Kirsten Wild wins Women's Tour de Yorkshire; Britain's Lucy Garner takes second

The Dutchwoman won the bunch sprint into Doncaster ahead of British rider Lucy Garner of Wiggle-High5

(Image credit: Andy Jones)

Dutchwoman Kirsten Wild (Hitec-Products) won a bunch sprint to take victory at the Asda Women’s Tour de Yorkshire this morning. In what was an exciting final, a bunch kick had been in doubt until a three woman break, including local favourite world champion Lizzie Armitstead, was caught with just two kilometres to go.

Britain’s Lucy Garner (Wiggle-High5) finished a close second to Wild, with another Dutch rider, Floortje Mackaij (Liv-Plantur) taking third place. Despite Wild’s preparations for the track events at the Rio Olympics this summer, it was her fourth road win of the season.

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Owen Rogers is an experienced journalist, covering professional cycling and specialising in women's road racing. He has followed races such as the Women's Tour and Giro d'Italia Donne, live-tweeting from Women's WorldTour events as well as providing race reports, interviews, analysis and news stories. He has also worked for race teams, to provide post race reports and communications.