Cat Ferguson leads British one-two on dramatic Tour of Britain stage 3
Teenage sensation Cat Ferguson (Movistar) triumphed in Kelso at the end of a dramatic stage 3 of the Tour of Britain Women, on which crashes, attacks, and good Scottish weather threw the general classification into disarray.
Ferguson found herself outnumbered in a lead group of five that attacked late in the 143.8 km stage in and around Kelso in the Scottish Borders, third-overall Ally Wollaston (FDJ-Suez) a significant threat, not to mention the UAE Team ADQ duo of Karlijn Swinkels and Eleanora Gasparrini. However, when the quintet sprinted for the line, it was fellow Brit Josie Nelson (Picnic-PostNL) who posed the greatest challenge for Ferguson, but the punchy youngster had more than enough power to take an emphatic debut WorldTour victory.
With race leader Kristen Faulkner suffering more than her fair share of early drama with crashes and multiple mechanical issues, Wollaston had looked poised to assume the race lead, but the British one-two put Ferguson into the leader's jersey by three seconds over the Kiwi, Swinkels moving up to third overall.
[race_result id=9063 stage_id=87512 count=5 gc=0 year=2025]
[race_result id=9063 stage_id=87512 count=5 gc=5 year=2025]