Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) has big goals ahead in the coming weeks, with the Olympic Games and Tour de France Femmes ahead, but there was a moment on stage 2 of the Baloise Ladies Tour on Friday when it all seemed at risk.
The race leader, who had already swept to victory at the prologue and on stage 1, could be seen moving up toward the front of the peloton on her teammates' wheel as the 1km kite approached to get ready for the sprint into Zulte. However, just moments later Wiebes suddenly shot out the side of the bunch and onto the verge of the wide road.
Something clearly hadn’t gone to plan but it was hard to tell from the footage just what. After the stage, a social media post by SD Worx-Protime filled in some blanks.
