Lorena Wiebes received stage 3 of the Tour of Britain Women, SD Worx-Protime’s third straight victory on this yr’s race.
Led out by Lotte Kopecky within the inexperienced chief’s jersey, Wiebes launched her dash with 200 metres to go and pulled forward. Charlotte Kool (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) challenged her however dropped her head within the closing metres as Wiebes was a motorcycle size forward to take her crew’s third consecutive victory. Georgia Baker (Liv-AlUla-Jayco) completed third.
The stage had been dominated by a two-rider breakaway. Jo Tindley (Pro-Noctis-200° Coffee-Hargreaves Contracting) and Maddie Leech (Lifeplus-Wahoo) had attacked with 102km to go and constructed a spot of 4 minutes, however Leech suffered mechanical issues and needed to drop again after the second QOM. Tindley continued on her personal earlier than being caught about 12km from the road.
After a late assault by Valerie Demey (VolkerWessels) was closed down, the dash trains took over. SD Worx-Protime had been in management, taking the lead onto the ending straight and delivering Wiebes to victory.
Going into the ultimate stage, Kopecky leads the GC with a 17-second buffer on Anna Henderson (Great Britain) and 32 seconds to Letizia Paternoster (Liv-AlUla-Jayco).
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