Just after the flamme rouge, stage 5 of the Simac Ladies Tour ended abruptly for five riders as they were vying for a good position going into the sprint finish when World champion Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) and Charlotte Kool (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) collided, sending both riders flying.
Riding next to Kopecky, Marthe Truyen (Fenix-Deceuninck) was thrown off-balance, veering into a car parked in a roadside parking bay before crashing herself. Karlijn Swinkels (UAE Team ADQ) managed to brake and steer to avoid Kool but then found herself lightly impacting the bonnet of the same car.
