Britain's Lucy Garner (Liv-Plantur) took her first career victory in the La Route de France stage race on Monday, sprinting to victory on stage one of the 2015 edition into Briare La Canal.
It's a second day of success for the Liv-Plantur team, after Garner's teammate Amy Pieters took victory and the leader's jersey in the opening prologue on Sunday. Despite having to protect the leader's jersey through the 127.1km stage from Avon, the 20-year-old was able to utilise her team to lead her out to victory in the finale, sprinting ahead of Annette Edmondson (Wiggle-Honda) and Roxanne Fournier (Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope.86).
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