Thüringen Ladies Tour 2022 – Stage 2 [FULL STAGE] (ladies)

May 25, 2022

Thüringen Ladies Tour 2022 WE – Stage 2 – Gera – Gera : 99,6 km

The LOTTO Thüringen Ladies Tour is one of the oldest stage races on the women’s racing calendar, with its debut edition dating all the way back to 1988. Comprising six stages, the race is also one of the longest on the calendar. The six-day event, based in Germany, returned last year after a one-year hiatus, largely thanks to a remarkable crowdfunding campaign. Citing a lack of finance to cover the extra costs needed to host the event in a safe manner during the pandemic, the race organisers appealed to their fans to raise €35,000 and in the end fundraised almost €47,000. We are delighted to see the event continue, with this year’s edition featuring race coverage for only the second time in its history.

Georgia Baker continued BikeExchange-Jayco’s success at the Lotto Thüringen Tour, taking out the bunch sprint on stage 2 in Gera.

Baker opened up the sprint early and held off a late charge from Maria Confalonieri (Ceratizit-WNT), with Femke Markus (Parkhotel Valkenburg) in third.

The hilly circuit around Gera saw two different breakaways, with Katharina Fox (Team Maxx Solar) hitting out in the first ten kilometres and riding about a minute ahead of the peloton for 48 kilometres before being worn down by the climbs and the persistent pursuit from the peloton.

After she was caught, a counter-attack went with Agua Marina Espinola (Canyon-SRAM) and Julie Van de Velde (Plantur Pura) getting away before the second QOM.

They too were brought back and the peloton was all together with 17km to go. BikeExchange took control and delivered Baker to the victory while behind, teammate Ruby Roseman-Gannon celebrated the team’s second stage win.

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