Lizzie Deignan’s farewell tour off to tricky start on Yorkshire home roads
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Kim Le Court takes first stage win and overall lead
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Cat Ferguson is first British finisher back in fifth
There was personal celebration but professional frustration for Lizzie Deignan on the opening day of her final Tour of Britain when her Lidl-Trek team failed to stop the Mauritian national champion, Kim Le Court, taking the first stage win and overall race lead in Redcar.
Deignan’s valedictory race on ÂBritish roads began with a fast 85.6km opening stage, from Dalby Forest to the beachfront in Redcar, and took in some of her longstanding Âtraining roads within an hour or so of her home in Otley, West Yorkshire.