RideLondon Classique: Lorena Wiebes fastest in battle of the sprinters to win stage 1, takes race lead

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Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) confirmed her status as the best sprinter in the women’s peloton by sprinting to victory on the opening stage at RideLondon Classique in Colchester ahead of Letizia Paternoster (Liv-AlUla-Jayco) and Clara Copponi (Lidl-Trek).

After the break of the day with Rebecca Koerner (Uno-X Mobility) and Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ceratizit-WNT) had been caught with 16.5km to go, Alice Towers (Canyon-SRAM) and Lauretta Hanson (Lidl-Trek) went on a late attack, but they were reeled in again 6.9km from the line.