Tour of Britain Women: Lifeplus-Wahoo team start stage two

UK-based team had 14 bikes stolen from van at hotelLotte Kopecky leads race after victory on stage one

The Lifeplus-Wahoo cycling team were able to start stage two of the Tour of Britain Women on Friday despite 14 of their bikes being stolen overnight in Shropshire.

Lifeplus had a promising start to the race during Thursday’s opening stage as Heidi Franz took maximum points in the first Queen of the Mountains climb, the formidable Llangynog. However, the UK-based team discovered on Friday their mechanic’s van had been broken into at Macdonald Hill Valley Hotel in Whitchurch, which put in doubt their stage two participation.

Stage two report will appear here later