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Ally Wollaston (AG Insurance coverage-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 explosive end contested on the Muralla del Carmen, 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 basic 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 remaining stage happening Sunday in Barcelona.
The climbing commenced immediately beneath 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 had been closed down by the peloton.
Throughout the Col de Pinos, Justin Ghekiere (AG Insurance coverage-Soudal) led a small group and earned three QOM factors, using forward of Mie Ottestad (Uno-X Mobility) and her AG Insurance coverage teammate Mireia Benito.
4 kilometres past the crest of the opening climb, Mireia Trías (Massi Baix Ter) accelerated on a solo assault. The WorldTour groups of AG Insurance coverage-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 coverage-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 coverage-Soudal, FDJ-SUEZ and Arkéa-B&B Accommodations Girls – unfold throughout the huge street on the decrease slopes.
As soon as once more, Ghekiere timed her acceleration throughout one other class 3 climb with Benito behind and the AG Insurance coverage-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 primary 10km noticed the sector streak throughout the better terrain in single file, AG Insurance coverage-Soudal main the way in which.
With 3km to go Anastasiya Kolesava (Canyon-SRAM Era) put her head down and charged on a solo assault, however the tempo behind picked up and he or she couldn’t maintain off the sprinters.
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