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Canadian Kiara Lylyk (Mayenne Monbana My Pie) will head into Friday\u2019s stage of the Volta a Portugal Feminina wearing the white jersey after another strong day for the Guelph, Ont. rider. Lylyk finished seventh in the bunch sprint on Stage 2 from Montijo to Tomar (124.7 km). Emma Siegers (AG Insurance Soudal Devo Team) continues to lead overall and the best young rider competition, so with Lylyk second, she will don the jersey on Friday. Lylyk is seventh in the overall GC and third in the points competition.<\/p>\n
Vancouver\u2019s Sidney Swierenga (Liv AlUla Jayco Women\u2019s Continental Team) is also having a great ride in Portugal, sitting 11th overall and fourth in the best young rider\u2019s competition. Swierenga\u2019s teammate, Anabelle Thomas, from Calgary, (Liv AlUla Jayco Women\u2019s Continental Team) sits 52nd overall.<\/p>\n
Italy\u2019s Martina Alzini (Cofidis) sprinted to victory on Thursday\u2019s 124.7-km second stage from Montijo to Tomar, finishing ahead of Czech rider Krist\u00fdna Burlov\u00e1 and Spain\u2019s Eva Anguela after the peloton arrived together.<\/p>\n
The overall standings remained more or less unchanged, with AG Insurance Soudal Devo\u2019s Emma Siegers successfully defending the yellow jersey in sweltering conditions. This is the second time this year that Lylyk is wearing the best young rider\u2019s jersey. At the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Femenina in Spain in June she was fifth in the first stage and wore white the next day.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIt was very hot and I tried to stay protected, it went well,\u201d Siegers said, according to Record.pt<\/a>. \u201cFor the third stage, I really like time trials. I\u2019ll do my best to keep the yellow and eventually win.\u201d<\/p>\n Stage 3\u2019s time trial is a dead-flat out-and-back in Coimbra for a total of 10.8 km. It should be a quick (and warm!) day in the saddle for the women racing at the Volta a Portugal Feminina.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n