Charlotte Kool (Fenix-Premier Tech) made up for the previous day's loss by taking the sprint victory on stage 2 at the Baloise Ladies Tour.
The Dutch sprinter, who finished second on stage 1, stormed across the line ahead of runner-up Nienke Veenhoven (Visma- Lease a Bike) and third-placed Maike van der Duin (Canyon-SRAM) in Zulte.
Kool's victory means she has moved to the top of the GC standings, taking the jersey from overnight leader Zoe Bäckstedt (Canyon-SRAM), and is now five seconds ahead. Veenhoven is in third place at seven seconds back.
The second stage of the Baloise Ladies Tour was a 130.4km race in Zulte that included two circuits at the start and then three circuits at the end of the stage.
There were several short-lived attacks until a late-race breakaway of four cleared the field to include Anne Knijnenburg, Noémie Thomson, Aileen Schweikart and Eline Van Rooijen.
All were brought back in the final circuit of the race, inside 5km to go. SDWorx-Protime led the field into a bunch sprint, but it was Kool who took the win.
Results
Position |
Rider (Country) Team |
Time Gap |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Charlotte Kool (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech |
3:09:30 |
2 |
Nienke Veenhoven (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike |
|
3 |
Maike Van Der Duin (Ned) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto |
|
4 |
Clara Copponi (Fra) Lidl-Trek |
|
5 |
Lotte Kopecky (Bel) SD Worx-Protime |
|
6 |
Jane Zoe Backstedt (GBr) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto |
|
7 |
Linda Zanetti (Swi) Uno-X Mobility |
|
8 |
Georgia Baker (Aus) Liv AlUla Jayco |
|
9 |
Lonneke Uneken (Ned) Volkerwessels |
|
10 |
Femke Gerritse (Ned) SD Worx-Protime |
General classification after stage 2
Position |
Rider (Country) Team |
Time Gap |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Charlotte Kool (Ned) Fenix-Premier Tech |
5:58:30 |
2 |
Zoe Bäckstedt (GBr) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto |
0:00:05 |
3 |
Nienke Veenhoven (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike |
0:00:07 |
