Tour de Suisse Women: World Champion Balsamo beats Muzic in photo finish on stage 3

Race officials awarded the Tour de Suisse Women stage 3 victory to World Champion Elisa Balsamo (Trek-Segafredo) after a close sprint against French Champion Evita Muzic (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope), who was forced to settle for second. After crashing inside the final three kilometres, Liane Lippert (Team DSM) recovered in time to capture third place on the uphill finish in Chur. 

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Kirsten has a background in Kinesiology and Health Science. She has been involved in cycling from the community and grassroots level to professional cycling's biggest races, reporting on the WorldTour, Spring Classics, Tours de France, World Championships and Olympic Games.

She began her sports journalism career with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006. In 2018, Kirsten became Women's Editor – overseeing the content strategy, race coverage and growth of women's professional cycling – before becoming Deputy Editor in 2023.

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