{"id":1921343,"date":"2026-05-05T16:07:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1921343"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:07:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:07:16","slug":"la-vuelta-femenina-kopecky-denied-again-as-kerbaol-steals-away-with-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1921343","title":{"rendered":"La Vuelta Femenina: Kopecky Denied Again as Kerbaol Steals Away with Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

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C\u00e9drine Kerbaol finished off perfect tactics from EF Education-Oatly to win stage 3 at La Vuelta Femenina and relegate a frustrated Lotte Kopecky into runner-up position yet again.<\/p>\n

Kristen Faulkner attacked with just over 10km to go to stretch things out in the hilly transition stage across Spain\u2019s Galicia region. EF sent Alice Towers up the road and Kerbaol countered in her wake with about 2km to go.<\/p>\n

The Frenchwoman soloed home for the big win, and she dedicated her victory to teammate Noemi R\u00fcegg, a winner of the opening stage, but who crashed out in stage 2.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels crazy because we are riding so well as a team. We\u2019re doing the best we\u2019ve ever done before,\u201d Kerbaol said. \u201cWe went from very up to very down after Noemi crashed. We think a lot about her.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a mix of emotion and we are now very up again. My team did best ever race today. It was a dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

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EF\u2019s fireworks disrupted SD Worx-ProTime, and relegated pre-stage favorite Kopecky to second for the second time this Vuelta. She suffered a mechanical in Monday\u2019s stage 2 to go 0-for-3 so far.<\/p>\n

Another chance for Kopecky<\/h2>\n

Franziska Koch (FDJ United-Suez) struggled to hold the wheel at times in the frenetic finale but got back on in time to defend the red leader\u2019s jersey.<\/p>\n

The Paris-Roubaix winner is 4 seconds ahead of Kopecky going into Wednesday\u2019s 115.6km fourth stage from Monforte de Lemos to Antas de Ulla.<\/p>\n

The rolling terrain should provide Kopecky with yet another chance to try to snag a win before the looming mountains deeper in La Vuelta, with the Angliru waiting this weekend.<\/p>\n

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La Vuelta Femenina stage 3 results<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n
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