Lotto Belgium Tour: Kröger wins stage 1

Mieke Kroger (Image credit: Getty Images)

Mieke Kröger (Germany) won stage 1 at the Lotto Belgium Tour on Wednesday. She won the 115km stage from Moorslede to Dadizele solo. Audrey Cordon-Ragot (France) was second, at seven seconds back, and Lotte Kopecky (Lotto Soudal) was third.

Kröger moved into the overall lead, 33 seconds ahead of Kopecky and an additional two seconds ahead of Cordon-Ragot.

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