Top sprinter Charlotte Kool (Picnic PostNL) has been forced to abandon the Tour de France Femmes after struggling her way around the first stage to Plumelec and still feeling the effects of an earlier crash.
A two-time stage winner at the 2024 race, Kool started the Tour hoping to improve in condition, having crashed hard with several others on the final stage of the Baloise Ladies Tour on July 20 and only just made it to the start.
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