Anna Henderson passed over the chief’s pink jersey to her Jumbo-Visma teammate Marianne Vos as DSM’s Charlotte Kool gained the second one degree of La Vuelta Femenina in a dramatic dash in Pilar de los angeles Horadada.
The American Chloe Dygert (Canyon/Sram), again at the highway after a 14-month hiatus, attacked solo simply after the flamme rouge on the finish of the 106km degree from Orihuela, however used to be stuck by way of Kool and Vos with simply 50 meters last.
The Dutch pair went directly to contest the victory, with Vos seeming to be stuck off guard when she regarded over her proper shoulder, whilst Kool used to be launching her decisive assault from the other aspect.
“It was a really long sprint,” Kool stated. “I used to be in point of fact assured because the climbs felt in point of fact simple for me nowadays. So I had some in point of fact, in point of fact excellent legs. Also, the crew did what they may accomplish that smartly. I simply needed to place myself proper.
“I used to be first a bit of boxed in however then thankfully I may come to the wheel. I used to be additionally in point of fact struggling, and so when she [Vos] regarded in the back of I used to be like OK, she could also be struggling, another way she’s now not going to seem.”
Henderson, who took the red jersey after Monday’s opening team time trial, came home in ninth and drops to fourth in the overall standings, six seconds behind Vos who leads by a second from Dygert, and two seconds ahead of teammate Femke Markus.
Kool leads the issues classification whilst Jade Wiel (FDJ-Suez) is within the polka-dot jersey as queen of the mountains chief. Wednesday’s degree is a 148.2km course from Elche de los angeles Sierra to La Roda.