Anna Christian shakes off late call up to animate Tour de Yorkshire women's race

Trek-Drops rider secures Most Active Rider jersey after attacking display in stage one breakaway

Anna Christian celebrates taking the most active rider jersey on stage one of the Tour de Yorkshire (Picture by SWpix.com)

(Image credit: SWpix.com)

Anna Christian made the most of her late call up to the Trek-Drops team, to animate the first stage of the Tour de Yorkshire women's race and ultimately secure the Most Active Rider jersey.

"I got pulled into the team at the last minute and only got asked Tuesday afternoon to see if I could come, and I thought why not. I love this race and I was happy to get the opportunity," Christian said.

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Paul Knott is a fitness and features writer, who has also presented Cycling Weekly videos as well as contributing to the print magazine as well as online articles.  In 2020 he published his first book, The Official Tour de France Road Cycling Training Guide (Welbeck), a guide designed to help readers improve their cycling performance via cherrypicking from the strategies adopted by the pros.