Baloise Ladies Tour: Charlotte Kool wins, holds lead

Dutch rider wins prologue and Stage 1

Photo by: Baloise Ladies Tour @BaloiseLT

Matt Hansen July 13, 2023

After two days of racing, Charlotte Kool (Team dsm-firmenich) has shown she’s the rider to beat at the 2023 Baloise Ladies Tour. Kool took the 2.6 km prologue in Vlissingen on Wednesday, and the leader’s jersey. She doubled up with a win on Thursday, the first road stage of the tour, a 119.8 km race in Zwevegem. The Dutch rider took the victory over Dane Emma Norsgaard (Movistar Team) and Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek).

⚠️Cobblestone Alert!⚠️ About 13km into the stage we presented the riders the Varentstraat, 2km of cobbles. All riders went through without issues. #baloiseLT23 pic.twitter.com/JGXFT4SHlB

— Baloise Ladies Tour (@BaloiseLT) July 13, 2023

Stage 2 is 116.2 km in Zulte.