Tour de l'Ardeche: Nina Buijsman fastest in breakaway sprint to win stage 3

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Nina Buijsman (FDJ-SUEZ) won the breakaway sprint to secure the stage 3 victory at the Tour de l'Ardeche. Buijsman out-sprinted runner-up Usoa Ostolaza (Laboral Kutxa-Fundación Euskadi) and third-place Nadia Gontova (DNA Pro Cycling) in Bollene. Nathalie Bex (Chevalmeire) finished fourth on the day at five seconds back.

At the end of the 126km race from Avignon to Bollene, overall leader Thalita de Jong (Lotto Dstny Ladies), who won the first two stages, increased her lead to 10 seconds ahead of Marion Bunel (St Michel-Mavic-Auber93) and 19 seconds ahead of Lotte Claes (Arkéa-B&B Hotels).

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Kirsten Frattini is the Deputy Editor of Cyclingnews, overseeing the global racing content plan.

Kirsten has a background in Kinesiology and Health Science. She has been involved in cycling from the community and grassroots level to professional cycling's biggest races, reporting on the WorldTour, Spring Classics, Tours de France, World Championships and Olympic Games.

She began her sports journalism career with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006. In 2018, Kirsten became Women's Editor – overseeing the content strategy, race coverage and growth of women's professional cycling – before becoming Deputy Editor in 2023.