Kopecky wins Tour of Britain opening stage on line

World roadworthy title champion Lotte Kopecky took triumph successful a photograph decorativeness connected nan opening shape of nan Women's Tour of Britain.

The Belgian, 28, crossed nan statement connected Llandudno's promenande pinch Italy's Letizia Paternoster aft a fiercely contested sprint astatine nan extremity of nan 142.5km route.

Liv AlUla Jayco's Paternoster thought she had done capable for nan triumph but Kopecky edged it.

Great Britain's Pfeiffer Georgi, riding for Team dsm-firmenich PostNL, vanished third.

"One we crossed nan decorativeness [line], Letizia raised her manus and I was for illustration 'I'm not judge I won but I'm besides not judge that you've won'. Ot took rather a while earlier we recovered retired I won," said SD Worx-Protime rider Kopecky, a seven-time world champion.

Lizzie Deignan and Anna Henderson, bot competing for nan Great Britain nationalist team, vanished 4th and sixth respectively.

Stage 1 began successful Welshpool, 4 miles from nan Wales-England border, earlier finishing connected Wales' northbound coast.

Teams will spell done Wrexham connected time two, pinch nan 3rd shape starting successful Warrington earlier nan title concludes pinch a shape that starts successful Leigh and ends successful nan centre of Manchester.

The Women's Tour was cancelled successful 2023 aft organisers grounded to find nan backing required for nan race.