At first glance, the first stage of the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas looked like the quintessential sprint stage. But in the meantime, the last 30 km, with crosswinds blowing, was a scene of chaos and frantic action. The peloton had been heading south into a headwind for the first 90km, but with 30km to go it turned southeast toward the finishing town of Aranda de Duero. In the second split of 22 riders, several GC contenders were involved: Pauliena Loijackers (Canyon-SRAM), Iturria women's runner-up and Durango-Durango winner; Veronica Eworth (EF), 10th in the Basque stage and Durango-Durango runner-up Education-TIBCO-SVB) and Gran Premio Ciudad de Eibar winner Olivia Baril (Valcar-Travel & Service). This second group was about 0.5 minutes ahead of the lead group at 25km.

Eworth and Baril both had teammates in the lead pack to close the gap, but Louis Jackers rode alone as the rest of the team was in the lead peloton. The 29-year-old Dutch climber therefore made the unorthodox decision to attack from the second group with 23km to go in an attempt to bridge to the lead group. With the help of teammate Alena Amialiusik, he reached the lead group with 20km to go. The rest of the pack returned 4km later. The danger was not over, however, and Roy Jackers, who was near the back of the pack, was again separated with 13km to go. Along with Georgia Williams (Team BikeExchange-Jayco), Loijackers returned to the peloton where Amiariusik was waiting to take her to the front of the pack. All six lined up in front of the peloton, setting the pace and keeping Dutch climber Ruijkers at the front, handing control to the sprinter team in the last 2km. Eworth and Baril also stayed with the peloton until the end and did not lose any time, but both they and Reuijackers probably expended more energy than they would have liked. The climber who lost the most time, therefore, was Petra Stiasny, a 20-year-old Swiss climber who was 18th overall in last week's Ituria women's race, finishing 6:36 behind. The second stage from Sasamon to Aguilar de Campu is expected to be raced with mostly tailwinds, but crosswinds could return in the last 25 km.