Tour Féminin des Pyrénées: Usoa Ostolaza climbs to stage 2 victory and into GC lead

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Nadia Gontova takes second, Ségolène Thomas third on Col du Soulor

MOLINS DE REI, SPAIN - MAY 05: Usoa Ostolaza of Spain and Team Laboral Kutxa - Fundacion Euskadi prior to the 11th La Vuelta Femenina 2025, Stage 2 a 99km stage from Molins de Rei to Sant Boi de Llobregat / #UCIWWT / on May 05, 2025 in Molins de Rei, Spain. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski/Getty Images)
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Spanish champion Usoa Ostolaza (Laboral Kuxta-Fundaction Euskadi) powered away from a select group of four on the fog-shrouded Col du Soulor to claim victory on stage 2 of the Tour Féminin International des Pyrénées on Saturday.

Nadia Gontova (Winspace Orange Seal) followed 16 seconds later to take second place, with Ségolène Thomas (St-Michel–Préférence Home–Auber 93) finishing third, a further three seconds behind.

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On a quest to grab the Queen of the Mountain points, a solo Heidi Frank (Cynisca Cycling) established a gap of four minutes to the peloton before being reeled in with 13km to go. The American should have secured the mountain classification on the 134.5 km stage, which started in Trie-sur-Baïse.

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