The Dutch Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease A Bike), one of the most impressive prize list of cycling, won the second stage of the Tour of female Spanish on Monday, between Molins de Rei and Sant Bo de Llobregat (99 km).
The 37 -year -old versatile runner with the fourteen world titles and the two Olympic titles, all disciplines combined, has settled in the sprint a peloton of around thirty competitors, who had distant a group in which the leader was in the general classification, the Dutchman Elle van Dijk (Lidl-Trek).
Well taken by her teammates, including the Frenchwoman Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, your imposed itself in front of the Italians Letizia Paternoster (Liv-AlUla-Jayco) et Letizia Borghesi (EF Education-Oatly).
In the general classification, Paternoster is the new carrier of the red jersey, two seconds ahead of the Dutchman Femke Gerritse (SD World-Protime) and three seconds on the Briton Anna Henderson (Lidl-Trek).
With the victory of Visma Recovers a little time lost on Sunday (21 seconds) during the inaugural stage, a team time trial, due to too long waiting for bicycle control which had delayed the departure of the team.
“After what happened, we wanted to show a lot of energy today“said Vos Upon arrival, at the end of a stage disturbed by the rain and enamelled with many falls. “”The most important thing was to stay forward … and on the bicycle“.
The first Frenchman as a general is Juliette Labous (FDJ-Suez), 14th to 9 seconds. Pauline Ferrand-Prévot is 34th (at 24 sec).
Tuesday, the third of the seven stages of this female vuelta will lead the runners from Barbastro to Huesca (132.4 km).
