After winning the stage, Lucinda Brand (Rabo Liv) is the new race leader at the 121 km Stage 1 of the Lotto Belgium Tour 2016
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Lucinda Brand and Rabo-Liv teammate Yara Kastelijn hug it out
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Lisa Brennauer always has time for the fans
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Sara Mustonen leads the Sweden team to sign on
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Tiff Cromwell (Canyon-SRAM)
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Swedish national champion Emma Johansson (Wiggle High5)
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Marie Vilmann (Team BMS Birn)
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Kelly Druyts (Topsport Vlaanderen-Etixx-Guill D'or)
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Valerie Demey (Topsport Vlaanderen-Etixx-Guill D'or)
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The Rabo-Liv team talking tactics pre-stage
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Race leader Annemiek Van Vleuten (Netherlands)
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Gilke Croket (Topsport Vlaanderen-Etixx-Guill D'or)
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Tiff Cromwell (Canyon-SRAM)
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British champion Hannah Barnes (Canyon-SRAM)
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Monique Van De Ree (Lares-Waowdeals)
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Emma Johansson (Wiggle High5) on the final lap
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Early attacks fail to stick at the 121 km Stage 1 of the Lotto Belgium Tour 2016
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Race leader, Annemiek van Vleuten (Netherlands) waits backstage before sign in at the 121 km Stage 1 of the Lotto Belgium Tour 2016
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Barbara Guarischi CANYON//SRAM Racing teammates ahead of sign in at the 121 km Stage 1 of the Lotto Belgium Tour 2016
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Alexis Ryan (CANYON//SRAM Racing) attacks on the climbs on the road back to Moorslede at the 121 km Stage 1 of the Lotto Belgium Tour 2016 Alexis Ryan (CANYON//SRAM Racing) attacks on the climbs on the road back to Moorslede at the 121 km Stage 1 of the Lotto Belgium Tour 2016
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Lisa Brennauer (CANYON//SRAM Racing) across the cobbles on the road back to Moorslede at the 121 km Stage 1 of the Lotto Belgium Tour 2016
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Completing the first of six local laps, Alexis Ryan (CANYON//SRAM Racing) is still solo at the 121 km Stage 1 of the Lotto Belgium Tour 2016
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Alexis Ryan (CANYON//SRAM Racing) attacks on the climbs on the road back to Moorslede at the 121 km Stage 1 of the Lotto Belgium Tour 2016
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Sara Penton (Lares Waowdeals) gives Alexis Ryan some company in the break at the 121 km Stage 1 of the Lotto Belgium Tour 2016
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The peloton are almost a minute behind Alexis Ryan (CANYON//SRAM Racing) as they complete the first of six local laps at the 121 km Stage 1 of the Lotto Belgium Tour 2016
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Stage winner, Lucinda Brand checks in with Thalita de Jong who was hurt in a fall with a little over 2 laps to go at the 121 km Stage 1 of the Lotto Belgium Tour 2016
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The final sprint to the line at the 121 km Stage 1 of the Lotto Belgium Tour 2016
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Final lap and the race is all back together (Here Aafke Soet, Netherlands) sppeds through Moorslede at the 121 km Stage 1 of the Lotto Belgium Tour 2016
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Lotte Kopecky (Lotto Soudal) retains the best placed Belgian jersey at the 121 km Stage 1 of the Lotto Belgium Tour 2016
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Thalita de Jong (Rabo Liv) retains her lead in the youth classification at the 121 km Stage 1 of the Lotto Belgium Tour 2016
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Alexis Ryan (CANYON//SRAM Racing) wears the intermediate sprint jersey and earns most combative rider on the stage at the 121 km Stage 1 of the Lotto Belgium Tour 2016
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Lucinda Brand (Rabo Liv) wins the sprint finish ahead of Barbara Guarischi (CANYON//SRAM Racing) at the 121 km Stage 1 of the Lotto Belgium Tour 2016
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Alexis Ryan (CANYON//SRAM Racing) wins the intermediate sprints jersey and the most combative rider after a long solo move at the 121 km Stage 1 of the Lotto Belgium Tour 2016
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