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Ally Wollaston (AG Insurance-Soudal) out-sprinted Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) and received the opening stage of the eVolta-Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Femenina.
From the bunch dash in Manresa, Arlenis Sierra (Movistar) secured the ultimate spot on the rostrum.
Vos threw up her arm towards Wollaston after the tight end, seeming to movement displeasure with a line change by the New Zealander within the closing 100 metres.
Shortly after the end, race offficials dominated that Wollaston had not impeded Vos and the contact was inadequate to overturn the outcomes. Wollaston was deemed the stage winner and the primary chief within the common classification.
After 4 editions of the reVolta as a one-day occasion, the race debuted Friday as a UCI 2.1 stage occasion throughout north-east Spain, with the third and last stage happening Sunday in Barcelona.
The climbing commenced straight away underneath sunny skies on the three-day stage race with the opening 45.5km, all uphill to the primary of two class 3 climbs, Col de Pinos, which formally was 6.9km in size at a mean 3% gradient. All early assaults within the first 20km have been closed down by the peloton.
Across the Col de Pinos, Justin Ghekiere (AG Insurance-Soudal) led a small group and earned three QOM factors, driving forward of Mie Ottestad (Uno-X Mobility) and her AG Insurance teammate Mireia Benito.
Four kilometres past the crest of the opening climb, Mireia Trías (Massi Baix Ter) accelerated on a solo assault. The WorldTour groups of AG Insurance-Soudal, FDJ-SUEZ and Visma-Lease a Bike set an unhurried tempo for the peloton with half of the race nonetheless to go.
With 38km to go, Trías was again within the peloton because the tempo ramped up for the intermediate dash in Calef. Kim LeCourt (AG Insurance-Soudal) edged Grace Brown (FDJ-SUEZ) for the three factors and bonus seconds, Markus Riejannee (Visma-Lease a Bike) third in line.
The peloton stayed collectively on the descent to the bottom of the ultimate climb, Coll de Cal Pallarès (4.5km at 3.5%), with ramps as excessive as 9%. A procession of groups – Visma-Lease a Bike, Cofidis, AG Insurance-Soudal, FDJ-SUEZ and Arkéa-B&B Hotels Women – unfold throughout the vast street on the decrease slopes.
Once once more, Ghekiere timed her acceleration throughout one other class 3 climb with Benito behind and the AG Insurance-Soudal riders added to their QOM hauls for the race, Ghekiere within the digital mountain classification lead with six factors.
From the crest of that class 3 climb, it was downhill for the ultimate 22km again into Manresa. The first 10km noticed the sector streak throughout the better terrain in single file, AG Insurance-Soudal main the best way.
With 3km to go Anastasiya Kolesava (Canyon-SRAM Generation) put her head down and charged on a solo assault, however the tempo behind picked up and she or he couldn’t maintain off the sprinters.
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