-Protime won stage 2 of the Lloyds Tour of Britain Women from Clitheroe to Blackpool, securing her second consecutive victory at the race.
- Race officials neutralised the 110.5km route for one hour after 35km of racing due to a road traffic accident. The peloton rejoined the original course with 66km remaining to complete the stage.
- Switzerland's Steffi Hberlin of SD Worx-Protime claimed victory on Waddington Fell, while 19-year-old Oda Aune Gissinger of Hitec Products-Fluid Control later launched a solo attack, leading with 10km remaining.
- Sprint trains accelerated along the Lancashire coast, catching Gissinger inside 5km. Wiebes launched her final sprint from 250m to beat Coles-Lyster and Le Court-Pienaar for the stage victory.
- Wiebes now holds a 14-second advantage over Chiara Consonni and Le Court-Pienaar heading into stage 3. The victory marks her 9th stage win in the British leg of the UCI Women's WorldTour.
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The Independent (US)Inevitable Lorena Wiebes takes victory in disrupted Tour of Britain stage two
Wiebes retained the green jersey and the lead in the points classification
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Lorena Wiebes also sprinted convincingly to victory in the second stage of the Tour of Great Britain. After 111 kilometers in Blackpool, the 27-year-old leader in the general classification left Canadian Maggie Coles-Lyster and Kim Le Court-Pienaar from Mauritius far behind in the mass sprint. The race was halted for some time due to an accident on the course.
Lorena Wiebes also won the second stage of the Tour of Great Britain on Thursday. The 27-year-old Dutch rider from SD Worx-Protime was once again the fastest in a mass sprint. Jasper Philipsen won a remarkably fast stage in the Renewi Tour.
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