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Italy's Giorgia Bronzini opens the first Women's Tour of Qatar with a win
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Two days after the end of the men's Tour of Qatar, the first women's event began with a 94-kilometer stage that started at the Islamic Art Museum in Doha and finished at Doha Shafallah.
Italian national team member Giorgia Bronzini won by outsprinting Dutch riders Kirsten Wild and Ellen Van Dijk.
The silver points’ jersey went to Wild while Van Dijk becomes the best young rider of the event.
Monday's second stage of the race is 110 kilometers from the Qatar Foundation to Oryx Farm. The race concludes Tuesday with a 109-kilometer stage from the Camel Race Track to Al Khor Corniche.
The event is the first professional bike race for women ever held in the Middle East.
“It’s a real honor on two fronts,” said Columbia High Road rider Kate Bates said, "both that Qatar and this community have decided to hold this event, but also to be involved with ASO (Amaury Sport Organization, who are helping run an event like this for the first time in conjunction with the men’s Tour of Qatar. That’s how women’s cycling can really go forward, and it’s a huge coup for our team. As soon as we heard this event was taking place everybody wanted to be involved.”
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