The third stage of the Baloise Ladies Tour was neutralized Saturday following a large crash on a slender street simply 10.9km into the 94.9km route round Zwevegem.
Four riders have been taken from the situation of the crash to the hospital, together with French champion Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Human Powered Health) and Silje Bader (workforce dsm-firmenich PostNL).
Bader was suspected of getting a damaged wrist, based on a workforce publish on Twitter, whereas Cordon-Ragot averted fractures and got here away with bruising, based on a workforce report.
More than a dozen riders have been concerned within the crash, with many riders touchdown in a grassy ditch on the aspect of the slender street. As medical autos stopped on the crash website, the peloton continued forward however was stopped a number of kilometres forward.
There was a delay of about 50 minutes earlier than the restart, because the 4 riders have been taken to the native hospital and race officers waited for a brand new ambulance to reach to accompany the peloton.
As changes have been made for the restart, Alison Jackson (EF Education-Cannondale) addressed the peloton by saying “Everybody keep calm and [ride] safely”, based on a social publish by race organisers.
Organizers shortened the stage by 28km, eradicating an area lap in Zwevegem, and the route accomplished with the primary move of the end line. Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) gained the dash to retain the race lead.
She now holds a six-second lead over Charlotte Kool (Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL) headed to the 11km particular person time trial, additionally in Zwevegem, that can start at 17:00 native time.
