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Defending champion Lotte Kopecky (Belgium) blasted to her second rainbow jersey Saturday, outsprinting a cramping Chloé Dygert (USA) and Elisa Longo Borghini (Italy) in a thrilling six-rider sprint to the line.

Kopecky was at one point distanced by Demi Vollering and several others, dangling off the back with Dygert but getting back on thanks in part to a lot of riding from the American rider.

From there she monitored increasingly frantic surges by Vollering, who would ultimately finish fifth, just behind Lianne Lippert (Germany) and ahead of Ruby Roseman-Gannon (Australia).