Tour of Scandinavia: Lorena Wiebes catches Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig on the line to win stage 1

Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx) has won stage 1 of the Tour of Scandinavia, beating Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) in the sprint after an exciting final where 2022 overall winner Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ-SUEZ) kept an attack going all the way into the final metres of the stage.

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Lukas Knöfler started working in cycling communications in 2013 and has seen the inside of the scene from many angles. Having worked as press officer for teams and races and written for several online and print publications, he has been Cyclingnews’ Women’s WorldTour correspondent since 2018.

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