Marianne Vos, a Dutch cyclist, won her 258th career victory in the Tour de France Femmes.
In the final meters of the 78.8km route, which began in Vannes and ended with a climb on the Cote de Cadoudal in Plumelec, she overtook Visma-Lease bike team-mate Pauline Ferrand-Prevot.
Vos won the stage while Frenchwoman Ferrand-Prevot came in third place, outperforming Mauritian Kim Le Court-Pienaar.
You can’t really describe what the yellow jersey means, the 38-year-old said, “Really special,” and added that the Tour de France was its first day.
Fourth-place finisher Katarzyna Niewiadoma Phinney, the current champion, came in fourth.
Marlen Reusser, a Swiss rider, gave up the race after colliding with her teammates at the Cote de Cadoudal and finishing second overall in the Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta.
Results from Stage One
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Source: BBC
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