It was a house victory on stage 1 of the Dutch Grand Départ on the 2024 Tour de France Femmes as Charlotte Kool (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) sprinted into the maillot jaune in The Hague and marked the second time a Dutch sprinter took the yellow jersey on the primary stage. It was final executed in 2022 after Kool’s then-teammate Lorena Wiebes (now SD Worx-Protime) did it on the Champs-Élysées opener.
Behind Kool, the GC was very tight as bonus seconds for the highest three finishers decided the separation of a lot of the peloton. Stage runner-up Anniina Ahtosalo (Uno-X Mobility) was 4 seconds behind Kool, and Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) was six seconds down. After that, everyone was on 10 seconds, all the way in which right down to Élise Chabbey (Canyon-SRAM) in 117th place (out of 148 finishers).
The high 10, from fourth on, included Lotta Henttala (EF-Oatly-Cannondale), Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike), Daria Pikulik (Human Powered Health), Mylene de Zoete (Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling), Kim Le Court (AG Insurance-Soudal), Emilia Fahlin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) and Blanka Vas (SD Worx-Protime).
Of the GC contenders, solely Gaia Realini (Lidl-Trek) and Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal) didn’t end in the identical time as Kool, coming in 20 seconds later and now ranked as 119th and 121st, respectively, at 30 seconds.
Tuesday morning, the brief and flat stage 2 from Dordrecht to Rotterdam affords the sprinters a second alternative for a stage win, however apart from that, time gaps are anticipated to be small to non-existent.
Instead, the Tuesday afternoon time trial on stage 3 via the streets of Rotterdam is the primary probability for the GC riders to take time on their rivals and will see an ITT specialist transfer into the yellow jersey.
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The Tour de France Femmes classifications
Here is on overview of the continued competitions and particular jerseys on the Tour de France Femmes.
Yellow Jersey/Maillot Jaune – The yellow jersey is worn by the general race chief on the final classification, the rider who has accomplished the phases to date with the bottom gathered time.
Green Jersey – The inexperienced jersey designates the factors classification chief. Riders accumulate factors at intermediate sprints throughout phases and likewise at stage finishes, and the girl with probably the most factors leads the rating.
Polka Dot Jersey – The pink and white polka dot jersey is for the mountain classification chief. Points are handed out to the primary riders over sure hills and climbs in the course of the Tour de France Femmes, with the toughest mountains giving probably the most factors. Once once more, the rider with probably the most factors leads the rating.
White jersey – The white jersey is for one of the best younger rider classification chief. It works the identical method because the yellow jersey, however solely riders underneath 23 years of age are eligible to win.