Success and leadership for Lorena Wiebes after the first stage of the women’s Tour de France

Lorraine Wiebes (23 years old) July 24th will not be easily forgotten. On the day of Women’s Tour de France back to the present of cycling, the Dutch from Mijdrecht achieved the first victory of the race and therefore the yellow jersey.

The start of the Women’s Tour de France got rolling this Sunday in the best of circumstances, at Champs Elysees in Parisunder the blazing sun, in a race that will last until next Sunday, July 31. Ahead of 81 kilometers faced by the best runners in the world at full speed.

For the women’s peloton, it was a matter of going through the laps of the Champs Elysées circuit, avoiding being left behind and avoiding the various crashes that occurred in the last part, fortunately there were no consequence. Movistar he worked well and protected the Dutch as best he could Van Vleutenthe Giro champion who arrives at the Tour with the clear aim of doing the double.

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After the bell for the final lap, the peloton stretched, with Gladys Verhulst the effort to make the attack good has a number of kilometers. On one of the last slopes of the day the group caught the French and it was clear that the sprint would decide.

It’s close to the sprint

With 150 kilometers to go, the Dutch Wiebes and you they launched their attack almost simultaneously. The legendary Vos in the middle and Lorena on the left, and he will be the runner of DSMto achieve victory after 1h54’00” of a frenetic race, at an average speed of 43 km/h.

And he did it earlier Marianne Vos, Lotte Kopecky, Rachele Barbieri and with Movistar rider Emma Norsgaard in fifth position. The first Spanish was the Balearic mavi garciain position 30, but with the same time as the fastest of the day.

This Monday, Wiebes will wear the yellow jersey in a stage redesigned for a sprint, 136.4 kilometers between the towns of Meaux and Provins, with incentives of the level of the 4th category of Tigeaux at kilometer 16.9 that could break the race and the bonus sprint with 20 km to go, in the first step to the finish line of Provins. The appointment, from 12.50 hours.