Lorena Wiebes: "We can be super proud of ourselves" after dominant win at Women's Tour

Lorena Wiebes of Team DSM has won the second stage of the Women's Tour. In Harlow, the Dutch was in a class of its own in the final bunch sprint.

“Today was not a really hard stage and there was quite a good speed in the bunch,We had no problems today, we were good together in the front at the intermediate sprints and over the QOMs. At six kilometres to go there was a crash and only Franzi and I were in the small peloton after it but luckily Megan and Charlotte came back, Wiebes said after the finish.

The peloton was greeted with some unusual British sun and favorable riding conditions, and on the predominantly flat parcours the team set out with the clear goal of controlling the race and setting up Wiebes for the finale, where Wiebes unleashed a dominant sprint, galloping clear of the opposition and ultimately winning the stage.

"We were a bit stuck in the middle of the road before the sprint so I found my own way out a bit and in the last straight the girls found me again and we did a really nice lead out; they set me up perfectly. We can be super proud of ourselves and we’re looking forward to the next stages now.” she said. More opportunities will arise for the Dutch, who is being an overly dominant figure in this season's sprints.