Amber Kraak (FDJ-SUEZ) won stage 2 of the Tour de Suisse Women. She attacked from a long-range breakaway on the last climb of the day, dropping her companions and starting a 25-kilometre solo strike. Marta Lach (SD Worx-Protime) finished second, 1:55 down, after turning into the deviation on the final kilometre but quickly realising her mistake and returning on course.
Élise Chabbey (FDJ-SUEZ) won the sprint for third against Mavi García (Liv AlUla Jayco) and Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney at 2:43 back, while FDJ-SUEZ’s Demi Vollering and Marlen Reusser (Movistar) led home the next group at just over 3 minutes.
Kraak, Lach, Carina Schrempf (Fenix-Deceuninck), Henrietta Christie (EF Education-Oatly), and Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) had gone clear from the peloton 56km into the 161.7km stage.
Skalniak-Sójka lost contact on the Schallenberg climb, the other four stayed together until the Buechehübeli. Kraak had been sitting on at the back of the group, protecting the GC position of her team leader Vollering, but as their advantage over the peloton had become smaller, she decided to go for it alone on the final climb.
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Swiss rider Marlen Reusser of Team Movistar rides the 161.7km stage 2 in the Yellow Leader Jersey (Image credit: Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
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