Not a single fall for two of their runners –Ellen Van Dijk and Elynor Backstedt– in the final meters he prevented the American team from taking the victory in the team time trial of 10th edition of the Women’s Tourcontested on a simple 16-kilometer route in the city of Valencia.
This CRE is very close, as the first three classified are separated by only one second: Lidl-Trek and Team Visma-Bike Lease stopped the stopwatch at the same minute, 19:20, while the Team SD Worx-Protime He was third with 19.21.
The best Spanish team has been Movistar (8th, in 12 seconds), while the Laboral Kutxa-Euskadi Foundation is the 15th (at 1.04) and the Eneicat-CM team He closed the classification as 20th, at 1.53.
As a result of his success, the Lidl-Trek taking the first positions in the general classification after this first stage, with Gaia Realini order to the general. “I am very happy for my result and for the team’s, although not entirely because of the fall that affected my teammates. Now we have to focus on the next stage and of course the team and I will go to defend the leadership,” said the young runner from Pescara, who this season finished 4th in UAE Tour Women5th in Cycling Week Women’s Volta to the Valencian Community or 2nd to Extremadura Women’s Tour.
Realini He became the second Italian cyclist to lead the Vuela Femenina after doing so in 2022 Elisa Longo Borghini and the second youngest to wear the leader’s jersey at the age of 22 years and 314 days, compared to the Dutchwoman’s 21 years and 234 days. Lorena Wiebes in 2020.
This Monday of the second stage, a day in the middle of the mountain between Bunyol and Moncofa. A short day of 118 kilometers that takes place in somewhat broken terrain, but without great difficulty, including the third category port, L’Oronet, before descending at full speed and heading to the finish line in Moncofa, in a final doubt for the sprinters and where Gaia Realini will not have an easy time keeping the leader’s jersey.
Source: La Verdad
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