D’hoore wins Emakumeen Bira stage after collarbone injury

After a broken collarbone disrupted the start of the season, Jolien D’hoore (Boels-Dolmans) took her first victory of the 2019 season on Thursday when she won the opening stage of the Emakumeen Bira. The stage saw several attacks, but the work of D’hoore’s Boels-Dolmans teammates meant that it all came down to a sprint.

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Lukas Knöfler started working in cycling communications in 2013 and has seen the inside of the scene from many angles. Having worked as press officer for teams and races and written for several online and print publications, he has been Cyclingnews’ Women’s WorldTour correspondent since 2018.