Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) won stage 1 of the Tour of Britain Women through Cumbria, beating Chiara Consonni (Canyon-SRAM) and Josie Nelson (Picnic-PostNL) in a bunch sprint in Cockermouth. With the stage victory, Wiebes also takes the overall lead.
Early attacker Leila Gschwentner (Smurfit Westrock) had been reeled in 25km into the 158.9km stage. On the stretch along the coast of Solway Firth, there were no new attacks, and only when the race turned inland did Arabella Blackburn (Handsling Alba) and Audrey De Keersmaeker (Picnic-PostNL) get away.
Handicapped by a bee sting, Blackburn had to let go of De Keersmaeker on the Caldbeck climb, and the Belgian solo rider was caught on the last classified climb of the day with 36km to go.
A slightly reduced peloton passed through the finish line in Cockermouth with 27.7km to go to tackle a rolling finishing circuit. There were lots of attacks, but SD Worx-Protime controlled every move and ensured a sprint where Wiebes was unbeatable.
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Results
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Top 10
Position
Rider (Country) Team
Time Gap
1
Lorena Wiebes (Ned) SD Worx-Protime
4:03:09
2
Chiara Consonni (Ita) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
-
3
Josie Nelson (GBr) Picnic PostNL
-
4
Quinty Ton (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco
-
5
Caroline Andersson (Swe) Liv AlUla Jayco
-
6
Letizia Borghesi (Ita) AG Insurance-Soudal
-
7
Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) UAE Team ADQ
-
8
Liane Lippert (Ger) Movistar Team
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9
Mischa Bredewold (Ned) SD Worx-Protime
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10
Fleur Moors (Bel) Lidl-Trek
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General Classification after stage 1
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GC Top 10
Position
Rider (Country) Team
Time Gap
1
Lorena Wiebes (Ned) SD Worx-Protime
04:02:59
2
Chiara Consonni (Ita) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
0:00:04
3
Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) UAE Team ADQ
0:00:05
4
Josie Nelson (GBr) Picnic PostNL
0:00:06
5
Mischa Bredewold (Ned) SD Worx-Protime
0:00:07
6
Kimberley Le Court De Billot- Pienaar (Mri) AG Insurance-Soudal
0:00:08
7
Quinty Ton (Ned) Liv AlUla Jayco
0:00:10
8
Caroline Andersson (Swe) Liv AlUla Jayco
Row 7 - Cell 2
9
Letizia Borghesi (Ita) AG Insurance-Soudal
Row 8 - Cell 2
10
Liane Lippert (Ger) Movistar Team
Row 9 - Cell 2
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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.
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