Australian Manly wins the start of the Thuringia Ladies Tour, Cycling – MDR – Regional

Australian Alexandra Manly won the first stage of the 34th Tour of Thuringia in Bavarian Hof on Tuesday (May 24). After 93.8 kilometers and a driving time of 2:32:27 hours, Manly won the sprint ahead of Femke Markus from the Netherlands and Silvia Zanardi from Italy. Manly also took the yellow jersey as overall leader of the Ladies Tour.

“She put everything on one card. It couldn’t be more exciting,” summed up tour organizer Vera Hohlfeld after the race. “Tomorrow it might be a bit more relaxed because the track won’t be that difficult. But the classification is still open for a long time.”

Brennauer in 48th place after the Corona break

The best German driver through the Hofer Land was Junior European Champion Linda Riedmann from Karbach in eleventh place. One place behind was Romy Kasper from Lausitz. The two-time Tournament winner Lisa Brennauer (Durach) reached the finish line 3:58 minutes behind in 48th place and should therefore already be out of the race for the third success in the Thuringia Tour.

The 33-year-old, last year’s Olympic champion on the track and multiple world and European champion on track and road, comes from a longer Corona break and dampened expectations in advance. The second stage (103.7 kilometers) on Wednesday begins and ends in Gera.

The stages at a glance

1st stage

2nd stage

3rd stage

Thursday, 05/26/2022
Location: Around Dortendorf
Length: 133 km

4th stage

Friday, 05/27/2022
Location: Around Schleiz
Length: 132.5 km

5th stage

Saturday, May 27th, 2022
Location: Around Gotha
Length: 136.1 km

6th stage

Sunday, May 29th, 2022
Location: Around Altenburg
Length: 106.8 km

Daily streams and reports at “Sport in the East”

MDR reports extensively on the Thuringia Tour on TV, radio, the web and in the app. “Sport im Osten” broadcasts a long summary of each stage and shows the arrivals live for the first time on MDR, on sport-im-osten.de and in the “SpiO” app.