Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) was among the many favourites for the opening stage of the Vuelta España Femenina and its uphill end, however the Dutchwoman needed to accept seventh place.
Though she was unable to bother the frontrunners, the truth that she was there within the combine in any respect was outstanding after she needed to combat again from a late crash.
Vos was a faller in one of many quite a few crashes that occurred on a slippery descent simply inside 10km from the end in Salvaterra de Miño.
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She nearly made it again in time for the ultimate kilometre and the beginning of the leg-sapping haul to the road, the place she discovered herself alongside teammate Pauline Ferrand-Prévot. Nevertheless, the chase had maybe taken its toll, and because the dash opened simply inside 200m to go, Vos hit out and located area on the best however could not make inroads as Noemi Rüegg (EF Training-Oatly) charged clear for victory.
„In that second in fact you must see what is going on, but it surely was good that Pauline was within the first cut up, then the remainder of the workforce was making an attempt to get me again to the primary group, so I’m grateful for his or her assist,“ Vos stated.
As for the bodily results of the crash, with adrenaline little doubt taking on for some time, she stated she was „just about okay“ however added: „We’ll should see how it will likely be.“
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