Maggie Coles-Lyster‘s sprint to glory at the Tour Down Under Women’s One Day Race on Wednesday may have stood out as her first win since 2022, but the triumph also marked the culmination of a long comeback from iliac artery surgery.
The Canadian racer struggled last spring with strange sensations in her leg as well as a deep ache and unusual cramps. She raced on until early July before undergoing surgery to fix the issue, while a return to racing eventually came with the season-ending races in China.
“With something like the iliac artery, it’s – you know what you’re capable of, and it’s just a matter of finding that after the surgery and trusting that it can come back and that you can hopefully supersede what you were before.
The win also comes after Human Powered Health finished the Tour Down Under with only three riders – Coles-Lyster being a DNF on stage 2.
Coles-Lyster’s win at the 94.2km race in Tanunda came at the end of a day full of attacks. She prevailed with a sprint from a reduced peloton, but said later that she had expected the race to be a little calmer than it was.
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