Charlotte Kool narrowly comes out on top in Baloise Ladies Tour prologue

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Charlotte Kool wins prologue at Baloise Ladies Tour
Charlotte Kool wins prologue at Baloise Ladies Tour (Image credit: Team dsm-firmenich)
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Charlotte Kool (Team dsm-firmenich) took out the seventh win of the season in the Baloise Ladies Tour. The Dutch woman powered across the 2.6-kilometre prologue to clock the fastest time ahead of Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek).

Jenny Rissveds (Coop-Hitec Products) was third.

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