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Lidl-Trek won nan opening squad clip proceedings shape of nan women’s Vuelta connected Sunday contempt a clang connected nan last corner.
The squad features British rider Lizzie Deignan, who has returned to title contempt breaking her limb erstwhile she collapsed retired of nan Tour of Flanders conscionable 4 weeks ago.
Her Italian team-mate Gaia Realini crossed nan statement arsenic nan first Lidl-Trek rider and takes nan wide general classification lead.
The last moments of their clip proceedings saw Ellen van Dijk crash, taking down team-mate Briton Elynor Backstedt but arsenic Brodie Chapman and Elisa Longo Borghini waited for Realini and Deignan to drawback up crossed nan statement conscionable nine-hundredths of a 2nd faster than second-placed Team Visma-Lease.
“Two of my team-mates collapsed but successful nan extremity we return this consequence and attraction connected nan adjacent stage,” Realini said.
This year’s Vuelta has been expanded to see 8 stages.
Sunday’s clip proceedings took spot successful Valencia and nan title will decorativeness successful Valdesqui adjacent Madrid via stages done nan Pyrenees.
