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Vos surges to opening stage win in Tour de France Femmes
- On Saturday, Marianne Vos claimed her 258th career victory by winning the first stage of the Tour de France Femmes, a 78.8-km Vannes to Plumelec route.
- Rival riders Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney finished fourth, while Demi Vollering was just three seconds behind in the recent race.
- The crash at Cote de Cadoudal involved Swiss rider Marlen Reusser, her Movistar team said, and she later abandoned with stomach problems.
- In the closing sprint, Vos surged past in the final 50 metres, raised her arm in celebration, and will wear the yellow jersey in Sunday's second stage.
- Stage two on Saturday covers 110.4 km from Brest to Quimper.
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Dutch rider Marianne Vos claimed a jaw-dropping 258th career victory when she prevailed in the first stage of the Tour de France Femmes, a 78.8-km hilly ride from Vannes to Plumelec on Saturday.The three-time road world champion, 38, prevailed at the top of the Cote de Cadoudal (1.7km at 6.2 per cent) after h
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