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Vuelta a Burgos Feminas 2024: Lotta Henttala (EF Education-Cannondale) wins stage 1 (Image credit: Alex Broadway/Getty Images)
Lotta Henttala of EF Education-Cannondale (centre) pushes to the line ahead of Lorena Wiebes of Team SD Worx-Protime and Carina Schrempf of Fenix-Deceuninck (both on right) (Image credit: Alex Broadway/Getty Images)
Katrine Aalerud of Uno-X Mobility competes in breakaway with under 25km to go (Image credit: Alex Broadway/Getty Images)
Echelons form in the peloton during 123km stage 1 from Villagonzalo Pedernales to Burgos (Image credit: Alex Broadway/Getty Images)
Gladys Verhulst-Wild on stage 1 at the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas 2024 (Image credit: Getty Images)
Scenery on route to Burgos (Image credit: Alex Broadway/Getty Images)
Sara Martin competing on stage 1 at the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas 2024 (Image credit: Getty Images)
A general view of the peloton passing through a Huermeces village on stage 1 at the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas 2024 (Image credit: Getty Images)
A general view of the peloton passing through a landscape on stage 1 at the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas 2024 (Image credit: Getty Images)
Stage 1 winner Lotta Henttala of EF Education-Cannondale (right) celebrates an emotional victory with her teammate Noemi Ruegg (Image credit: Alex Broadway/Getty Images)
Finland’s Lotta Henttala of EF Education-Cannondale celebrates at podium as stage 1 winner (Image credit: Alex Broadway/Getty Images)
Lotta Henttala of EF Education-Cannondale arrives at podium to receive Purple Leader Jersey (Image credit: Alex Broadway/Getty Images)
USA’s Megan Jastrab of Team dsm-firmenich PostNL accepts the White best young jersey (Image credit: Alex Broadway/Getty Images)
Sara Martin of Movistar Team celebrates at podium as winner of the trophy for best Burgalesa (Image credit: Alex Broadway/Getty Images)
Lotta Henttala (EF Education-Cannondale) won stage 1 of the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas, sprinting past late attacker Carina Schrempf (Fenix-Deceuninck) on the final metres to win a crash-marred sprint.
Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) was one of the riders involved in a high-speed crash with 150 metres to go. Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) just managed to avoid the crash to finish third.
The stage had been dominated by a gutsy breakaway from Katrine Aalerud (Uno-X Mobility) who was 3:30 minutes ahead with 30km to go but was caught on a small rise just before the two-kilometre mark, with Schrempf attacking right away.
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