Georgia Baker takes Chongming Island stage 1 after initial winner relegated
At the close of stage 1 of the Tour of Chongming Island WorldTour race, Kathrin Schweinberger (Human Powered Health) was initially called as the winner, but the Austrian national champion was then relegated for an irregular sprint. That upgraded Liv AlUla Jayco's Georgia Baker to victory, her first in three years, and at WorldTour level to boot.
The 108.6 km stage passed in relatively formulaic fashion on the pan-flat terrain, with a breakaway of five leading the way until about 10 km to go. With Baker in the leader's jersey after the first stage, the remainder of the race will continue to favour sprinters until its culmination on Thursday.
Brief results
- Georgia Baker (Liv AlUla Jayco) 2:30:55
- Sofie van Rooijen (UAE Team ADQ) "
- Mia Griffin (Roland La Dévoluy) "
- Barbora Němcová (Dukla Praha) "
- Lonneke Uneken (Volkerwessels) "
