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Tour de France Femmes: Lorena Wiebes claims back-to-back stage wins

The fourth stage of the Tour de France Femmes has ended much like the third, with a sprint finish won by Lorena Wiebes and Marianne Vos in yellow jersey.

A woman in a cycling kit is standing on a podium holding a bouquet in one hand that she has raised in a sign of victory, and a plushy in the other hand. Four people standing next to her are clapping.

Dutch cyclist Lorena Wiebes has won the fourth stage of the Tour de France Femmes. Source: Getty / Tim de Waele

Lorena Wiebes has stormed to her second successive stage victory at the Tour de France Femmes, winning the fourth leg with a dominant sprint finish.

The Dutch rider from Team SD Worx launched her move around 250m from the line and proved untouchable, sealing another stage victory.

Fellow Dutch rider Marianne Vos again took second place, with Ireland's Lara Gillespie third.

Wiebes also triumphed in a chaotic sprint on Monday and now sits second overall, trailing Vos, who retains the yellow jersey.

Sarah Gigante finished 49th on the stage and remains the highest-placed Australian in 19th overall.
It was Wiebes' fifth stage win overall, a record since the event's revival in 2022. Jeannie Longo holds the all-time record, with 24 stage wins from 1985 and 1989.

On the largely flat 130.7km stage from Saumur to Poitiers, the peloton remained tightly packed until the closing stretch before a showdown amongst the sprinters.

Wiebes timed her effort perfectly, leaving her rivals unable to respond before it was too late.

Former champion Demi Vollering continued racing despite a heavy crash on Monday.

Vollering, from the FDJ-Suez team, underwent medical tests that excluded a risk of a concussion and finished the day safely in the peloton.

She remained sixth overall, lagging 25 seconds behind Vos.


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