Lorena Wiebes (left) has won five stages of the Tour de France Femmes during her career
Lorena Wiebes prevailed in a second consecutive sprint finish, defeating Marianne Vos in Stage 4 of the Tour de France Femmes, though Vos maintained her lead in the general classification.
Echoing Monday’s Stage 3, Dutch cyclist Wiebes narrowly edged out her fellow countrywoman Vos in the final stretch in Poitiers.
Wiebes’ performance elevates her to second place overall, trailing Vos by a mere 12 seconds with five stages remaining in the competition.
Ireland’s Lara Gillespie secured her best stage result in the Tour de France Femmes, finishing third.
Demi Vollering, the 2023 champion, who experienced a significant crash on Monday, received clearance to continue racing after the team physician “ruled out the risk of concussion”, external and completed the stage with the same time as Wiebes.
Following the two flat stages, the cyclists will face a hilly 165.8km route from Chasseneuil-du-Poitou Futuroscope to Gueret on Wednesday.
1. Lorena Wiebes (Ned/SD Worx-Protime) 2hrs 54mins 11secs
2. Marianne Vos (Ned/Visma-Lease a Bike) same time
3. Lara Gillespie (Ire/UAE Team ADQ) same time
4. Eline Jansen (Ned/VolkerWessels) same time
5. Chloe Dygert (USA/Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto) same time
6. Shari Bossuyt (Bel/AG Insurance-Soudal) same time
7. Rachele Barbieri (Ita/Picnic-PostNL) same time
8. Linda Zanetti (Sui/Uno-X Mobility) same time
9. Alicia Gonzalez (Spa/St Michel-Prefrence Home-Auber93) same time
10. Sarah van Dam (Can/Ceratizit) same time
1. Marianne Vos (Ned/Visma-Lease a Bike) 11hrs 13mins 11secs
2. Lorena Wiebes (Ned/SD Worx-Protime) +12secs
3. Kim le Court (Mau/AG Insurance-Soudal) same time
4. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Fra/Visma-Lease a Bike) +18secs
5. Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Pol/Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto) +22secs
6. Demi Vollering (Ned/FDJ-Suez) +25secs
7. Anna van der Breggen (Ned/SD Worx-Protime) +27secs
8. Puck Pieterse (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) same time
9. Niamh Fisher-Black (NZ/Lidl-Trek +31secs
10. Chloe Dygert (USA/Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto) same time
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