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Laura Weislo

La Vuelta Femenina overall leader Noemi Rüegg suffers fractured shoulder in stage 2 crash

Noemi Ruegg of Switzerland (EF Education-Oatly) wears the red leader's jersey at the Vuelta Femenina 2026 (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski/Getty Images).

Noemi Rüegg (EF Education-Oatly), the winner of stage 1 and race leader of La Vuelta Femenina, has been forced to abandon the race after suffering a crash during the 109.8-kilometre stage 2 to San Cibrao das Viñas.

Rüegg appeared to touch wheels with another rider with 12km to go and careened into best young rider Eleonora Ciabocco (Picnic-PostNL).

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