Neve Bradbury takes Women's WorldTour lead with second place in UAE Tour Women
Young Australian climber continues strong season start after thi꧅rd place at Tour Down Under

After the final stage of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:UAE Tour Women, second-placed 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Neve Bradbury (Canyon-SRAM) stoodꦡ on the podium more times than even the race winner L🍌otte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime).
The 21-year-old climber had finished runner-up overall and won the white jersey for the best U23 rider, and this also put her into the lead of both the UCI Women’s WorldTour overall and U23 rankings.
Bradbury hadn’t given the season-long classifications much thought before Saturday’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:queen stage to Jebel Hafeet, but her second-place finish combined with her results from the Tour Down Under – a third overall –🐼 and Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race – 15th – would put her in the purple of classification leader.
"Last night, I realised that I could get the WorldTour leader's jersey," Bradbury told Cyclingnews after ꦺthe podium ceremony on the Abu Dhabi Break﷽water.
To achieve this, Bradbury only had to get safely through the last day. Unusually for the UAE, it was raining quite a bit during the stage, and there were a few crashes along the way to the bunch sprint finish.
The falls saw several major names caught up, including fourth-placed Gaia Realini (Lidl-Trek) in the final kilometre, but Bradbury came through unharmed and could add a white, purple, and light blue jer🧔sey to her collection.
Defending the Women's WorldTour lead is not a priority for Bradbury, though: She is looking towards the stage races later in the ༒season instead of the spring classics.
"I will miss quite a few of the next WorldTour races, so it's likely to change. But it's nice to have it," Bradbury con🍎cluded with a smile.
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Bradbury now lies top of the pile on 678 points thanks to a big 360-point haul from her time in the UAE where she edged ever closer to her debut pro victory with a second place on t🙈he Jebel H🍒afeet queen stage.
She sits 158 points up on 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Dominika Wlodarczyk (UAE Team ADQ), who placed second at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and took fifth at the Tour Down Under. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal), who won the overall down under🌠, is a further six points bacᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚk on 514.
Lukas Knöfler started working in cycling communications in 2013 and has seen the inside of the sc𝓀ene from many angles. Having worked as press officer for teams and races and written for several online and print publications, he has been Cyclingnews’ Women’s WorldTour correspondent since 2018.