{"id":59362,"date":"2026-05-03T13:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/59362\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T13:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:26:10","slug":"red-jersey-for-ruegg-as-swiss-takes-stage-1-of-vuelta-femenina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/59362\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Jersey for R\u00fcegg as Swiss Takes Stage 1 of Vuelta Femenina"},"content":{"rendered":"

Swiss rider Noemi R\u00fcegg takes her first grand tour stage win with standout uphill sprint.<\/p>\n

Listen to this articleListen\"Noemi<\/p>\n

Noemi Ruegg (Team EF Education-Oatly) wins stage 1 of La Vuelta Femenina 2026 (Photo: Szymon Gruchalski\/Getty Images) (Photo: Szymon Gruchalski)<\/p>\n

Updated May 3, 2026 07:03AM<\/p>\n

Noemi R\u00fcegg<\/a> scooped the opening stage and race lead in the Vuelta Femenina<\/a> on Sunday, blitzing an uphill sprint to take the biggest win of her career thus far.<\/p>\n

The Swiss rider was set up perfectly by her EF Education-Oatly team and she was clearly quickest when she launched inside 200m to go, outpacing Franzi Koch<\/a> (FDJ United-Suez) and holding off Lotte Kopecky<\/a> (SD Worx-Protime).<\/p>\n

Marianne Vos<\/a> (Visma-Lease a Bike) was caught behind when several riders fell on a tight bend with 8.4km to go. She faced a long chase back, but still had enough in the tank to take seventh.<\/p>\n

GC contenders Kasia Niewiadoma<\/a> (Canyon SRAM-Zondacrypto) and Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot<\/a> (Visma Lease a Bike) were prominent, taking fourth and ninth, and showing they are ready for the hardest edition of the Vuelta thus far.<\/p>\n

Koch took a six second bonus sprint during the stage and ended up level on time with R\u00fcegg, but the latter takes the overall race lead.<\/p>\n

The race continues Monday with another hilly stage.<\/p>\n

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