{"id":649658,"date":"2026-05-04T19:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/649658\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T19:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:57:10","slug":"bossuyt-wins-second-la-vuelta-stage-koch-moves-into-race-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/649658\/","title":{"rendered":"Bossuyt wins second La Vuelta stage, Koch moves into race lead"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Stage 1 winner and race leader Noemi R\u00fcegg crashed with 12 km to go and was unable to get back on her bike. <\/p>\n

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In the second stage of La Vuelta Femenina, Shari Bossuyt was victorious, winning the stage from a reduced bunch of riders. The AG Insurance-Soudal rider outsprinted Franziska Koch of FDJ United-Suez, who moved into the race lead after stage 1 winner Noemi R\u00fcegg crashed with 12 km to go. Unfortunately, the EF Education-Oatly rider was not able to finish the stage. <\/p>\n

\u00c9vita Muzic, Koch’s teammate, sprinted to third ahead of Letizia Paternoster of Liv AlUla Jayco. <\/p>\n

Koch leads the race going into the third stage with six seconds over Bossuyt and 10 seconds on Lotte Kopecky. <\/p>\n

Brief stage results <\/p>\n

[race_result id=9058 stage_id=90149 count=5 gc=0 year=2026]<\/p>\n

GC after stage 2<\/p>\n

[race_result id=9058 stage_id=90149 count=5 gc=5 year=2026]<\/p>\n

How it happenedThe first half of the stage was fast, but with limited attacks. It wasn’t until 66 km to go that a breakaway of five formed. They would remain off the front until 27 km to go, when the last riders from the move were scooped up by the peloton. Lidl-Trek was the first team to go on the attack as the finish got closer. Koch responded, and the FDJ United-Suez rider stretched out the peloton enough that a selection of six riders snuck off the front. They were caught before they got much of a gap, but the move itself alerted the teams to the possibility of more attacks. With 14 km to go, Katrine Aalerud (Uno-X Mobility) went on the attack and was able to build a minute advantage over the peloton.<\/p>\n

Aalerud’s attack.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, with 12 km to go, the race leader R\u00fcegg and Eleonora Ciabocco (Picnic PostNL), who led the Youth Classification, went down in a crash. Neither rider was able to get back on their bike immediately, and it was announced soon after that R\u00fcegg would not continue the Vuelta. <\/p>\n

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