Saturday 25 May 2024 - Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx - Protime) has won Stage Two of the UCI Women's WorldTour Ford RideLondon Classique in Maldon, making it two wins out of two in this year's race. The 143KM stage, which started and finished in the Essex town of Maldon, came down to a reduced bunch sprint with Wiebes once again proving to be the fastest rider in the race, after also winning yesterday's first stage in Colchester. Last year's Ford RideLondon Classique champion Charlotte Kool (Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL) was second in the sprint with world champion Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx - Protime), who led out her team-mate Wiebes, finishing third. Dutch star Wiebes now has a provisional 20-second lead go into tomorrow's third and final stage in central London after picking up 10 bonus seconds with the victory and a further six seconds in today's Queen of the Mountains competition. In a dominant display, Wiebes also leads the Sprints Competition.

With no Queen of the Mountains points on offer tomorrow, Danish champion Rebecca Koerner (Uno-X Mobility) all but confirmed victory in this classification on today's stage. Despite not picking up any points on the stage, the nine points she collected on Stage One will be enough to win the prize, as long as she finishes tomorrow's stage. Tomorrow's showpiece finale is a 91KM stage, which starts and finishes on The Mall and includes eight laps in the heart of the capital.