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The Guardian
a day ago
- Sport
- The Guardian
Tour de France Femmes: García takes stage two as Le Court grabs yellow
The veteran Spanish rider Mavi García claimed victory in a demanding second stage of the Tour de France Femmes on Sunday, attacking solo in the closing kilometres to secure a dramatic win in Quimper after a 110.4km ride from Brest. The 41-year-old Liv-AlUla-Jayco rider launched her decisive move with 10km remaining, opening a gap of about 20 seconds on the chasing pack. She held on through the explosive final climb, crossing the line three seconds ahead of her pursuers. 'I can't believe it to be honest,' said García. 'I've had a hard year. I've been racing for a long time and I hadn't been having my best year, but this win really gives me a massive boost of energy. I really didn't believe I was going to win at the end, I've tried many times like that and it never worked out, so I just couldn't believe it until I was five metres from the line and I turned around and saw they wouldn't catch me. It was only then that I knew I'd really done it. It's been a long, long time since I had any feeling this good in my career.' Behind García, Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx Protime) sprinted to second place, with Kim Le Court Pienaar (AG Insurance-Soudal) of Mauritius finishing third and taking the overall leader's yellow jersey. The Dutch rider Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike), who wore the leader's jersey after winning Saturday's opening stage, finished fifth and surrendered her overall lead to Le Court Pienaar. France's Pauline Ferrand-Prévot took eighth after featuring prominently in the finale for the second day in a row. The final climb was lit up by attacks from the local favourite Juliette Labous (FDJ-Suez), the first to surge on the second ascent of the Côte du Chemin de Troheir. Her teammate Demi Vollering, one of the overall favourites, countered with a strong acceleration 5km from the finish, ultimately placing seventh, just behind the defending champion Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon/SRAM). The Tour continues on Monday with stage three, featuring more rolling terrain before the mountain battles later in the week.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Spanish rider Garcia becomes the oldest stage winner at women's Tour de France at age 41
QUIMPER, France (AP) — Mavi Garcia became the oldest rider to win a stage at the women's Tour de France on Sunday. The 41-year-old Spaniard clinched the second stage on Sunday with a solo breakaway. She looked back twice before realizing she would not be caught and then raised her arms aloft at the finish line. Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten was 39 when she won a mountain stage on the 2022 women's Tour, organizers said. Garcia attacked with about 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) left on the 110.4- kilometer hilly stage through Brittany and ending in Quimper. She looked like being caught near the end as the peloton loomed large behind her, but she kicked in and won by three seconds. Dutchwoman Lorena Wiebes was second and Kim Le Court of Mauritius took third place in a sprint to the line. Le Court did just enough to take the race leader's yellow jersey from cycling great Marianne Vos, who won Saturday's opening stage in a close finish and placed fifth on Sunday. Le Court and Vos have the same overall time after two stages, but Le Court now leads overall courtesy of her better combined stage finishes over the first two days. Stage 3 on Monday is a flat stage for sprinters, ending in the western city of Angers. The nine-stage race ends on Aug. 3. Last year provided the smallest winning margin in the history of the women's and men's races, with Polish rider Kasia Niewiadoma beating 2023 champion Demi Vollering by four seconds, and Pauliena Rooijakkers only 10 seconds off the pace in third place. ___ AP sports:
Globe and Mail
a day ago
- Sport
- Globe and Mail
Mavi Garcia becomes oldest stage winner at women's Tour de France at 41
Mavi Garcia became the oldest rider to win a stage at the women's Tour de France on Sunday. The 41-year-old Spaniard clinched the second stage with a solo breakaway. She looked back twice before realizing she would not be caught and then raised her arms aloft at the finish line. Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten was 39 when she won a mountain stage on the 2022 women's Tour, organizers said. Garcia attacked with about 11 kilometres left on the 110.4-kilometre hilly stage through Brittany and ending in Quimper. She looked like being caught near the end as the peloton loomed large behind her, but she kicked in and won by three seconds. 'I've been racing for a long time and I hadn't been having my best year, but this win really gives me a massive boost of energy,' Garcia said. 'I really didn't believe I was going to win at the end. I've tried many times like that and it never worked out, so I just couldn't believe it until I was five metres from the line.' Thousands of fans pack streets of Montmartre for Tour de France finale climb to Sacré-Coeur Dutchwoman Lorena Wiebes was second and Kim Le Court of Mauritius took third place in a sprint to the line. Le Court did just enough to take the race leader's yellow jersey from cycling great Marianne Vos, who won Saturday's opening stage in a close finish and placed fifth on Sunday. Le Court and Vos have the same overall time after two stages, but Le Court now leads overall courtesy of her better combined stage finishes over the first two days. Stage 3 on Monday is a flat stage for sprinters, ending in the western city of Angers. The nine-stage race ends on Aug. 3. Last year provided the smallest winning margin in the history of the women's and men's races, with Polish rider Kasia Niewiadoma beating 2023 champion Demi Vollering by four seconds, and Pauliena Rooijakkers only 10 seconds off the pace in third place.
Al Arabiya
a day ago
- Sport
- Al Arabiya
Spanish rider Garcia becomes the oldest stage winner at women's Tour de France at age 41
Mavi Garcia became the oldest rider to win a stage at the women's Tour de France on Sunday. The 41-year-old Spaniard clinched the second stage on Sunday with a solo breakaway. She looked back twice before realizing she would not be caught and then raised her arms aloft at the finish line. Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten was 39 when she won a mountain stage on the 2022 women's Tour organizers said. Garcia attacked with about 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) left on the 110.4- kilometer hilly stage through Brittany and ending in Quimper. She looked like being caught near the end as the peloton loomed large behind her but she kicked in and won by three seconds. Dutchwoman Lorena Wiebes was second and Kim Le Court of Mauritius took third place in a sprint to the line. Le Court did just enough to take the race leaders yellow jersey from cycling great Marianne Vos, who won Saturday's opening stage in a close finish and placed fifth on Sunday. Le Court and Vos have the same overall time after two stages but Le Court now leads overall courtesy of her better combined stage finishes over the first two days. Stage 3 on Monday is a flat stage for sprinters ending in the western city of Angers. The nine-stage race ends on Aug. 3. Last year provided the smallest winning margin in the history of the women's and men's races with Polish rider Kasia Niewiadoma beating 2023 champion Demi Vollering by four seconds and Pauliena Rooijakkers only 10 seconds off the pace in third place.
Yahoo
a day ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Garcia makes Tour de France Femmes history at 41
Mavi Garcia's aggressive approach paid off as the Spaniard became the oldest stage winner of the Tour de France Femmes. The Liv-AlUla-Jayco cyclist boldly opted for a solo break with 10km remaining and opened up a gap of around 20 seconds to the chasing peloton. Garcia held her nerve through the final climb of the 110.4km between Brest and Quimper to seal the first stage victory of her career. At 41 years, six months and 25 days, Garcia is the oldest competitor on this year's Tour and her feat surpassed Annemiek van Vleuten's record - set in 2022 when she was 39 - as the event's oldest stage winner. Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes finished second, while Kim Le Court Pienaar of Mauritius took third place and the overall leader's yellow jersey from Marianne Vos. Monday's third stage takes place between La Gacilly and Angers and covers 163.5km. Stage two results 1. Mavi Garcia (Esp/Liv-Alula-Jayco) 2hr 44mins 26secs 2. Lorena Wiebes (Ned/SD Worx-Protime) +3secs 3. Kim Le Court Pienaar (Mau/AG Insurance-Soudal) same time 4. Liane Lippert (Ger/Movistar) same time 5. Marianne Vos (Ned/Visma-Lease a Bike) same time 6. Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Pol/Canyon-SRAM-zondacrypto) same time 7. Demi Vollering (Ned/FDJ-SUEZ) same time 8. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Fra/Visma-Lease a Bike) same time 9. Puck Pieterse (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) same time 10. Anna van der Breggen (Ned/SD Worx-Protime) same time General classification after stage two 1. Kim Le Court Pienaar (Mau/AG Insurance-Soudal) 4hr 37mins 25secs 2. Marianne Vos (Ned/Visma-Lease a Bike) same time 3. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Fra/Visma-Lease a Bike) +6secs 4. Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Pol/Canyon-SRAM-zondacrypto) +10secs 5. Demi Vollering (Ned/FDJ-SUEZ) +13secs 6. Puck Pieterse (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) +15secs 7. Anna van der Breggen (Ned/SD Worx-Protime) same time 8. Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) +19secs 9. Niamh Fisher-Black (NZ/Lidl-Trek) same time 10. Chloe Dygert (USA/Canyon-SRAM-zondacrypto) same time
