Norway's Haugset wins stage 3 to claim Tour de France Femmes lead
Haugset, of the Uno-X Mobility team, launched a gutsy solo attack less than halfway into the hilly 156.6km route between Geneva and Poligny, and held off Belgium's Lotte Kopecky.
Sigrid Haugset of the Uno-X Mobility team has won stage 3 of the Tour de France Femmes. She launched a solo attack with 89km left to go in the 156.6km route from Geneva to Poligny and held off Lotte Kopecky of SD Worx - Protime.
Haugset's victory makes her the first Norwegian stage winner in the history of the Tour de France Femmes and she now leads the race, wearing the yellow jersey. According to Cycling Weekly, her solo breakaway was the longest in Tour de France Femmes history.
Marianne Vos of Team Visma - Lease a Bike finished third in the stage. The General Classification now has Haugset in the lead, Kim Le Court of AG Insurance - Soudal in second, and Vos and Demi Vollering of FDJ United-Suez tied for third, although Cycling Weekly places Vollering in third and Vos in third. Lorena Wiebes of SD Worx-Protime, the previous leader, dropped out of the top 10.
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