Fiona Mangan (Cynisca Cycling) is now wearing the Irish road race and TT champion’s stripes on the roads of Europe and has clearly maintained the form that secured her those national title wins last month.
In a crash-marred stage at Baloise Ladies Tour (2.1) on Saturday, Mangan clearly shrugged off the fact the action had to be stopped for almost an hour and then the stage shortened due to the worse incident that took place during the race in Zwevegem.
She sprinted in at the end of the stage – shortened from 94.7km to 66km – to 9th place; a great result in a big bunch gallop against some of the best riders and teams in the world.
That stage was won by overall leader Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx-Protime) from Charlotte Kool (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) and Daria Pikulik (Human Powered Health).
Mangan’s 9th place, which followed 14th on stag 1, came in the bunch sprint after the a crash in the bunch just 11km into the stage forced a halt to the action. And though race leader Wiebes got clear in a breakaway on the short Kluisberg climb, though it was caught.
On Saturday evening, the riders faced a second stage; an 11km TT in Zwevegem. Mangan finished in 22nd place, some 46 seconds down on stage winner Wiebes, who has taken four of the five stages so far, including Wednesday’s prologue in Hulst.
Normal order is restored, after missing out yesterday, Lorena Wiebes takes the sprint this morning on a shortened Stage 3 of the Baloise Ladies Tour!
Yesterday’s winner Charlotte Kool is 2nd ahead of Daria Pikulik in 3rd#BaloiseLT #BaloiseLT24 pic.twitter.com/IR58hoDNEO
— Mathew Mitchell (@MatMitchell30) July 20, 2024
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