SANTA SUSANA, SPAIN - JUNE 19: (L-R) Marianne Vos of Netherlands on second place and stage winner Nienke Veenhoven of Netherlands and Team Visma | Lease a Bike react crossing the finish line during the 5th Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Femenina 2026 - Stage 1 a 91.9km stage from Santa Susanna to Santa Susanna on June 19, 2026 in Santa Susanna, Spain. (Photo by Szymon Gruchalski/Getty Images).
Nienke Veenhoven was the fastest in a reduced group sprint, winning a crash-marred opening stage at the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Femenina.
It was a 1-2 finish for Visma-Lease a Bike, with Marianne Vos, who was on Veenhoven's wheel in the run-in to the line, sitting up to take second place. Valentine Fortin (Cofidis) crossed the line in third place in Santa Susanna.
Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
