The third version of the Tour de France Femmes takes riders over 946km from Rotterdam to the highest of Alpe d’Huez however, with loads of obstacles alongside the way in which, most of the 154 riders which are slated to start out is not going to make it to the top.
In reality the bulletins of the riders having to step away from the race started even earlier than it started, with a constructive COVID-19 check for New Zealand’s Kim Cadzow on the eve of the occasion leaving EF-Oatly-Cannondale one rider down earlier than they even had an opportunity to pin on their numbers. Elisa Longo Borghini, then again, was slightly earlier in having to tug the pin after a coaching crash so Lidl-Trek had time to exchange the in type Italian rider.
The in race crashes, sickness, fatigue and time cuts through the race, nevertheless, shall be remaining. That will go away some with stage victory hopes shattered, others with lead out trains taxed and total contenders having to struggle for yellow with the percentages stacked towards them – such is the inevitability of attrition in stage racing.
Throughout the eight phases and 7 days of racing from Monday August 12 to Sunday August 18 that makes up the third version of the Tour de France Femmes, Cyclingnews will monitor the withdrawals, so learn on for the most recent tally.
Stage 1
There had been quite a few crashes within the nervous first flat 124km stage from Rotterdam to The Hague however the greatest reason for attrition on day one was the inevitably fierce tempo.
Ekaterina Knebeleva, Asal Rizaeva, Mohinabonu Elmurodova and Madina Kakhorova (Tashkent City Women) – DNF
As a crew that ranked within the prime 18, the crew from Uzbekistan robotically qualifies for a spot in each Women’s WorldTour race however a lot of the riders within the crew do not have the depth of expertise on the prime stage discovered inside a lot of the Tour de France Femmes peloton. The depth and tempo of that hard-fought opening stage proved an excessive amount of for Ekaterina Knebeleva, Madina Kakhorova in addition to 19-year-old Asal Rizaeva and the 18-year-old Mohinabonu Elmurodova, who had been the third and second youngest riders on the beginning line in Rotterdam.
Natalie Grinczer (Roland) – DNF
The Tour de France Femmes was Natalie Grinczer’s first race again since a nasty crash at La Vuelta Femenina in April which included head trauma and left her with a troublesome restoration. The British rider made it to the beginning line however was unable to complete.
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