LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) 鈥� Lorena Wiebes won the opening stage of the Women鈥檚 Tour de France on Saturday.
The Dutch cyclist, who represents the SD Worx-Protime team, claimed the flat 137-kilometer (85-mile) ride that started and finished in the city of Lausanne and took the competitors past two lakes locked in the Swiss Alps.
Kim Le Court crossed the finish line second, ahead of Demi Vollering, who has won multiple races this year including the Giro d鈥橧talia.
鈥淚 can鈥檛 believe it,鈥� Wiebes said. 鈥淭he SD Worx-Protime team worked super-hard. Demi attacked, I thought, 鈥業 need to follow鈥�. It was a super-long sprint.”
French rider Pauline Ferrand-Pr茅v么t, who , finished eighth while Vuelta winner Paula Blasi was 12th.
This edition, the fifth of the Women鈥檚 Tour, will cover 1,175 kilometers (730 miles) over nine days.
The route now heads into southern France. It features a climb of Mont Ventoux in its toughest ascent on Friday before finishing in Nice on the French Riviera two days later.
Tadej Pogacar won his last weekend.
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