
Lidl-Trek repeated their 2024 success by winning the opening team time trial of La Vuelta Femenina. The team covered the 8.1km through the streets of Barcelona in 9:30 minutes, beating SD Worx-Protime and Liv-AlUla-Jayco by three seconds.
Defending champion Demi Vollering's FDJ-SUEZ team finished fourth on the day, losing six seconds, after the team lost Vittoria Guazzini to a crash around the U-turn on the course.