Vos Leads As Wiebes Wins Tour De France Femmes Stage Four

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Lorena Wiebes holds her arms down by her broadside arsenic she sits connected a bicycle adjacent to Marianne VosImage source, Getty Images

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Lorena Wiebes (left) has won 5 stages of nan Tour de France Femmes during her career

Bobbie Jackson

BBC Sport journalist

Marianne Vos mislaid retired successful a 2nd successive sprint conflict to Lorena Wiebes but retained nan yellowish jersey aft shape 4 of nan Tour de France Femmes.

In a repetition of Monday's 3rd stage, Dutch rider Wiebes pipped compatriot Vos to nan statement successful Poitiers.

Wiebes climbs to 2nd successful nan wide classification and trails Vos by 12 seconds pinch 5 stages remaining.

Ireland's Lara Gillespie achieved her champion capacity connected a Tour de France Femmes shape by finishing third.

Demi Vollering, who won nan 2023 edition, suffered a dense clang connected Monday but was cleared to thrust aft nan squad expert "ruled retired nan consequence of concussion", external - and vanished successful nan aforesaid clip arsenic Wiebes.

After back-to-back level stages, riders will compete complete a hilly 165.8km way betwixt Chasseneuil-du-Poitou Futuroscope and Gueret connected Wednesday.

Stage 4 results

1. Lorena Wiebes (Ned/SD Worx-Protime) 2hrs 54mins 11secs

2. Marianne Vos (Ned/Visma-Lease a Bike) aforesaid time

3. Lara Gillespie (Ire/UAE Team ADQ) aforesaid time

4. Eline Jansen (Ned/VolkerWessels) aforesaid time

5. Chloe Dygert (USA/Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto) aforesaid time

6. Shari Bossuyt (Bel/AG Insurance-Soudal) aforesaid time

7. Rachele Barbieri (Ita/Picnic-PostNL) aforesaid time

8. Linda Zanetti (Sui/Uno-X Mobility) aforesaid time

9. Alicia Gonzalez (Spa/St Michel-Prefrence Home-Auber93) aforesaid time

10. Sarah van Dam (Can/Ceratizit) aforesaid time

General classification aft shape four

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) aforesaid 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) aforesaid time

9. Niamh Fisher-Black (NZ/Lidl-Trek +31secs

10. Chloe Dygert (USA/Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto) aforesaid time

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