Lotto Thuringen Ladies Tour: Rivera wins stage 3 in Schleiz

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Coryn Rivera (Sunweb) took her second victory at the Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour, sprinting first to the finish line in Schleiz. Lisa Brennauer (Wiggle High5) was second and Roxane Fournier (FDJ) was third.

"I didn't feel really good at the beginning, but after the second mountain classification I felt better and better. I'm really happy that I could take the win after such a hard stage," Rivera said.

Rivera won the opening stage in Schleusingen, where she took the race lead, and she finished second in stage 2 sprint in Meiningen. She now leads the overall classification by 15 seconds over Brennauer and 17 seconds ahead of Fournier.

The peloton raced 126.6km stage that started and finished in Schleiz. The parcours was hilly with narrow roads over one large loop, followed by another small loop.

Margarita Syradoeva (Russia) and Nicole Steitenga (SwaboLadies.nl) cleared the field and were later joined by Tatjana Paller (Germany). The three leaders gained a gap of nearly four minutes.

Trek-Drops closed the gap ahead of the second QOM. Lucinda Brand (Sunweb) and Emilia Fahlin (Wiggle High5) were the next to go, but they were reeled back in with eight kilometres to go.

The reduced main field set up for the final sprint and Sunweb brought Rivera in to perfect position to claim her second victory of the race.

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