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Group of 5 coming collectively off the entrance. Becoming a member of Fuller are Emily Watts (Australia), Krista Doebel-Hickok (Human Powered Well being), Ella Simpson (ARA – Slip Capital), and Karin Söderqvist (Lifeplus Wahoo).
In the meantime, riders falling off the tempo in the back of the peloton.
Heading by the end line for the primary time with 42km to go, Fuller has 24 seconds lead with some riders from Lifeplus Wahoo, Human Powered Well being and extra making an attempt to leap throughout.
Haylee Fuller (BridgeLane) is off the entrance solo with 26 seconds result in the peloton at 46km to go.
Full outcomes of the second intermediate dash:
1- Dominika Wlodarczyk (UAE Workforce AQD)
2 – Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Liv AlUla Jayco) who additionally took second within the first intermediate dash.
3- Lily Williams (Human Powered Well being)
Assaults from BridgeLane, first from Gina Ricardo after which Haylee Fuller who will get a small hole with 49km to go.
UAE Workforce AQD with large leadout for Dominika Wlodarczyk who as soon as once more will get prime factors within the second intermediate dash.
50km to go
Peloton all collectively, jostling for place for the second intermediate dash in Mylor, adopted by the two-and-a-half laps of a circuit by Stirling, that takes within the closing climb thrice. The choice for the win will most likely be made on the 2km at 3.9% climb.
Subject all along with 60km to go. Groups staying attentive to any change of wind course. Just a few riders straggling on the again, beneath strain from the excessive tempo.
Sensing a change within the wind course, Visma-Lease a Bike places the hammer down on the entrance.
Dominika Wlodarczyk (UAE Workforce AQD) takes the factors and bonus seconds on the primary intermediate dash.
Lengthy vary battle for the factors and time bonus. Georgia Howe main her Liv AlUla Jayco workforce on the entrance however FDJ-SUEZ takes over. They began the dash tremendous early.
One other crash for Amanda Paulson (BridgeLane) who ran out of room on the street narrowed. Two teammates waited for her.
70km to go
Lower than 2kms to the primary intermediate dash. Groups getting organized on the entrance for the factors, and the all-important time bonus seconds on provide. AG Insurance coverage-Soudal transferring as much as the entrance for the ochre jersey Ally Wollaston who needs to keeo the chief’s jersey after as we speak’s stage.
Ricardo moved up on the facet of the peloton, using on the grave part to make her assault but it surely was to naught, as the sector is again collectively.
Gina Ricardo (BridgeLane) takes a solo flyer, with a number of riders masking her assault,
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Peloton regroups on the backside of the descent, surrounded by the vineyards with 83km to go. AG Insurance coverage-Soudal on the entrance setting the tempo for the ochre jersey, Some riders nonetheless making an attempt to catch again on after dropping on the climb.
Riders dashing down the descent at 82km/hr with dsm-firmenich PostNL on the entrance, hanging out the peloton. Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance coverage-Soudal) on the again.
Lily Williams leads out her teammate Ragusa who sprints out of the saddle with 200 meters to go to take the utmost 10 factors.
93km to go
Groups preventing for place on the entrance on the primary climb of the day with riders dropping off the again beneath strain from the tempo.
Large struggle for place because the peloton with 5km to go to the primary QOM with 10 factors on provide.
Sarah Roy (Australian Nationwide Workforce) crashes over the site visitors island whereas making an attempt to keep away from riders breaking in entrance of her. She is shortly again on her bike and making an attempt to catch again onto the sector.
Visma-Lease a Bike upping the tempo on the entrance, preventing with Lidl-Trek for management, hoping to separate the race within the cross headwind.
The primary problem comes early, solely 12km into the stage with the cat 1 climb of Cherry Gardens, 2.9km lengthy with a median gradient of 5.9% and a max gradient of 15.6%.
Katia Ragusa (Human Powered Well being) took the complete 10 QOM factors accessible whereas within the break on stage 1. Will she defend her QOM chief’s jersey? We are going to know very quickly.
Flag drop by race director Stuart O’Grady and we’re out of the impartial zone and racing has began!
Bike change for Lillee Pollock (BridgeLane) whereas nonetheless in impartial part. Official begin is delayed till all riders have caught again to the peloton.
Crash in impartial. Amanda Poulsen (BridgeLane) who was already sporting bandages from a crash yesterday, and Kimberley Le Courtroom De Billot (AG Insurance coverage-Soudal) had been concerned.
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The riders are rolling by 8.1km impartial part on their approach to the official begin. A bit cooler as we speak with a forecast excessive of 31 levels Celsius beneath cloudy skies, however wind could possibly be an element as we speak, with doable gusts of 30 to 50 km/h predicted.
Stage 2 of the Girls’s Tour Down Underneath is ready to start out in slightly below 5 minutes. At 104.2km lengthy as we speak’s stage is the longest within the historical past of the race. The route from Glenelg to Stirling will ship lumpy terrain with 2079m of climbing with an uphill kick earlier than the road.
Right this moment is predicted to be a stage the place the GC riders want to remain cautious, however the GC will doubtless come all the way down to the ultimate stage. As cliched as it might sound, it is not a day the place the race is prone to be gained, it is a day the place it could possibly be misplaced.
Stage 1 winner Ally Wollaston (AG Insurance coverage-Soudal) tops the final classification with a 2-second lead on Georgia Baker (Liv AlUla Jayco) and 6 seconds on Sofia Bertizzolo (UAE Workforce ADQ). A complete of 51 riders are separated by 10 seconds or much less on GC.
Welcome to Cyclingnews’ reside protection of stage 2 of the Girls’s Tour Down Underneath.
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