Wiebes Wins Chaotic Stage Of Tour De France Femmes

Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes out-sprinted Marianne Vos to triumph a chaotic shape 3 of nan Tour de France Femmes, though Vos' 2nd spot saw her regain nan yellowish jersey.

A much-reduced group charged for nan statement successful Angers aft a clang successful nan last 3 kilometres divided nan race.

Wiebes held disconnected nan situation of compatriot Vos to triumph her 4th Tour de France Femmes stage, having claimed 2 victories successful 2022 and 1 successful 2023.

Vos, who won nan opening shape connected Saturday, retook nan yellowish jersey from Mauritian Kim le Court.

Demi Vollering, champion successful 2023, went down successful nan clang but managed to decorativeness and was fixed nan aforesaid clip arsenic nan starring group arsenic nan incident occurred successful nan last 5 kilometres, erstwhile riders do not suffer clip if they are progressive successful an accident.

Vollering is sixth successful nan wide classification, 19 seconds down Vos, pinch Dutch riders filling six of nan apical 10 aft 3 stages.

Defending champion Katarzyna Niewiadoma is successful 4th and French dream Pauline Ferrand-Prevot lies 3rd overall.

Tuesday's shape 4 is simply a 130.7km thrust betwixt Saumur and Poitiers.

1. Lorena Wiebes (Ned/SD Worx-Protime) 3hr 41mins 47secs

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

3. Ally Wollaston (NZ/FDJ-Suez)

4. Megan Jastrab (USA/Picnic-PostNL)

5. Liane Lipper (Ger/Movistar)

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

7. Eline Jansen (Ned/VolkerWessels)

8. Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Pol/Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto)

9. Noemi Ruegg (Sui/EF Education-EasyPost)

10. Lucinda Brand (Ned/Lidl-Trek)

1. Marianne Vos (Ned/Visma-Lease a Bike) 8hrs 19mins 6secs

2. Kim le Court (Mau/AG Insurance-Soudal) +6secs

3. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Fra/Visma-Lease a Bike) +12secs

4. Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Pol/Canyon-Sram-ZondaCrypto) +16secs

5. Lorena Wiebes (Ned/SD Worx-Protime) Same time

6. Demi Vollering (Ned/FDJ-Suez) +19secs

7. Anna van der Breggen (Ned/SD Worx-Protime) +21secs

8. Puck Pieterse (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) Same time

9. Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) +25secs

10. Niamh Fisher-Black (NZ/Lidl-Trek) Same time