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La Course by Le Tour de France logoMarianne Vos wins La Course in Paris, Lizzie Armitstead crashes
Marianne Vos said last night that she felt like a child on the eve of her birthday ahead of today's inaugural edition of La Course in Paris, and the world champion received the perfect present from her Rabo-Liv team as they led her out to victory on the Champs-Elysees.
The woman many consider to be the world's most complete bike racer, and who was one of the prime movers behind making today's race possible, outsprinted fellow Dutchwoman Giant-Shimano's Kirsten Wild, with the Canadian rider Leah Kirchmann of Optum-Kelly Benefits third.
At the start of the last of the 13 laps of the 7 kilometre circuit that will feature later today in the finale of the Tour de France, Boels-Dolman's Lizzie Armitstead tried to get away but was quickly brought back.
Coming under the flamme rouge to mark the start of the final kilometre on the Rue de Rivoli, the Yorkshirewoman crashed with French champion Pauline Ferrand Prevot of Rabo Liv, and was shown holding her arm to her shoulder in what is typically a tell-tale sign of a collarbone fracture.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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Really enjoyed the race. The usual kamikaze attacking of women's racing was well in evidence.
Somewhat predictable that Vos would win. Wild made her work for it but stopped pedalling a few metres too early...
Good race, I felt for Lizzie Armitstead, and for Kirsten Wild. I'm not sure if she went a little early, (she was tiring a little at the end) or if Vos would have been too strong anyway.
Tell you what I wasn't impressed with though - did you notice how quiet the crowds were? They'd turned up to get a good spot for the mens race, but most of them couldn't be arsed to cheer on the women. Maybe the French are a little blase about cycling - the TdF does finish here every year, after all, but let's be real, what kind of crowd reaction do you think they would have got in the UK?
Shame about Lizzy, but well done Marianne for a win that was richly deserved.