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The first top 10:
1) Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx)
2) Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx) à 45″
3) Charlotte Kool (DSM) at 47″
4) Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) at 51″
5) Ashleigh Moolman (AG Insurance) à 53″
6) Half Vollering (SD Worx) at 53″
7) Tamara Dronova-Balabolina (Israel Premier Tech) at 53″
8) Cecilie Ludwig (FDJ) at 53″
9) Mavi Garcia (Liv Racing) at 53″
10) Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) at
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Labous at 1’26”
Bad deal for the Frenchwoman, who is already losing time on the favorites on the podium.
15:35
2nd place for Wiebes
Kopecky’s teammate at SD Worx wins the sprint for 2nd place.
15:34
Victory for Lotte Kopecky!
The Belgian brilliantly wins the first stage and will wear the yellow jersey on Monday!
15:31
2.5 km: we look at each other in the group of pursuers
48 seconds ahead for Kopecky, and behind, we’re not really driving. There will probably be a sprint for 2nd place.
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4 km: Kopecky rushes to victory
33 seconds ahead for the Belgian: unless there is a failure, she is heading for the stage victory and the yellow jersey!
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7 km: Kopecky on the descent
The Belgian, victorious in the last two Tour of Flanders, begins the descent where she is 25 seconds ahead of her first pursuers.
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9 km: Labou distanced
2nd in the last Giro and candidate for the podium, Juliette Labous lost the wheel of the favorites, including Van Vleuten and Vollering. She is seconds away.
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9.7 km: Kopecky attack
Shortly before the top of the hill, Lotte Kopecky places an attack that no one can follow.
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11 km: let’s go for the Durtol coast
1.7 km at 7%, enough to create gaps for the stage victory?
15:14
18 km: Balsamo released
The 2021 world champion Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) was dropped by the peloton. It battles very hard at the head of the race.
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21 km: the peloton accelerates
Despite bumps at 8% in the crossing of Volvic, the peloton accelerated and dropped a few riders. DSM and Lidl-Trek are still going strong.
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26 km: the intermediate sprint for Deignan
The Briton from Lidl-Trek wins the first points in the green jersey classification in this Tour.
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28 km: the Durtol coast approaching
A short difficulty (1.7 km) but with an average of more than 7% which the runners approach. Will we see some gaps created there?
14:50
35 km : Lach reprise
It is also over for the Polish runner, taken over. The Lidl-Trek leads the peloton in this last part of the race.
14:34
47 km: Marta Lach breakaway
The Pole has pulled out of the peloton, on which she soon counts a minute ahead. Can she aim for victory alone?
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66 km: status quo in the peloton
No breakaway is to be noted on these last kilometers. Will we see a group finish in the sprint?
13:38
77 km: Laurance caught up
Alone, the Breton could not outrun the peloton and was taken over by the rest of the race. Will we see a new breakaway?
13:37
78 km: the favorites in action today?
13:25
86.4 km: 20 seconds for Laurence
Typhaine Laurance (Axel’s sister, professional rider) has a lead of around twenty seconds over the peloton.
13:15
92.5 km : Abandon pour Mireia Benito
The Spaniard of the AG Insurance – Soudal Quick-Step team, victim of a fall in a ditch, will not leave. This is the first abandonment.
13:12
94 km: a Quick-Step runner on the ground
A runner from the Belgian team fell victim to a ditch. She remains lying on the ground and will be evacuated on a stretcher.
13:11
95 km: Laurance revives
Another Frenchwoman, Typhaine Laurance, relaunches at the head of the race. Amandine Fouquenet chased her.
13:07
98.4 km: Le Deunff retaken
Marie-Morgane Le Deunff was picked up by the peloton. This brings together all the runners.
13:02
102 km: Le Deunff first attacker
La Française d’Arkéa is the first breakaway of this Tour. 20 seconds ahead for her on the peloton.
12:44
112 km: we gauge ourselves in the peloton
The breakaway has not yet formed. The peloton remains united for the moment in these first kilometers of the race.
12:31
Let’s go !
The real start of this 1st stage was given in the streets of Clermont-Ferrand.
11:35
“The fourth week of the Tour de France”
For the second consecutive year, the women’s Tour de France starts on the day of the final finish of the men’s event. “For us it’s important to be the fourth week of the Tour de France! “says Marion Rousse, director of the competition. Check out his interview.
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Hello all
Welcome to this live! We will follow together the first stage of this women’s Tour de France around Clermont-Ferrand.
