Lotte Kopecky surprises at the start of the Tour, wins the first stage and wins the yellow jersey
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the belgian runner lotte Kopeckyof the team Worxhas been the winner of the first stage of the Tour of Francewhich was held this Sunday in the town of Clermont-Ferrandwhere she has managed to surprise the favorites in the final stretch of a day marked, in addition, by the spectacular fall of the Spanish Mireia Benitowho has had to leave the race to undergo medical tests. Anne santesteban (Jayco) has achieved 18th place, 43 seconds behind Kopecky.
The initial stage of Tour It seemed doomed to a sprint arrival, due to the control that the teams of the favorites have maintained throughout the route, or rather during 113 kilometers of the 123 of the route. In that time, there have been breakaway attempts by various cyclists who have always ended the same way: when the advantage was over half a minute, the peloton accelerated and ruined the breakaway.
The most unfortunate moment of the stage occurred in one of those attempts: Mireia Benito, from the Insurance Soudal team, has suffered a severe impact, and, after being treated by the test doctors, has been transferred to a medical center to assess her condition. Her team has reported through social networks that the tests carried out reveal that she suffers a concussion, but no serious injury, and it has been determined that she will go to her house in the next few hours.
Apart from this accident, the peloton has continued in its line, as if all the leaders wanted to go little by little, to develop their own tactics and without taking risks. But they did not count on the Belgian Lotte Kopeckywho, in the last climb, ten kilometers from the finish line, has shown that she had a lot of strength and has gone straight to the finish line, without her rivals having had time to organize themselves to catch her. Anne Santesteban has entered the 18th position.
On Monday, the second stage of the Tourbetween Clermont-Ferrand and Mauriacwith 150 “leg-breaking” kilometres, since the peloton will have to face six mountain passes, not too demanding, with the last two within the last 25 kilometres.
1st STAGE
stage classification
1 KOPECKY Lotte (Worx) 3:04:09
2 WIEBES Lorraine (Worx) +0:41
3 KOOL Charlotte (dsm) mt
4 YOU Marianne (Jumbo) mt
5 MOOLMAN Ashleigh (Soudal) +0:43
6 VOLLERING Demi (Worx) mt
7 DRONOVA-BALABOLINA Tamara (Israel) mt
8 LUDWIG Cecilie Uttrup (FDJ) mt
9 GARCÍA Mavi (TeqFind) mt
10 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa (Lidl) mt
General ranking
1 KOPECKY Lotte (Worx) 3:03:59
2 WIEBES Lorraine (Worx) +0:45
3 KOOL Charlotte (dsm) +0:47
4 YOU Marianne (Jumbo) +0:51
5 MOOLMAN Ashleigh (Soudal) +0:53
6 VOLLERING Demi (Worx) mt
7 DRONOVA-BALABOLINA Tamara (Israel) mt
8 LUDWIG Cecilie Uttrup (FDJ) mt
9 GARCÍA Mavi (TeqFind) mt
10 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa (Lidl) mt
Source: Eitb
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