Après un chrono par équipe inaugural à suspense et plein de rebondissements, la 2e étape de La Vuelta Femenina by Carrefour.es a ce lundi accouché d'un premier sprint massif peu conventionnel, mouvementé et remporté par... Alison Jackson (EF Education-Cannondale) ! A l'issue d'un final chaotique marqué par plusieurs chutes sur des routes rendues glissantes par la pluie, le peloton est arrivé morcelé et totalement désorganisé pour la gagne. Et c'est la lauréate de Paris-Roubaix 2023 - loin d'être réputée pour ses qualités de pur sprinteuse - qui en a profité pour imposer sa puissance et décrocher à Moncofar sa première victoire sur un Grand Tour, à 35 ans. La championne du Canada devance Blanka Vas (Team SD Worx-Protime) et Karlijn Swinkels (UAE Team ADQ). Deuxième à l'arrivée mais aussi du sprint intermédiaire, la jeune Hongroise peut se consoler avec le gain du maillot Rouge grâce aux bonifications ! La nouvelle leader du général possède 8" sur la vainqueure du jour et 9" sur l'ancienne porteuse Gaia Realini (Lidl-Trek).
Video : @LaVueltaFem / La Vuelta Femenina by Carrefour.es
Video : @LaVueltaFem / La Vuelta Femenina by Carrefour.es
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00:00 [Music]
00:02 Eat up, Canada!
00:04 I'm so happy for you!
00:10 Amy!
00:14 I can't believe you did it!
00:24 You nailed it!
00:27 I'm so proud of you today!
00:29 [Cheering]
00:35 [Applause]
00:38 [Speaking Spanish]
01:02 [Speaking Spanish]
01:05 [Speaking Spanish]
01:09 [Applause]
01:21 [Cheering]
01:24 [Horn]
01:29 [Street noise]
01:32 [Street noise]
02:01 [Cheering]
02:04 [Street noise]
02:10 [Street noise]
02:13 [Street noise]
02:30 [Street noise]
02:33 [Street noise]
02:46 [Street noise]
02:54 [Street noise]
02:57 [Street noise]
03:16 [Street noise]
03:19 [Cheering]
03:33 [Whistle]
03:43 [Speaking Spanish]
03:46 [Cheering]
04:12 [Whistle]
04:15 [Cheering]
04:36 [Applause]
04:39 I came in with a real fire to win this.
04:45 Even starting with the rain, you take a mentality that it can either be real good or you have to be a bit careful.
04:53 I was just in the right position at the right time with teammates to take care of me right from the beginning to the finish.
05:01 And then just make the right decisions. Basically, crashes were happening and I kept being safe, playing it smart.
05:08 And then in the final, it was all due to my teammates in every moment, just making up the distance lost.
05:15 And then in the final, the group kind of caught the four of us that made it through the crashes first.
05:24 My teammate, Krista, was there. She went at 500 full gas and she is so strong. I knew that no one would be able to come around.
05:31 I got to choose my spring when I wanted it to happen. And yeah, I just felt unbelievably calm with the win.
05:38 How much does it mean, this victory, for you and the team here at the Puerto?
05:45 I had a bit of a disappointing spring. I really wanted to have a key race going into Roubaix again.
05:54 But you can only control what you can control. The team has been really just coming together more and more as the season goes.
06:02 Coming into the Vuelta, I just had a lot of fire. I was going to do anything it took to do my best to get this win.
06:12 The team super believed in me, from staff to riders, and I totally took that to heart.
06:19 So yeah, to have a win in this season, in Vuelta a España, it's just another great thing to put on the resume.
06:30 Well, congratulations to our rider, at the end of the competition, with that arrival that she just gave us, Alison Jackson!
06:38 Winner of the stage, Special Transalp prize. Thanks to Christian Peinado, director of the Transalp group in Valencia.
06:47 (announcers speaking in Spanish)
07:16 (motorcycle engine)
07:27 (upbeat music)