Itzulia Women: Dominika Włodarczyk seizes first WorldTour victory on stage 2 as attackers narrowly hold off rapidly chasing race leader

AMOREBIETA-ETXANO, SPAIN - MAY 16: (L-R) Dominika Wlodarczyk of Poland and UAE Team ADQ celebrates at finish line as stage winner ahead of Shirin van Anrooij of Netherlands and Team Lidl - Trek and Mischa Bredewold of Netherlands and Team SD Worx - Protime - Yellow Leader Jersey during the 5th Itzulia Women 2026, Stage 2 a 138km stage from Abadino to Amorebieta-Etxano / #UCIWWT / on May 16, 2026 in Amorebieta-Etxano, Spain. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski/Getty Images).

Dominika Włodarczyk (UAE Team ADQ) won stage 2 of the Itzulia Women, taking the first WorldTour victory of her career.

She just held off Mischa Bredewold (SD Worx-Protime) who sprinted from the chasing group and just passed Włodarczyk's late attack companion Shirin van Anrooij (Lidl-Trek) to take second place and defend the leader's jersey.