Tour of Scandinavia 2022 - Marianne Vos bosses sprint to take first stage of revamped race

Marianne Vos produced a typically powerful sprint to claim the first stage of the inaugural edition of the Tour of Scandinavia. Vos, winner of the green jersey and two stages at the Tour de France Femmes last month, surged home on the inside ahead of Megan Jastrab of Team DSM and Canyon/SRAM's Shari Bossuyt. Ad A mostly flat from Copenhagen to Helsingor always appeared likely to end in a bunch fight to the line, though a late attack from Demi Vollering and Floortje Mackaij did threaten to blow the race to bits inside the final 13km.

Vårgårda RRVos disqualified from Vargarda WestSweden Road Race, Coron-Ragot awarded victory07/08/2022 AT 14:32 The strength of the pair compelled Vos herself to close the move down, but once it regrouped there appeared little doubt that the great Dutchwoman would take opening stage victory, moving through the field efficiently to time her final effort perfectly. «I am very, very happy that it worked out,» Vos said after the 243rd win of her career, bouncing back from her disqualification in Sweden on Sunday. «It was very, very fast.

There were different terrains. It was quite nervous actually for the whole race, but in the final of everyone wants to get there. »We tried to stay together with the team.

[I got] a perfect last lead-out by Linda Riedmann, she led me to the train of Trek and from there I launched my sprint. It was fast, really difficult to get more speed, so I am really happy I could keep it." The revamped Tour of Scandinavia has evolved from the Ladies Tour of Norway and is now held over six days across three countries. Tomorrow brings the only stage in Sweden before the race concludes on Norwegian roads, but the race began, like the men's Tour de France, in the Danish capital.