The Ardèche International Women's Cycling Tour Tuesday for its 23rd edition from September 9 to 14, with six stages on the menu and 606 kilometers for a total of 8,741 meters of elevation gain on Tuesday. The 1st stage disputed in circuit around Laudun-L'ardoise on 127.5 km offered a globally flat … until the final climb to the finish line, with a last kilometer at almost 10 %! A final for Plucheuse who saw the victory in the boss of the big headliner of the race, Lotte Kopecky ! In search of confidence on the French test after a failed summer, the Belgian of Team SD Worx-Protime made a strong impression and found colors to take off in the first victory since its title of Belgian champion of the time trial at the end of June. The world champion came to the end of the young Italian Eleonora Ciabocco (Team Picnic PostNL).
French women a little behind … Squiban in the top 10
Four seconds behind this domineering duo, there is a Kopecky teammate on the 3rd step of the podium, the Dutchman Mischa Bredewold. The rest of the peloton then arrived at the drop with many breaks. The first Frenchman is none other than Maëva Squiban (UAE Team Adq), the double stage winner on the Tour de France women Taking up the competition with a beautiful 8th place at 17 seconds. Marion Bunel (Visma | Lease a Bike, 12e à 24″) et Avoid music (FDJ-Suez, 15th to 29 “) finish a little further. Lotte Kopecky Logically seizes the first leader jersey in the general classification.
