The ultimate stage of the Tour de Romandie Féminin noticed escapees Riejanne Markus (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Niamh Fisher-Black (SD Worx-Protime) dash for the stage win, however as an alternative of a diminished bunch dash for third place, solely 5 riders got here into view of the end cameras, with extra riders ending in small teams or alone: A crash within the ultimate roundabout, just below 400 metres from the road, had fractured the peloton.
The 4 puddles on the entrance to the roundabout, two of them immediately within the very best racing line, had been no drawback for Markus and Fisher-Black, however when the 27-rider peloton adopted at excessive velocity, a contact of wheels led to 10 riders taking place.
Cédrine Kerbaol (Ceratizit-WNT) stayed on the bottom the longest, mendacity in restoration place whereas being checked over by a race marshal and her teammate Alice Maria Arzuffi. Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) and Chloé Dygert (Canyon-SRAM) additionally properly took a little bit of time earlier than getting again on their bikes to complete the race.
Dygert’s teammates Élise Chabbey and Antonia Niedermaier crashed as properly however had been rapidly again up. The similar was true for Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (AG Insurance-Soudal), Erica Magnaldi (UAE Team ADQ), Nienke Vinke (DSM-Firmenich PostNL), and Gaia Realini (Lidl-Trek).
As the crash occurred within the final 3km, all 27 riders acquired the time of third-placed Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) who completed 21 seconds behind stage winner Markus, which means that the ultimate GC was unaffected.
Even extra importantly, it appears as if not one of the crashed riders suffered critical accidents. Ceratizit-WNT confirmed to Cyclingnews that Kerbaol and Arzuffi had solely acquired abrasions. SD Worx-Protime stated the identical about Vollering who was checked by the race physician however will endure one other examination on Monday.
AG Insurance-Soudal advised I that Moolman-Pasio additionally suffered street rash however no critical accidents; the identical is true for Canyon-SRAM’s riders, Dygert, Chabbey, and Niedermaier who will even endure a extra detailed examination. Their respective groups confirmed that Magnaldi, Realini, and Vinke additionally escaped with out main accidents, solely struggling abrasions.