{"id":649817,"date":"2026-05-04T21:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/649817\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T21:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:43:08","slug":"la-vuelta-femenina-overall-leader-ruegg-suffers-crash-in-final-kilometres-of-stage-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/649817\/","title":{"rendered":"La Vuelta Femenina overall leader R\u00fcegg suffers crash in final kilometres of stage 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Noemi R\u00fcegg<\/a> (EF Education-Oatly), the winner of stage 1 and race leader of La Vuelta Femenina<\/a>, has been forced to abandon the race after suffering a crash during the 109.8-kilometre stage 2 to San Cibrao das Vi\u00f1as.<\/p>\n

R\u00fcegg appeared to touch wheels with another rider with 12km to go and careened into best young rider Eleonora Ciabocco<\/a> (Picnic-PostNL).<\/p>\n

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Both riders crashed into a culvert and were quickly attended to by medics.<\/p>\n

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It was announced not long after that R\u00fcegg had abandoned. The race communique suggests that the Swiss rider suffered a possible fracture in her right humerus (upper arm) and dislocated right shoulder.<\/p>\n

R\u00fcegg led the Vuelta after winning the stage 1 sprint in Salvaterra de Mi\u00f1o over Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-ProTime).<\/p>\n

German Franziska Koch (FDJ United-SUEZ), who picked up a six-second time bonus at the intermediate sprint on Sunday, was second overall tied on time with R\u00fcegg at the start of Monday’s stage.<\/p>\n

After finishing second in the stage 2 sprint, Koch assumed the race lead by six seconds ahead of stage winner Shari Bossuyt (AG Insurance-Soudal).<\/p>\n

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Ciabocco, 16th on stage 1, was in the best young rider’s jersey on the same time as five other riders.<\/p>\n

The Italian finished the second stage in 62nd, 2:29 behind Bossuyt.<\/p>\n

Lore De Schepper (AG Insurance-Soudal) moved into the white jersey after stage 2.<\/p>\n

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