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  "description": "After a compelling start to her WorldTour career in Australia, new Aussie champ Mackenzie Coupland (Liv AlUla Jayco) has claimed her first professional win in Europe.\n\nAt the three-day UCI 2.1 Vuelta a Extremadura Femenina in Spain, racing for the Liv AlUla Jayco Continental team, Coupland was sitting fourth overall going into the final day of racing. On the final stage, Coupland got up the road late in a small group, before beating emerging British star Lauren Dickson (FDJ United-Suez) in the t",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-09T03:39:37.000Z",
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    "compelling start to her WorldTour career",
    "View this post on Instagram",
    "A post shared by Liv AlUla Jayco Women's Continental Team (@greenedgecontiw)",
    "Talia Appleton"
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  "textContent": "After a compelling start to her WorldTour career in Australia, new Aussie champ Mackenzie Coupland (Liv AlUla Jayco) has claimed her first professional win in Europe.\n\nAt the three-day UCI 2.1 Vuelta a Extremadura Femenina in Spain, racing for the Liv AlUla Jayco Continental team, Coupland was sitting fourth overall going into the final day of racing. On the final stage, Coupland got up the road late in a small group, before beating emerging British star Lauren Dickson (FDJ United-Suez) in the two-up sprint for stage honours. That stage win saw Coupland win the tour overall, in addition to the points classification, and best young rider classification.\n\n“It was a hard stage today with quite long climbs one after another,\" Coupland said after the final stage. \"It was really nice being part of this team, Liv AlUla Jayco Women’s Conti team again, and with such strong girls we were able to be aggressive in the race today.\n\n\"The Australian jersey gives me a lot of self confidence and I definitely felt it helped me to keep pushing on.”\n\n>  View this post on Instagram \n>\n> A post shared by Liv AlUla Jayco Women's Continental Team (@greenedgecontiw)\n\nAnother rising star of Aussie cycling – and Coupland's teammate – Talia Appleton took third on the final stage and overall.",
  "title": "Aussie champ Coupland takes her first pro win in Europe",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-09T03:39:38.916Z"
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