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Mischa Bredewold (SD Worx-Protime) secured her first win of the season on stage 2 at Setmana Ciclista Volta Femenina de la Comunitat Valenciana.
The powerful Dutch rider got the early jump in the reduced sprint to take the win ahead of Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) and Liane Lippert (Movistar) in Nules.
Demi Vollering (FDJ-SUEZ) arrived to the finish in fourth place and maintained her lead in the overall classification.
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How it unfolded
The second day of racing at the Setmana Ciclista Volta Femenina de la Comunitat Valenciana was another hilly 134km course from Benicàssim to Nules.
There were two back-to-back climbs just after the halfway point: Alto Les Coronetes (8.1km at 4.4%). and Alto de Salt del Cavall (5.3km at 3.7%).
Eva van Agt (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Brodie Chapman (UAE Team ADQ) broke away from the field just before the intermediate sprint at La Barona, with Chapman taking the points and bonus seconds.
But as the pair reached the slopes of Alto Les Coronetes, Van Agt struggled to hold Chapman’s pace. The Australian opened a gap over the top and increased her solo lead to over a minute, as Van Agt was swallowed up by the chasing peloton led by FDJ-SUEZ.
Chapman continued to push on alone and maintained her gap over the second and final climb of the day, Alto de Salt del Cavall. Over the top and along the sweeping descent, Chapman’s gap dropped slightly to just under a minute with 40km to go.
Although FDJ-SUEZ were prominent at the front of the field and setting a quick pace to protect their overall race leader, Vollering, other teams like Fenix-Deceuninck and Movistar also moved to the front to help reduce the gap.
However, inside the…
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