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  "description": "Stage 1 winner and race leader Noemi Rüegg crashed with 12 km to go and was unable to get back on her bike. ",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-04T15:35:43.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Cor Vos\n\nIn the second stage of La Vuelta Femenina, Shari Bossuyt was victorious, winning the stage from a reduced bunch of riders. The AG Insurance-Soudal rider outsprinted Franziska Koch of FDJ United-Suez, who moved into the race lead after stage 1 winner Noemi Rüegg crashed with 12 km to go. Unfortunately, the EF Education-Oatly rider was not able to finish the stage.\n\nÉvita Muzic, Koch's teammate, sprinted to third ahead of Letizia Paternoster of Liv AlUla Jayco.\n\n0:00\n\n/0:17\n\n1×\n\nKoch leads the race going into the third stage with six seconds over Bossuyt and 10 seconds on Lotte Kopecky.\n\n### Brief stage results\n\n[race_result id=9058 stage_id=90149 count=5 gc=0 year=2026]\n\n### GC after stage 2\n\n[race_result id=9058 stage_id=90149 count=5 gc=5 year=2026]\n\n## How it happened\n\n  * The first half of the stage was fast, but with limited attacks. It wasn't until 66 km to go that a breakaway of five formed. They would remain off the front until 27 km to go, when the last riders from the move were scooped up by the peloton.\n  * Lidl-Trek was the first team to go on the attack as the finish got closer. Koch responded, and the FDJ United-Suez rider stretched out the peloton enough that a selection of six riders snuck off the front.\n  * They were caught before they got much of a gap, but the move itself alerted the teams to the possibility of more attacks. With 14 km to go, Katrine Aalerud (Uno-X Mobility) went on the attack and was able to build a minute advantage over the peloton.\n\n\n\n0:00\n\n/0:08\n\n1×\n\nAalerud's attack.\n\n  * Unfortunately, with 12 km to go, the race leader Rüegg and Eleonora Ciabocco (Picnic PostNL), who led the Youth Classification, went down in a crash. Neither rider was able to get back on their bike immediately, and it was announced soon after that Rüegg would not continue the Vuelta.\n\n\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Bossuyt wins second La Vuelta stage, Koch moves into race lead",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-04T16:14:07.684Z"
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