Lippert won for Movistar in a Tour stage marked by rain and ugly falls

And suddenly it rained, blew hard, the temperature dropped and it became night. The second stage of the Women’s Tour de France151.7 kilometers apart Clermont-Ferrand and Mauriac It was marked by changing weather, the battle experienced in the peloton and the many crashes that took place over the course of the day, some surprising.

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After the first flat stage, this Monday the Women’s Tour faced the first stage of moderate mountains, with up to five mountain passes of lower entities. There are some cyclists who aspire to glory, to become protagonists –Georgia Williams, Hannah Ludwig, Soyaya Paladin, Yara Kastelijn or Anouska Koster-, but the peloton law ended up being imposed.

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The race changed like from night to day with the change of weather, which brought rain and wind, leaving the road very dangerous even if they fell with others. van vleuten and Elisa Longo BorghinYo.

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The rain left the asphalt like a skating rink and there were no more waterfalls than those that occurred by miracle. Confalonieri crashed violently against the wall and Eva Van Agt he fell and went under the guardrail on a downhill when he was attacking in the lead of the race. It’s just scary to look at.

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The arrival of Cote de Trébiac (3rd) This will mark the outcome of the stage. The peloton arrived divided at this end, between the riders who risked more and those who did not expose themselves for fear of being on the ground, and at the finish line the leader. Lotte Kopecky he doesn’t mind wearing his overalls to work and doing the pitcher’s job for demi vollering; maneuver where the German Movistar’s Liane Lippertwho after a titanic sprint, took the victory, his second of the season and his seventh as a professional.

RANKINGS

2nd stage
1.Liane Lippert (Ale/Movistar Team) 4h13’43”
2.Lotte Kopecky (Bel/Team SD Worx-Protime) id.
3.Silvia Persico (Ita/UAE Team ADQ) id.
4.Ashleigh Moolman (Rsa/AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step) id.
5.Christina Schweinberger (Aut/Fenix-Deceuninck) id.
..
12.Ane Santesteban (ESP/Team Jayco AlUla) and 4″
20.Mavi Garcia (ESP/Liv Racing TeqFind) at 8″
General
1.Lotte Kopecky (Bel/Team SD Worx-Protime) 7h17’36”
2.Liane Lippert (Ale/Movistar Team) at 49″
3.Ashleigh Moolman (Rsa/AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step) at 59″
4.Demi Vollering (PB/Team SD Worx-Protime) id.
5.Ceccilie Uttrup Ludwig (Din/FDJ-Suez) id.
10.Ane Santesteban (ESP/Team Jayco AlUla) at 1’03”
15.Mavi García (ESP/Liv Racing TeqFind) at 1’07”

This Tuesday, the third stage, with four minor mountain passes in the first 89 kilometers and the subsequent presence of a bonus sprint that will move the peloton, in a day where expect a fierce battle between the stage hunters and those seeking to achieve victory in the sprint.