Tour de Romandie, Stage 3, Feminin crashes with 400m to go

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Tour de Romandie, Stage 3, Feminin crashes with 400m to go

On the final stage of the Tour de Romandie-Feminine, the escapees Liergianne Marx (Vimaris-a-Bike) and Niamh Fischer-Black (SD Works-Protime) sprinted for the stage win, but a group sprint for third place was No, only five riders were caught on the finishing camera: the peloton was split by a crash at the final roundabout, less than 400 meters from the finish line.

Four puddles at the entrance to the roundabout, two of them directly on the ideal racing line, were no problem for Markus and Fischer-Black, but as the 27-rider peloton continued at high speed, wheel contact caused 10 riders to fall.

Sedrine Kervaor (Selatigit-WNT) stayed on the ground the longest, lying in a recovery position as she was checked by Marshall and teammate Alice Maria Arzuffi. Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) and Chloe Dygert (Canyon-SRAM) also wisely took some time before getting back on their bikes and finishing the race.

Diggart's teammates Elise Chaby and Antonia Niedermeier also crashed, but quickly returned. [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...]

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