2023-07-25 17:54:49
The royal sprint almost did not see the light of day. But a few hundred meters from the Lascaux cave, Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx), the Dutch European champion, emerged and won in force during this third stage of the Tour de France women, this Tuesday, ahead of her compatriot from Jumbo-Visma Mariane Vos, legend of women’s cycling, and her teammate Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx), still leading the general classification. “It’s incredible to have a yellow jersey pilot fish,” exclaimed Lorena Wiebes. She got me there perfectly. »
Everything did not seem as simple as expected between Collonges-la-Rouge in Corrèze and Montignac-Lascaux in Dordogne where the finish was judged. Starting alone in the lead 60 kilometers from the finish, the Belgian rider Julie Van de Velde (Fenix-Deceuninck) counted more than two minutes in advance and was caught only one hundred meters from the line. “We always thought it was going to end in a sprint, underlined, sure of herself, Lorena Wiebes. We waited and we worked when it really had to be done. »
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