Lorena Wiebes Wins Opening Stage of Women’s Tour De France
Wiebes finished ahead of Kim Le Court-Pienaar and Demi Vollering after an uphill sprint, with 10 riders on the same time.
- On Saturday, Dutch cyclist Lorena Wiebes of SD Worx- Protime won the opening 138km stage of the Tour de France Femmes in Lausanne, finishing ahead of Kim Le Court-Pienaar and Demi Vollering to claim the yellow jersey.
- Spanning 1,175 kilometers over nine days, the fifth Tour de France Femmes began with a four-woman breakaway led by Nikola Nosková that built a six-minute gap before the peloton caught the leaders 6km from the finish.
- Wiebes prevailed on the final Côte Saint-François climb, which averaged 4.6% for 2.6km, holding off rivals in the sprint. "The SD Worx-Protime team worked super-hard," Wiebes said after the victory.
- Puck Pieterse finished fourth in the stage, while crashes involving Marlen Reusser and Arlennis Sierra occurred 22km from the finish; both riders managed to bridge back to the front.
- Future stages head toward southern France, featuring a challenging ascent of Mont Ventoux on Friday before the tour concludes in Nice on the French Riviera two days later.
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Wiebes outpaces Le Court for win
Lorena Wiebes sprinted to victory on the opening stage of the women’s Tour de France in Lausanne on Saturday to claim the race leader’s yellow jersey.The 27-year-old Dutch rider beat Mauritian Kim Le Court into second with European champion Demi Vollering third.“I almost cannot believe it. The team,
The sprinter from the SD-Worx team seized the yellow jersey by winning the first stage of the women's Tour de France in Switzerland on Saturday, August 1st. Since the introduction of a new format in 2022, the race has become an unmissable event for the best female cyclists in the world, according to the international press. Source link: https://www.courrierinternational.com/article/cyclisme-tour-de-france-femmes-victoire-sans-equivoque-de-la-nee…
With the Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes, the strongest sprinter in the field wins the first stage of the Tour de France of Women in Lausanne. Noemi Rüegg is the fifth best Swiss rider.
Dutch sprinter Lorena Wiebes justified her role as the favorite in the first stage of the Tour de France. Although the last two kilometers in Lausanne were slightly uphill, she defeated all her rivals and celebrated her sixth Tour victory and the 131st of her career.
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Cycling: Wiebes managed to keep up with general classification contenders like Demi Vollering in the uphill final sprint and was the first to push her wheel over the… in Lausanne.
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