Zoe Bäckstedt (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) was the quickest within the 3.1km prologue that opened the Baloise Girls Tour on Wednesday in Yerseke.
The 20-year-old coated the space with a successful time of 00:04.06, beating Ellen van Dijk (Lidl-Trek) and Charlotte Kool (Picnic PostNL) by one second to take the stage win and the occasion’s first chief’s jersey.
The Baloise Girls Tour is a six-stage race held over 5 days from July 16 to twenty. The occasion kicked off with a 3.1km prologue in Yerseke, treating the peloton to a pan-flat and quick race towards the clock to find out the stage winner and first total chief.
Femke Markus (SD Worx-Protime) set the early benchmark protecting the course with a time of 4.11, and solely a fraction of a second quicker than her teammate Barbara Guarischi.
Different mid-race quick occasions had been posted by Rachele Barbieri (Picnic PostNL), Sophie von Berswordt (Visma-Lease a Bike), Elizabeth Holden (UAE Workforce ADQ) and Ava Holmgren (Lidl-Trek), all inside a second of Markus.
Because the time trial progressed, Martina Findaza (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Felicity Wilson-Haffenden (Lidl-Trek) crossed the end line with occasions quick sufficient to fit into the highest 10.
However nearer to the tip of the occasion, it was Margaux Vigié (Visma-Lease a Bike), who was the primary rider to interrupt by way of Markus’ early benchmark with a brand new quickest time.
Her time within the scorching seat was short-lived, nevertheless, as Bäckstedt raced by way of six seconds quicker.
Then got here Van Dijk and Kool, Marthe Goossens (AG Insurance coverage-Soudal) and Marie Schreiber (SD Worx-Protime), all slotting in simply behind Bäckstedt within the prime 5.
Bäckstedt will lead the Baloise Girls Tour into stage 1’s 127.2km from Jabbeke to Knokke-Heist on Thursday.
