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Lotta Henttala (EF Education-Cannondale) won stage 1 of the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas, sprinting past late attacker Carina Schrempf (Fenix-Deceuninck) on the final metres to win a crash-marred sprint.
Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) was one of the riders involved in a high-speed crash with 150 metres to go, with her team confirming that she fractured her nasal bone and has a concussion. Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) just managed to avoid the crash to finish third.
The stage had been dominated by a gutsy breakaway from Katrine Aalerud (Uno-X Mobility) who was 3:30 minutes ahead with 30km to go but was caught on a small rise just before the two-kilometre mark, with…
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