Recap the racing action from the second stage of the 2025 Lloyds Tour of Britain Women, which saw the peloton race from Hartlepool Marina to the familiar roads of Saltburn-by-the-Sea.
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going to start a countdown very shortly 10 9 Well the countdown has begun and they’re officially waved off for the neutralized section 5.2 km of neutralized great to see so many of the locals who are out on course at the start today and particularly with our local cycling clubs who are there in attendance as well oh there’s some It looks like some riders have gone the wrong way there and uh taken the the wrong side of the road oh they’re rejoining rejoining rejoining well they’re taking a little bit of a diversion by the looks of things is one of those riders is how it is kiara Canony having a chat her and a good friend Elanora Gasparini of UA team in the white jersey too busy having a chinwag they’ve taken a little bit of a diversion let’s hope that they can rejoin the the race route i’m glad to see they’re in good spirits but also in the car there keeping things all neutralized they’re they’re all in good spirits as well rod Ellenworth the race director is out the sunroof of the car he waves the flag they go through kilometer zero and stage two is officially underway you can see the pink jerseys of EF Education Odley are amassing towards the front and of course they’re wanting to try and protect the American the USA national champion and the Olympic road race champion Kristen Forner on a day like today because particularly with such a a start we have today you want to make sure that the the breakaway if a breakaway does go away that it’s not too strong that it’s it’s more than doable to keep under control you can also see a number of riders at the back line swinkles and we start to see one of our first riders make a move this is one of the riders from Smurfett Westrock Cycling Team in the red and black jersey looks as though it’s Lucy Harris who’s trying to make a move it’s closely followed by a little bit of a reaction from Das Hutchinson as more riders try and float off the front here yeah I think it big crash big crash at the back here haley there’s several riders down one of the riders is from the Great Britain national team and the green jerseys down the green jersey the leader of the Lloyd’s Tour of Britain Women Kim Lord is down she looked like she took a bad knock there so um let’s keep an eye and see see if she gets back on her bike but she is uh taking some time to get up and it’s Ke the South African who goes on the far right hand side a big acceleration now gad starts to make an acceleration and tries to react but it’s all but too late tiffany Ke takes the 10 points she takes the three bonus seconds gad taking second and here we see the replay yeah it looks like Maddie Leech maybe didn’t have anything to give she unfortunately had to have a bike change earlier got gapped a little bit and then had to work her way back to her two breakaway compatriots um so potentially her legs are just a little bit done and she couldn’t contest for that sprint the chase from the Pelaton is coming through Gizbbor there about to approach that intermediate sprint raquel Barbieri in the indigo and orange jersey for picnic pastel down the center of the road in the white jersey that’s one of the Spanish riders Ruith Perez from Mauiar keeps still managing to hold on lucy Gad right now is finding herself in some difficulty and it’s incredible how quickly this Pelaton has closed on in on our breakaway duo they’ve closed a minute’s gap and this is around what 20 seconds currently to Tiffany Keep but she’s well within a rhythm she’s got gritted teeth fighting to try and take the maximum points on this Queen of the Mountain i think if she can continue riding this consistent rhythm and get over the top of the climb as as we’ve just seen her do then maybe she’ll have a chance to sneak into this group when they do eventually catch her it looks as though Lucy Gad is going to manage to hold on for second place over this Queen of the Mountain or is she well look at that acceleration from Anuska Costa she comes through and steals those points off Lucy Gad and that’s exactly what Anuska Costa was looking for but here comes the move from behind and it’s Anna Henderson the Olympic silver medalist of Little Trek who’s looking to try and take the points looking to try and take the bonus seconds she’s currently being challenged by Caroline Swinkles kristen Forner it was a late reaction but she’s trying to come through but so is the white jersey cap Ferguson a throw for the line well try and separate them a photo finish between Ferguson and Forner this is an all or nothing attack now you know they’ve already seen this climb once they clearly went into it the second time with a plan uh we knew that something was brewing and this looks like it was it and and this is an all or nothing ride or die move don’t forget we’ve got from the top of this climb 13.2 km to go until we get to the finish so Marta Ralden the 21-year-old Canadian has decided to strike early and behind no one can react such are the brutal gradients of this climb here on Mas Lane nobody can do anything no and team picnic postell were the team that really had the numbers in this group but with such gradients actually there’s not that much of advantage from drafting and sitting in the wheels so almost these riders are kind of uh looking after themselves a little bit and you can see the effort that all of the riders from uh team picnic post NL put in that was Charlott Cool just you know saying saying goodbye to that group she’s done her job for today and now she just needs to get herself to the finish lizzy Denon her job is done for the day too grace Listister in that lime green jersey starting to struggle to hold on meanwhile at the front of the race it’s Mara Ralden who crested the top of this Queen of the Mountain she takes the 10 points that’s just a bonus she’s looking for the stage victory here with a labored look but it’s effective her style yeah I mean she’s obviously feeling good i hadn’t necessarily picked up on it but we did see her name in those top 10 riders um over the line on on this climb on the last lap and also at the top of Saltburn lauren Dixon leads the select group over the top of that Queen of the Mountain she takes the nine points kristen Forner picking up eight points in that Queen of the Mountain but we have got a select group who is starting to go clear the crowds cheer her on on this 300 meter climb an average gradient of over 14% the fans cheer and she’s onto the plateau she can see 300 m to go ahead of her well this has been a performance of a lifetime for Mara Ralden the 21-year-old Canadian from Picnic Post Enel they came with a plan they wanted to try and deliver and this has been exceptional no one could follow on the Queen of the Mountain and Ralden has just cemented herself as a Women’s World Tour winner she’s going to take her first Women’s World Tour victory and in some style that was incredible it was brave and they say fortune favors the brave and it’s favored Mara Ralden it’s exceptional the way that she’s ridden and nobody could do anything about it not Olympic champions not national champions and Ralden is going to win stage two of the Lloyd’s Tour of Britain Women here into Soulburn by the Sea signed sealed and delivered by Picnic Post NL behind they’re sprinting for the points they’re sprinting for the bonus seconds rihanna Marcus holds on for second place and behind Ali Wist in the navy blue and red is trying to sprint and take a podium finish while she gets there just beating Megan Jastrab yeah the whole performance by team picnic post now was impressive today and they’ve still actually uh protected their GC position as well with Megan Jester rolling over the line in fourth