Garfoot wears leader’s jersey into final stage in Australia
It’s fair to say that it’s been an Orica-AIS-and-Wiggle-High5 show at the Santos Women’s Tour. Three stages done and the two teams have swapped victories and taken one-two punches, but it’s Orica’s Katrin Garfoot who will wear the leader’s jersey into the finale stage 4 in Victoria Park on Tuesday, albeit with no time advantage.
Garfoot kicked off the women’s race with a victory on stage 1 in Mt Torrens on Friday. She won a small group sprint to the finish line and took the event’s first leader’s jersey.
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Wiggle took a one-two punch on stage 2 but it wasn’t enough to knock Garfoot out of the lead in Adelaide. Orica-AIS were next to seal a one-two victory with Lizzie Williams soloing to the stage 3 win, and then Garfoot winning the sprint for second ahead of Lauren Kitchen (Hitec)
Garfoot holds the lead into the final stage but she has the same time as runner-up Kitchen, third placed Shelley Olds (Cylance Pro Cycling) and fourth place rider Dani King (Wiggle High5)
“I had to make sure I outsprinted Lauren to keep the jersey,” Garfoot said after stage 3. “I don’t know how I did it because I’m not a sprinter, but it was good for us. We’re really happy.”
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