Tour de l'Ardeche: Thalita De Jong takes first leader's jersey with stage 1 victory

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Karolina Perekitko second, Debora Silvestrie third from six-rider chase group

Thalita De Jong (Lotto Dstny Ladies)
Thalita De Jong (Lotto Dstny Ladies) (Image credit: Luc Claessen/Getty Images)
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Thalita de Jong (Lotto Dstny Ladies) won the opening stage at the Tour de l'Ardeche, beating runner-up Karolina Perekitko (Winspace) by one second at the finish line in Beauchastel. Debora Silvestri (Laboral Kutxa - Fundación Euskadi) finished third on the day.

A 15-rider breakaway emerged early in the day's 88km race from Saint-Fortunat-sur-Eyrieux to Beauchastel, but the field regrouped at the 28km mark.

A new breakaway emerged over the category 1 climb: Col de la Mûre, which included De Jong, Perekitko and Silvestri, along with Valentina Cavallar and Lotte Claes (Arkéa-B&B Hotels), Monica Trinca Colonel (Bepink-Bongioanni) and Marion Bunel (St Michel-Mavic-Auber93).

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