Vos wins inaugural women’s race at Tour de France

Published July 28, 2014
PARIS: Marianne Vos of the Netherlands celebrates after crossing the finish line to win the first edition of ‘La Course by Le Tour de France’ on Sunday.—AFP
PARIS: Marianne Vos of the Netherlands celebrates after crossing the finish line to win the first edition of ‘La Course by Le Tour de France’ on Sunday.—AFP

PARIS: Marianne Vos of the Netherlands won the inaugural women’s version of the Tour de France on Sunday, a 55 mile (88.5 km) circuit on the famous cobblestones of Paris’ Champs-Elysees.

“My team was upfront all the time — we were in every breakaway so I could stay relaxed,” the Rabobank-Liv team rider said after the race. “It gave me extra motivation to be there in the final sprint and to push maximum power.”

Vos hails women’s Tour

Vos’ team-mate Kirsten Wild finished second and Leah Kirchman of Canada was third.

In this first edition of “La Course by le Tour de France,” 120 women from 20 teams raced 13 laps of Paris’ broad tree-lined boulevard.

Published in Dawn, July 28th, 2014

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