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‘Disaster!’ – Lorena Wiebes, Lotte Kopecky in nasty crash on high-speed descent at Tour de France Femmes

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Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM) was involved in a nasty high-speed crash on Stage 6 at the Tour de France Femmes. The two-time stage winner was unseated along with fellow sprinter Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) and Alena Amialiusik (Canyon/SRAM) with 23km remaining of the undulating run from Saint-Die-des-Vosges to Rosheim.

Ad/> “That’s a disaster,” said Dani Rowe on Eurosport commentary as Wiebes sat crumpled on the floor. /> Tour de France Femmes‘Disaster!’ – Wiebes, Kopecky crash on highspeed descent31 MINUTES AGO Wiebes took around a minute to get moving again, with the 23-year-old bleeding from her arm and thigh.

She was battling against her own team-mates to latch back onto the peloton, with DSM driving on the pace in a bid to reel in the breakaway and tee up Liane Lippert.

Kopecky, who got back on the bike faster, managed to rejoin the bunch. “This is the danger when you take such a fast technical descent in the bunch,” said Dani Christmas on Eurosport.

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