Katie Hall wins the Queen Stage

The Queen Stage of the Women 's Tour of California was the scene of a regular battle between the climbers

Katie Hall (United Healthcare) won after a battle against Anna van der Breggen.

The American achieved the unthinkable feat of overthrowing the supremacy of the Boels Dolmans team.  Winner the day before , Megan Guarnier was distanced in the penultimate climb and lost the yellow jersey for the benefit of the winner of the day.

Unlike the day before, when the riders had toured Lake Tahoe, the day traveled inland to seek more demanding difficulties. Juliette Labous (Sunweb) was the first attacker after 9 kilometers of racing. The young French women raced alone against the peloton in the ascent of Highway 89 (6.6 kilometers to 6%). She went to the top before getting caught. The peloton stayed together until the main day's climb to Daggett (12.6 kilometers to 6.1%).

The team Boels Dolmans prints a sustained train on the ascent until Anna van der Breggen started hostilities 5 kilometers from the summit. The Dutch women's attack puts her leader Megan Guarnier in the red. Katie Hall then hardened the pace and the yellow jersey cracked while only Van der Breggen could follow.

The gap went up to 40'' at the summit where Guarnier was isolated as Hall's team protected her lead. Trying to reproduce her winning formula of the Ardennes, Van der Breggen anticipates the finale by attacking 3 kilometers from the finish. Hall did not let go and gradually returned to the champion of Europe and attacked and crossed the line with a lead of 21 seconds.

2017 Tour of California Women's Stage 2 Top Ten

1 USA HALL Katie UnitedHealthcare Professional Women's Cycling Team 3h09'56 ''
2 NED VAN DER BREGGEN Anna Boels Dolmans Cycling Team + 21 ''
3 USA DOEBEL-HICKOK Kristabel Cylance Pro Cycling + 37 ''
4 USA WINDER Ruth UnitedHealthcare Professional Women's Cycling Team mt
5 USA GUARNIER Megan Boels Dolmans Cycling Team + 49 ''
6 CUB SIERRA Arlenis Astana Womens Team mt
7 USA RIVERA Coryn Team Sunweb (F) mt
8 USA STEPHENS Lauren Team TIBCO - Silicon Valley Bank mt
9 USA WILES Tayler UnitedHealthcare Professional Women's Cycling Team + 58 ''
10 BLR AMIALIUSIK Alena Canyon SRAM + 1'05 ''

2017 Tour of California Women's GC after Stage 2 

1 USA HALL Katie UnitedHealthcare Professional Women's Cycling Team 6h13'54 ''
2 NED VAN DER BREGGEN Anna Boels Dolmans Cycling Team + 3 ''
3 USA GUARNIER Megan Boels Dolmans Cycling Team + 29 ''
4 USA DOEBEL-HICKOK Kristabel Cylance Pro Cycling + 33 ''
5 USA WINDER Ruth UnitedHealthcare Professional Women's Cycling Team + 37 ''
6 CUB SIERRA Arlenis Astana Womens Team + 40 ''
7 USA STEPHENS Lauren Team TIBCO - Silicon Valley Bank + 53 ''
8 USA RIVERA Coryn Team Sunweb (F) + 59 "
9 BLR AMIALIUSIK Alena Canyon SRAM + 1'17 "
10 AUT RITTER Martina Drops Cycling Team + 1'26 ''

VIDEO: 2017 Tour of California Women's Stage  2 Highlights

 
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