The ultimate stage of the Tour de Romandie Féminin noticed escapees Riejanne Markus (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Niamh Fisher-Black (SD Worx-Protime) dash for the stage win, however as an alternative of a diminished bunch dash for third place, solely 5 riders got here into view of the end cameras, with extra riders ending in small teams or alone: A crash within the closing roundabout, slightly below 400 metres from the road, had fractured the peloton.
The 4 puddles on the entrance to the roundabout, two of them straight within the splendid racing line, had been no drawback for Markus and Fisher-Black, however when the 27-rider peloton adopted at excessive pace, a contact of wheels led to 10 riders happening.
Cédrine Kerbaol (Ceratizit-WNT) stayed on the bottom the longest, mendacity in restoration place whereas being checked over by a race marshal and her teammate Alice Maria Arzuffi. Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) and Chloé Dygert (Canyon-SRAM) additionally properly took a little bit of time earlier than getting again on their bikes to complete the race.
Dygert’s teammates Élise Chabbey and Antonia Niedermaier crashed as effectively however had been shortly again up. The identical was true for Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (AG Insurance coverage-Soudal), Erica Magnaldi (UAE Workforce ADQ), Nienke Vinke (DSM-Firmenich PostNL), and Gaia Realini (Lidl-Trek).
Because the crash occurred within the final 3km, all 27 riders acquired the time of third-placed Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) who completed 21 seconds behind stage winner Markus, that means that the ultimate GC was unaffected.
Much more importantly, it appears as if not one of the crashed riders suffered critical accidents. Ceratizit-WNT confirmed to Cyclingnews that Kerbaol and Arzuffi had solely acquired abrasions. SD Worx-Protime stated the identical about Vollering who was checked by the race physician however will endure one other examination on Monday.
AG Insurance coverage-Soudal advised I that Moolman-Pasio additionally suffered highway rash however no critical accidents; the identical is true for Canyon-SRAM’s riders, Dygert, Chabbey, and Niedermaier who will even endure a extra detailed examination. Their respective groups confirmed that Magnaldi, Realini, and Vinke additionally escaped with out main accidents, solely struggling abrasions.
