The day after the inaugural 10.1 kilometer time trial won in Gennep by the Briton Zoe Backstedt (Canyon // SRAM Racing), the 2nd stage of the Simac Ladies Tour connected Coevorden and Assen. Despite the superb resistance of the Dutch Ilse Pluimers (AG Insurance-Soudal Team), which was only caught 1.5 kilometers from the goal after carrying out a solo raid of almost 50 kilometers, this second day of racing ended with a massive sprint. We witnessed a great duel in the final straight between the Italian Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) and the Dutch Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx-Protime), and it was ultimately the latter which was able to raise its arms for the twentieth time in 2024.
Video – Zoe Backstedt won the time trial on Tuesday
Valentine Fortin fails to reach the top 5
Launched by the world champion Lotte Kopeckywho often takes on the role of possion-pilot when she races with the best sprinter in the world, the European champion beat the former wearer of the rainbow jersey by a few centimeters. Behind Lorena Wiebes et Elisa Balsamowe find the Dutch Charlotte Kool (Team dsm-(Firmenich PostNL) et Nienke Veenhoven (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), the Norwegian Susan Andersen (Uno-X Mobility) and the French Valentine Fortin (Cofidis Women Team), which took sixth place in this 2nd stage. Arrival within the peloton, Zoe Backstedt keeps his yellow jersey.
Simac Ladies Tour – Ranking of the 2nd stage
Simac Ladies Tour – Provisional general classification after the 2nd stage
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