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, lots 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 began even earlier than it started, with a optimistic COVID-19 take a look at for New Zealand’s Kim Cadzow on the eve of the occasion leaving EF-Oatly-Cannondale one rider down and the variety of riders within the peloton in the beginning of stage 1 at 153. Elisa Longo Borghini, however, was somewhat earlier in having to pull the pin after a coaching crash so Lidl-Trek had time to exchange the in kind Italian rider.
The in race crashes, sickness, fatigue and time cuts throughout the race, nevertheless, might be ultimate. That can go away some with stage victory hopes shattered, others with lead out trains taxed and total contenders having to combat for yellow with the chances stacked towards them – such is the inevitability of attrition in stage racing.
All through the eight levels 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 observe the withdrawals, so learn on for the newest tally.
Stage 1
There have been numerous 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 Metropolis Girls) – DNF
As a crew that ranked within the prime 18, the crew from Uzbekistan mechanically qualifies for a spot in each Girls’s WorldTour race however a lot of the riders within the crew haven’t got 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 tricky restoration. The British rider made it to the beginning line however was unable to complete.
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