{"id":635223,"date":"2026-06-12T17:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T17:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/635223\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T17:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T17:27:12","slug":"tour-feminin-des-pyrenees-martina-alzini-speeds-to-bunch-sprint-victory-on-stage-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/635223\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour F\u00e9minin des Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es: Martina Alzini speeds to bunch sprint victory on stage 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Martina Alzini<\/a> (Cofidis) sped to victory on stage 1 of the Tour F\u00e9minin des Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es<\/a>. The Italian scored her first win of the season on the 118.6km stage to Mourenx to take the first leader’s jersey of the three-day race.<\/p>\n

Alzini outsped Federica Venturelli (UAE Team ADQ) to take the win, while Marie Le Net (FDJ United-SUEZ) rounded out the podium in third place.<\/p>\n

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Franziska Koch (FDJ United-SUEZ) and Krist\u00fdna Burlov\u00e1 (Cofidis) took fourth and fifth places.<\/p>\n

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“It’s been a long time since I last won, so naturally, it feels fantastic! I had the full confidence of the team, which allowed me to approach the stage without any pressure,” Alzini said after the stage.<\/p>\n

“We had also studied the stage and the finale thoroughly with all the staff. The conditions were ideal, with very little wind. I tried to make my move at exactly the right moment, and it paid off!<\/p>\n

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“This weekend, I’ll do everything I can to keep hold of the green jersey, and I know the team still has plenty of cards to play!”<\/p>\n

There was no breakaway early in the day, but Eli\u0161ka Kvasni\u010dkov\u00e1 (VIF) and Katja Verkerk (Minimax) both went on the attack midway through the stage.<\/p>\n

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Kvasni\u010dkov\u00e1 raced out to a three-minute lead as Verkerk chased. Jazmine Lavergne (Abadie Magnan) and Ava Maddison (Meridian Bikebug) also went on the attack further back.<\/p>\n

In the peloton, it was UAE Team ADQ and Liv-AlUla-Jayco who took up the pacemaking ahead of the expected sprint finish.<\/p>\n

FDJ United-SUEZ also joined in as the teams aimed to bring back Kvasni\u010dkov\u00e1, with a two-minute gap still to bridge with 20km to run.<\/p>\n

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In the end, the Women’s WorldTour teams managed to bring the breakaway riders back into the fold, with Kvasni\u010dkov\u00e1 caught 11km from the finish line.<\/p>\n

Counter-attacks flew as the peloton raced into the final 10km, including from Sophie von Berswordt (VolkerWessels), but it was all set up for the closing sprint finish.<\/p>\n

FDJ United-SUEZ and UAE Team ADQ led the peloton towards the line, with Koch providing the lead-out for Le Net. However, come the final metres, it was Alzini who proved the quickest finisher, coming through to win her first race in three years.<\/p>\n

Saturday’s stage 2 will pose a tougher test to the riders, with the highlight of the 94.9km stage between Arrens-Marsous and Bagn\u00e8res-de-Bigorre being the ascent of the Col du Tourmalet (18.9km at 7.4%).<\/p>\n

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