Stage 2 of theꦆ Tour of Britain Women was a good day for the northernmost regions of North America.

Yukon native Mara Rol♔dan stole away 14km from the line to the stage, while Alaskan 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Kristen Faulkner (EF Education-Oatly) became the new race leader and goes into the last two stages in Scotlandไ holding the green jersey.

Faulkner had been second on stage 1, narrowly beaten in a two-woman sprint by Kim Le Court (AG Insurance-Soudal). However, Liège-Bastogne-Liège champion Le Court was held up by a crash on the finishing circuit around Saltburn-by-the-Sea, putting the US and Olympic champion into pole position to move into the green jersey.

"My team was really good in the 🌸first half of the race, just keeping m𓄧e safe at the front. Once the circuit came, it was just a race of attrition," Faulkner said after the finish.

"We dropped some of ꩵthe GC leaders, which was great, and💫 it allowed me to finish with the jersey."

After the crash by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) split the peloton with Le Court caught on the wrong side, Faulkner led the first gr🌄oup up Saltburn Bank with a lap to go and was first at the finish line to take three 🐼valuable bonus seconds.

On the finishing climb, Faulkner led the charge behind escape🌜es Roldan and Riejanne Markus (Lidl-Trek).

However, she was overtaken by stronger sprinters on the finishing straight, rolling across the line in ninth place with the chase group behind the two leaders, 18 seconds off Roldan.

“It was a tough circuit, and I think a lot of people were really fighting to stay in the race. I felt really go𝓰od on the last climb, both times up it," Faulkner said.

"I was towards the fro🌞nt at the top, but then th🔯ere was the long straight before the finish, and I got caught there. I liked it, it was kind of the perfect one-minute power."

Faulkner, who now also holds the red points jersey and blue queen of the mountain𒊎s jersey, heads into stage 3 in the Scottish Borders with a GC lead of four seconds on Markus. Third-place finisher on the stage, Ally Wollaston (FDJ-Suez), lies in third at 12 seconds.