Tour de France Femmes – Etappe 8

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8. Etappe: Le Grand-Bornand – Alpe d’Huez – 150 Km

1 Demi VOLLERING TEAM SD WORX – PROTIME 04h 34′ 14“ – B : 10“
2 Pauliena ROOIJAKKERS FENIX-DECEUNINCK 04h 34′ 18“ + 00h 00′ 04“ B : 6“
3 Evita MUZIC FDJ-SUEZ 04h 35′ 15“ + 00h 01′ 01“ B : 4“ –
4 K. NIEWIADOMA CANYON//SRAM RACING 04h 35′ 15“ + 00h 01′ 01“ – –
5 G. REALINI LIDL – TREK 04h 35′ 45“ + 00h 01′ 31“ – –
6 C. KERBAOL CERATIZIT – WNT PRO CYCLING TEAM 04h 37′ 29“ + 00h 03′ 15“ – –
7 V. CAVALLAR ARKEA – B&B HOTELS WOMEN 04h 37′ 48“ + 00h 03′ 34“ – –
8 S. GIGANTE AG INSURANCE – SOUDAL TEAM 04h 39′ 24“ + 00h 05′ 10“ – –
9 N. FISHER-BLACK TEAM SD WORX – PROTIME 04h 39′ 28“ + 00h 05′ 14“ – –
10 L. BRAND LIDL – TREK 04h 41′ 20“ + 00h 07′ 06“ –

Endstand:

1 Katarzyna NIEWIADOMA CANYON//SRAM RACING 24h 36′ 07“ – B : 14“ –
2 Demi VOLLERING TEAM SD WORX – PROTIME 24h 36′ 11“ + 00h 00′ 04“ B : 26“ –
3 Pauliena ROOIJAKKERS FENIX-DECEUNINCK 24h 36′ 17“ + 00h 00′ 10“ B : 6“ –
4 E. MUZIC FDJ-SUEZ 24h 37′ 28“ + 00h 01′ 21“ B : 4“ –
5 G. REALINI LIDL – TREK 24h 38′ 26“ + 00h 02′ 19“ – P : 20“
6 C. KERBAOL CERATIZIT – WNT PRO CYCLING TEAM 24h 38′ 58“ + 00h 02′ 51“ B : 10“ –
7 S. GIGANTE AG INSURANCE – SOUDAL TEAM 24h 43′ 16“ + 00h 07′ 09“ – –
8 L. BRAND LIDL – TREK 24h 44′ 13“ + 00h 08′ 06“ – –
9 J. LABOUS TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL 24h 44′ 14“ + 00h 08′ 07“ – –
10 T. DE JONG LOTTO DSTNY LADIES 24h 44′ 19“ + 00h 08′ 12“ – –

Yellow glory for Niewiadoma

The 8th and final stage of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift produced a thrilling finale on Alpe d’Huez with Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM Racing) securing the GC win as Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) took the stage victory. Vollering rode incredibly to win the stage, followed across the line by Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck) at 4”, with Evita Muzic (FDJ – SUEZ) third at 1’01” and Niewiadoma fourth, also at 1’01”, which was enough to secure the Yellow Jersey and GC glory for Niewiadoma by just 4”. Vollering therefore concluded the race in second place overall, with Rooijakkers completing the podium in third (10”) and Muzic fourth (1’21”).

A final battle commences
Shayla Gutierrez (Movistar), Barbara Malcotti (Human Powered Health), Marit Raaijmakers (Human Powered Health) and Josie Talbot (Cofidis) did not start the last stage. There were therefore 116 riders on the road as the peloton rolled out of Le Grand-Bornand ready for the 149.9 km challenge on the way to Alpe d’Huez, via Col du Glandon.

A big breakaway group
Ahead of the first categorised climb of the day – Col de Tamie (km 27.2, Cat. 2, 9.5km at 4%) – a strong 22 rider breakaway formed, comprising Mischa Bredewold, Christine Majerus, Blanka Vas, Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime), Franziska Koch (dsm-firmenich PostNL), Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek), Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance-Soudal Team), Loes Adegeest (FDJ-Suez), Riejanne Markus, Fem Van Empel (Visma | Lease a Bike), Silke Smulders (Liv-AlUla-Jayco), Alice Maria Arzuffi (Ceratizit-WNT), Kristen Faulkner, Noemi Ruegg (EF-Oatly-Cannondale), Liane Lippert, Olivia Baril (Movistar), Silvia Persico, Erica Magnaldi (UAE Team ADQ), Katrine Aalerud, Mie Bjorndal Ottestad (Uno-X Mobilty), Camille Fahy and Celia Le Mouel (St-Michel-Mavic-Auber93).

Ghekiere presses on
At the top of the Tamie climb Ghekiere strengthened her position in the Mountain classification reaching the summit first, followed by Bredewold, Majerus and Adegeest. By the time the breakaway riders reached the intermediate sprint at km 53.4 at Aiguebelle (Val D’arc) they had a 2’50” gap over the bunch. Wiebes won the sprint, ahead of Majerus and Barrel. Approaching the Col du Glandon (km 98.5, HC,19.7km at 7.2%) the peloton accelerated and the gap to the break was quickly reduced to 1’30” as the climb started.

Moves on the Glandon
The likes of Faulkner, Fahy, Wiebes and Persico were dropped by the breakaway early on the Col du Glandon climb. 1’00” was the gap from the peloton to the front of the race 15.5 km from the summit of the Glandon, with Lippert, Brand, Magnaldi, Aalerud, Smulders, Arzuffi and Adegeest riding clear of the remainder of the breakaway, their former companions in the lead group dropping back into the bunch on the climb. Ghekiere was one of those who fell backwards on the ascent, then also dropping behind the peloton having expended so much energy in her epic win yesterday.

Vollering sets the race alight
Valentina Cavallar (Arkea – B&B Hotels Women) attacked from the main group and went solo at the front, overtaking what remained of the breakaway 5km from the summit of the Glandon. The race then exploded as Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) distanced the wearer of the Yellow Jersey Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM Racing) with her first attack, 2.5 kilometers from the top of the Col du Glandon, with only Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck) managing to follow the 2023 Tour winner, as they joined Cavallar at the front. Those three went over the summit 57” ahead of Niewiadoma, who was in a group with Gigante, Realini, Muzic, Brand and Kerbaol. As Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) was not one of the point-scoring first 8 riders over Glandon summit it confirmed the polka dot jersey for Ghekiere.

La Vuelta 24 – 1. und 2. Etappe

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1. Etappe: Lisbon – Oeiras – ITT – 12 Km

1 MCNULTY Brandon USA UAE Team Emirates 00:12:35
2 VACEK Mathias CZE Lidl-Trek 00:02
3 VAN AERT Wout BEL Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:03
4 KÜNG Stefan SUI Groupama-FDJ 00:06
5 AFFINI Edoardo ITA Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:08
6 TARLING Joshua GBR INEOS Grenadiers 00:08
7 SCHMID Mauro SUI Team Jayco-AlUla 00:16
8 ROGLIC Primoz SLO Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 00:17
9 ARMIRAIL Bruno FRA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 00:18
10 ALMEIDA Joao POR UAE Team Emirates 00:19
11 OLIVEIRA Nelson POR Movistar Team 00:20
12 LIPOWITZ Florian GER Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 00:21
13 SKJELMOSE Mattias DEN Lidl-Trek 00:22
14 VINE Jay AUS UAE Team Emirates 00:24
15 ASGREEN Kasper DEN Soudal Quick-Step 00:26
16 BARONCINI Filippo ITA UAE Team Emirates 00:26
17 CATTANEO Mattia ITA Soudal Quick-Step 00:27
18 TIBERI Antonio ITA Bahrain Victorious 00:27
19 FRIGO Marco ITA Israel-Premier Tech 00:28
20 VLASOV Aleksandr RUS Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 00:29
21 CASTRILLO Pablo ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 00:29
22 TEJADA Harold COL Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:29
23 ARENSMAN Thymen NED INEOS Grenadiers 00:29
24 BERRADE Urko ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 00:30
25 KEPPLINGER Rainer AUT Bahrain Victorious 00:31
26 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao GBR Lidl-Trek 00:31
27 CAMPENAERTS Victor BEL Lotto Dstny 00:32
28 MARTINEZ Daniel COL Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 00:33
29 YATES Adam GBR UAE Team Emirates 00:34
30 SOLER Marc ESP UAE Team Emirates 00:34

2. Etappe: Cascais – Ourém – 194 Km

1 GROVES Kaden AUS Alpecin-Deceuninck 05:12:55
2 VAN AERT Wout BEL Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:00
3 STRONG Corbin NZL Israel-Premier Tech 00:00
4 MIQUEL DELGADO Pau ESP Equipo Kern Pharma 00:00
5 VAN EETVELT Lennert BEL Lotto Dstny 00:00
6 BITTNER Pavel CZE Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:00
7 ABERASTURI Jon ESP Euskaltel-Euskadi 00:00
8 VLASOV Aleksandr RUS Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 00:00
9 RIVERA Brandon COL INEOS Grenadiers 00:00
10 BARONCINI Filippo ITA UAE Team Emirates 00:00

Gesamt:

1 VAN AERT Wout BEL Team Visma | Lease a Bike 05:25:27
2 MCNULTY Brandon USA UAE Team Emirates 00:03
3 VACEK Mathias CZE Lidl-Trek 00:05
4 KÜNG Stefan SUI Groupama-FDJ 00:09
5 AFFINI Edoardo ITA Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:11
6 ROGLIC Primoz SLO Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 00:20
7 ARMIRAIL Bruno FRA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 00:21
8 ALMEIDA Joao POR UAE Team Emirates 00:22
9 OLIVEIRA Nelson POR Movistar Team 00:23
10 LIPOWITZ Florian GER Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 00:24

Tour de France Femmes – Etappe 7

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1 Justine GHEKIERE AG INSURANCE – SOUDAL TEAM 04h 26′ 58“ – B : 10“
2 Maeva SQUIBAN ARKEA – B&B HOTELS WOMEN 04h 28′ 13“ + 00h 01′ 15“ B : 6“ –
3 Demi VOLLERING TEAM SD WORX – PROTIME 04h 28′ 21“ + 00h 01′ 23“ B : 4“
4 K. NIEWIADOMA CANYON//SRAM RACING 04h 28′ 21“ + 00h 01′ 23“ – –
5 E. MUZIC FDJ-SUEZ 04h 28′ 25“ + 00h 01′ 27“ – –
6 T. DE JONG LOTTO DSTNY LADIES 04h 28′ 26“ + 00h 01′ 28“ – –
7 P. PIETERSE FENIX-DECEUNINCK 04h 28′ 26“ + 00h 01′ 28“ – –
8 J. LABOUS TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL 04h 28′ 26“ + 00h 01′ 28“ – –
9 P. ROOIJAKKERS FENIX-DECEUNINCK 04h 28′ 26“ + 00h 01′ 28“ – –
10 G. REALINI LIDL – TREK 04h 28′ 26“ + 00h 01′ 28“ – –

Gesamt:

1 Katarzyna NIEWIADOMA CANYON//SRAM RACING 20h 00′ 52“ – B : 14“ –
2 Puck PIETERSE FENIX-DECEUNINCK 20h 01′ 19“ + 00h 00′ 27“ B : 12“ –
3 Cedrine KERBAOL CERATIZIT – WNT PRO CYCLING TEAM 20h 01′ 29“ + 00h 00′ 37“ B : 10“
4 J. LABOUS TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL 20h 01′ 53“ + 00h 01′ 01“
5 T. DE JONG LOTTO DSTNY LADIES 20h 02′ 01“ + 00h 01′ 09“
6 S. VAN ANROOIJ LIDL – TREK 20h 02′ 04“ + 00h 01′ 12“ –
7 P. ROOIJAKKERS FENIX-DECEUNINCK 20h 02′ 05“ + 00h 01′ 13“
8 D. VOLLERING TEAM SD WORX – PROTIME 20h 02′ 07“ + 00h 01′ 15“ B : 16“
9 E. MUZIC FDJ-SUEZ 20h 02′ 17“ + 00h 01′ 25“
10 J. GHEKIERE AG INSURANCE – SOUDAL TEAM 20h 02′ 19“ + 00h 01′ 27“ B : 14“

Glorious Ghekiere conquers Grand-Bornand

Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance – Soudal Team) triumphed on Stage 7 of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, riding strongly to the finish at Le Grand-Bornand to cross the line 1’15” ahead of second-placed Maeva Squiban (Arkea – B&B Hotels Women). Ghekiere performed brilliantly in the polka dot jersey in the breakaway to strengthen her position in the Mountain classification and win the stage, with Squiban attacking from the main GC group behind her on the final climb but ultimately unable to reach her. Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) concluded the stage third, though she was closely followed over the line by Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM Racing) in the Yellow Jersey, both riders finishing 1’23” behind the stage winner. Ahead of Sunday’s final stage from Le Grand-Bornand to Alpe d’Huez, via Col du Glandon, Niewiadoma still controls the Yellow Jersey, with a 27” advantage over Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) at the head of the GC, whilst Cedrine Kerbaol (CERATIZIT-WNT Pro Cycling) sits in third place at 37”. 2023 Tour winner Vollering goes into the last stage in 8th position overall, 1’15” behind the GC leader Niewiadoma.

Starting in Champagnole
There were 128 riders at the start of the stage, with Sofia Bertizzolo (UAE Team ADQ), Lily Williams (Human Powered Health) and Fauve Bastiaenssen (Lotto Dstny Ladies) withdrawn beforehand. This was the longest stage of the race and proved to be a fearsome test for the riders over the mountainous 166.4 km route from Champagnole to the spectacular finish at Le Grand-Bornand. Before the race reached Col de la Croix de la Serra (Km 57.8, Cat. 1, 12km at 5.1%) there were several unsuccessful attacks and the bunch stayed together. Then came the news that Charlotte Kool (dsm-firmenich PostNL) – who had worn the Yellow and green jerseys earlier in the Tour – had abandoned the race. At the top of the Croix de la Serra climb Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) led the way, ahead of Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance – Soudal Team), but Pieterse did not join her polka dot rival Ghekiere in the breakaway which would soon form.

The breakaway goes
After the Croix de la Serra descent Marianne Vos (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) and Ghekiere pulled away with four other riders: Ghekiere’s teammate Julie Van de Velde, as well as Sara Martin (Movistar Team), Sarah Roy (Cofidis Women Team) and Ruth Edwards (Human Powered Health). Having taken the lead at the top of the second climb of the day – the Côte de Bois d’Arlod (Km 88, Cat. 4, 2.4km at 4.6%) – Ghekiere gained a 3-point provisional lead in the mountain classification over Pieterse. Descending after that climb, the breakaway pulled 2’15” clear of the peloton as the race headed to the intermediate sprint at Frangy (km 100.6).

Vos and Ghekiere power on
Vos was first at the intermediate sprint ahead of Van de Velde and Ghekiere, to provisionally secure the green jersey at this year’s Tour, repeating her success in the competition in 2022. Shortly after the sprint, on the Côte de Cercier climb (Km 111, Cat. 3, 4km at 4.9%) Ghekiere led the way again, in front of Van de Velde and Edwards, with the peloton reaching the summit 5’22” adrift. On the way to the Col de Saint-Jean-de-Sixt (Km 156, Cat. 2, 5.4km at 5.1%) time trial world champion Chloe Dygert (Canyon//SRAM Racing) reduced the gap to the race leaders at the head of the peloton, with the breakaway’s lead coming down to 4’25“ at 25 km from the finish.

Final two climbs
Early on the penultimate climb of the stage – Col de Saint-Jean-de-Sixt – the bunch had closed to within 3’00” of the escapees, as the GC favourites and their teams chased Vos and her companions down. The breakaway group fell apart on that climb with Ghekiere pulling away to secure five more QOM points, whilst Vos and Martin would reach the top just over a minute later and the bunch arrived at 2’22”. Meanwhile Kristen Faulkner (EF-Oatly-Cannondale) was distanced from the peloton on the same climb. So it was on towards the Montée du Chinaillon (Km 166.4, Cat. 2, 7km at 5.1%) for an exciting finale as the fans awaited at the finish at Le Grand-Bornand. Ghekiere pressed on alone on the final climb with several attacks and attempted attacks from the GC group behind her, though ultimately no-one could stop the flying 28 year-old Belgian from taking a well deserved victory.

Tour de France Femmes – Etappe 6

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6. Etappe: Remiremont – Morteau – 159 Km

1 Cedrine KERBAOL CERATIZIT – WNT PRO CYCLING TEAM 04h 04′ 41“ – B : 10“ –
2 Marianne VOS TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE 04h 05′ 02“ + 00h 00′ 21“ B : 6“ –
3 Liane LIPPERT MOVISTAR TEAM 04h 05′ 02“ + 00h 00′ 21“ B : 4“ –
4 K. SWINKELS UAE TEAM ADQ 04h 05′ 02“ + 00h 00′ 21“ – –
5 L. BRAND LIDL – TREK 04h 05′ 02“ + 00h 00′ 21“ – –
6 K. NIEWIADOMA CANYON//SRAM RACING 04h 05′ 02“ + 00h 00′ 21“ – –
7 P. PIETERSE FENIX-DECEUNINCK 04h 05′ 02“ + 00h 00′ 21“ – –
8 T. DE JONG LOTTO DSTNY LADIES 04h 05′ 02“ + 00h 00′ 21“ – –
9 E. MUZIC FDJ-SUEZ 04h 05′ 02“ + 00h 00′ 21“ – –
10 J. LABOUS TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL 04h 05′ 02“ + 00h 00′ 21“

Gesamt:

1 Katarzyna NIEWIADOMA CANYON//SRAM RACING 15h 32′ 31“ – B : 14“ –
2 Cedrine KERBAOL CERATIZIT – WNT PRO CYCLING TEAM 15h 32′ 47“ + 00h 00′ 16“ B : 10“ –
3 Kristen FAULKNER EF – OATLY – CANNONDALE 15h 32′ 50“ + 00h 00′ 19“ – –
4 P. PIETERSE FENIX-DECEUNINCK 15h 32′ 53“ + 00h 00′ 22“ B : 12“ –
5 J. LABOUS TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL 15h 33′ 27“ + 00h 00′ 56“ – –
6 T. DE JONG LOTTO DSTNY LADIES 15h 33′ 35“ + 00h 01′ 04“ – –
7 S. VAN ANROOIJ LIDL – TREK 15h 33′ 38“ + 00h 01′ 07“ – –
8 P. ROOIJAKKERS FENIX-DECEUNINCK 15h 33′ 39“ + 00h 01′ 08“ – –
9 L. LIPPERT MOVISTAR TEAM 15h 33′ 47“ + 00h 01′ 16“ B : 8“ –
10 D. VOLLERING TEAM SD WORX – PROTIME 15h 33′ 50“ + 00h 01′ 19“ B : 12“

Stunning finish gives Kerbaol Morteau win

It was an astonishing performance from 23 year-old French rider Cedrine Kerbaol of the CERATIZIT-WNT Pro Cycling Team to win Stage 6 of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift in Morteau. Kerbaol attacked from the bunch at the top of Côte des Fins with 14.5km to go, descending brilliantly from there to finally make it to the finish line 21” ahead of her closest challenger Marianne Vos (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), who concludes the day in the green jersey, with Liane Lippert (Movistar Team) just behind Vos in third. The results of the stage mean that Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM Racing) remains in yellow, 16” ahead of Kerbaol and 19” in front of Kristen Faulkner (EF-Oatly-Cannondale).

Early movers
133 riders started in Remiremont with Marta Lach (CERATIZIT-WNT Pro Cycling Team) unable to commence the stage due to illness. The day started well for Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance – Soudal Team) as the Belgian led the bunch at the top of the first climb of the day on Col du Mont de Fourche (Km 11.7, Cat. 3, 3.2km at 5.9%). Shortly after that, by km 38, French time trial champion Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Human Powered Health) had established a 20″ lead alongside Iurani Blanco (Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi), the pair riding clear at the front.

A big breakaway group
The breakaway first increased to 14 riders with the likes of Ghekiere, Fem van Empel (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), Franziska Koch (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) and Christine Majerus (Team SD Worx – Protime) making it into the lead group. Then Marianne Vos (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), Niam Fisher-Black (SD Worx-Protime), Soraya Paladin (Canyon//SRAM Racing) and Grace Brown (FDJ-Suez) all boosted the ranks of the breakaway. The escapees had a lead of 2’35“ at km 79, meaning that Ghekiere, the best placed rider overall among the 18 leading women (15th at 1’56”), ‘virtually’ led the GC over Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM Racing). Though of course there was plenty of racing on the stage still to come…

Col de Ferriere climb
At Km 90 the Col de Ferriere (Cat. 4, 2.6km at 4.7%) climb began with the breakaway 2’10“ in front of the bunch. Ghekiere took the lead on the Ferriere summit to score two more points in the mountain classification ahead of Vos (1 pt), though soon after reaching the top those two sat up and let the rest of the break catch them again. Vos was then first over the intermediate sprint line located in Sancey, scoring 25 points in the sprinters‘ competition and provisionally going joint top of the ranking with the wearer of the green jersey Charlotte Kool (dsm-firmenich PostNL). Ghekiere was relentless and also took the maximum 3 points on the Côte de Laviron climb (Km 106, Cat. 3, 5.7km at 4.1%) virtually moving to the top of the climbers’ classification at that point.

Onto La Roche du Prêtre
Fisher-Black upped the pace on the penultimate climb of the day, La Roche-du-Prêtre (Km 133.1, Cat. 2, 5.5km at 5.6%), with Brown, Ghekiere, Paladin and Gutierrez the only riders initially able to hang on as the breakaway fell apart. Fisher-Black led at summit, ahead of Ghekiere and Brown, with the peloton by this stage trailing by 1’10” and with Ghekiere assured of wearing the polka dot jersey at the stage finale. On the final climb of the day – the Côte des Fins (Km 144.3, Cat. 3, 1.8km at 6.9%) – the last survivors in the breakaway were caught 16km from the finish.

Kerbaol goes clear
The wearer of the polka dot jersey Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) scored three points at the Côte des Fins summit, with Niewiadoma and Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) following her in 2nd and 3rd positions respectively. Just after that, 14.5km from the finish Kerbaol attacked from the top of the Côte des Fins, distancing the only rider to stick her with initially Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck) on the descent – going solo for the win. Kerbaol would not look back from there, flying over the final kilometres to the finish line, delighting the fans in Morteau to notch a first French win at the Tour since Jeannie Longo, who took her 24th and final stage success in Aix-les-Bains in 1989.

Grote Prijs Jef Scherens – Rondom Leuven – 193km

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1 HOELGAARD Markus NOR Uno-X Mobility 04:28:42
2 TEUNISSEN Mike NED Intermarché – Wanty 00:11
3 MENTEN Milan BEL Lotto Dstny 00:21
4 VAN ASBROECK Tom BEL Israel – Premier Tech 00:21
5 JEANNIÈRE Emilien FRA TotalEnergies 00:21
6 LAMPERTI Luke USA Soudal Quick-Step 00:21
7 REX Laurenz BEL Intermarché – Wanty 00:21
8 ABRAHAMSEN Jonas NOR Uno-X Mobility 00:21
9 BEULLENS Cedric BEL Lotto Dstny 00:25
10 DÉMARE Arnaud FRA Arkéa – B&B Hotels 00:26
11 DE WILDE Gilles BEL Team Flanders – Baloise 00:26
12 BOMBOI Davide BEL TDT – Unibet Cycling Team 00:26
13 TAMINIAUX Lionel BEL Lotto Dstny 00:26
14 HUPPERTZ Joshua GER Team Lotto Kern-Haus PSD Bank 00:26
15 VERMEERSCH Gianni BEL Alpecin – Deceuninck 00:26

Dänemark Rundfahrt – Alle Etappen

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1. Etappe: Holstebro – Holstebro – ITT – 13,7 Km

01 Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 14:31
02 UAE Team Emirates + 00
03 Lotto Dstny + 03
04 Denmark + 05
05 Team Coloquick + 06
06 Uno-X Mobility + 07
07 Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 14
08 Airtox-Carl Ras + 16
09 TdT-Unibet + 17
10 Team Flanders-Baloise + 18
11 Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 20
12 Alpecin-Deceuninck + 21
13 Lidl-Trek Future Racing + 23
14 BHS-PL Beton Bornholm + 35
15 VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè + 44
16 Team Novo Nordisk + 50
17 Parkhotel Valkenburg + 54
18 Mazowsze Serce Polski + 57
19 Team Coop-Repsol + 01:16

2. Etappe: Ringkøbing – Vejle – 231 Km

01 Cort Magnus Uno-X Mobility 05:17:10
02 De Lie Arnaud Lotto Dstny + 00
03 Kragh Andersen Søren Alpecin-Deceuninck + 04
04 Foldager Anders Denmark + 10
05 Gogl Michael Alpecin-Deceuninck + 18
06 Flynn Sean Team dsm-firmenich PostNL + 18
07 Berckmoes Jenno Lotto Dstny + 27
08 Trentin Matteo Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 31
09 van den Broek Frank Team dsm-firmenich PostNL + 31
10 Johannink Jelle TdT-Unibet + 57

3. Etappe: Kolding – Haderslev – 156 Km

01 Lund Andresen Tobias Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 03:16:59
02 De Lie Arnaud Lotto Dstny + 00
03 Cort Magnus Uno-X Mobility + 00
04 Trentin Matteo Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00
05 Krijnsen Jelte Parkhotel Valkenburg + 00
06 Parisini Nicolò Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00
07 Kragh Andersen Søren Alpecin-Deceuninck + 00
08 Oliveira Rui UAE Team Emirates + 00
09 Van Poucke Aaron Team Flanders-Baloise + 00
10 Flynn Sean Team dsm-firmenich PostNL + 00

4. Etappe: Store Heddinge – Holbæk – 178 Km

1 KRIJNSEN Jelte NED Parkhotel Valkenburg 03:49:05
2 STENSBY Anton NOR Team Coop – Repsol 00:17
3 ANDRESEN Tobias Lund DEN Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:23
4 DE KLEIJN Arvid NED Tudor Pro Cycling Team 00:23
5 DE LIE Arnaud BEL Lotto Dstny 00:23
6 EEKHOFF Nils DEN Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:23
7 NIZZOLO Giacomo ITA Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:23
8 COLNAGHI Luca ITA VF Group – Bardiani CSF – Faizanè 00:23
9 OLIVEIRA Rui POR UAE Team Emirates 00:23
10 TEUTENBERG Tim Torn GER Lidl – Trek Future Racing 00:23

5. Etappe: Roskilde – Gladsaxe – 158 Km

1 ANDRESEN Tobias Lund DEN Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 03:18:18
2 ZANONCELLO Enrico ITA VF Group – Bardiani CSF – Faizanè 00:00
3 CORT Magnus DEN Uno-X Mobility 00:00
4 STAMPE Daniel DEN Airtox – Carl Ras 00:00
5 NIZZOLO Giacomo ITA Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:00
6 OLIVEIRA Rui POR UAE Team Emirates 00:00
7 DE KLEIJN Arvid NED Tudor Pro Cycling Team 00:00
8 BERCKMOES Jenno BEL Lotto Dstny 00:00
9 TEUTENBERG Tim Torn GER Lidl – Trek Future Racing 00:00
10 EEKHOFF Nils DEN Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:00

Endstand:

1 DE LIE Arnaud BEL Lotto Dstny 15:56:14
2 CORT Magnus DEN Uno-X Mobility 00:01
3 FOLDAGER Anders AUT Denmark 00:27
4 KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren DEN Alpecin – Deceuninck 00:33
5 BERCKMOES Jenno BEL Lotto Dstny 00:41
6 GOGL Michael DEN Alpecin – Deceuninck 00:51
7 VAN DEN BROEK Frank NED Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:52
8 TRENTIN Matteo ITA Tudor Pro Cycling Team 01:03
9 FLYNN Sean BEL Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 01:06
10 LEKNESSUND Andreas NOR Uno-X Mobility 01:29

Tour de France Femmes – Etappe 5

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1 VAS Blanka HUN Team SD Worx – Protime 03:46:51
2 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna POL Canyon//SRAM Racing 00:00
3 LIPPERT Liane GER Movistar Team 00:00
4 FAULKNER Kristen USA EF-Oatly-Cannondale 00:00
5 NORSGAARD Emma DEN Movistar Team 00:08
6 BRAND Lucinda NED Lidl – Trek 00:11
7 KERBAOL Cédrine FRA CERATIZIT-WNT Pro Cycling Team 00:11
8 WIEBES Lorena NED Team SD Worx – Protime 00:28
9 VOS Marianne NED Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:28
10 MUZIC Évita FRA FDJ – SUEZ 00:28

Gesamt:

1 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna POL Canyon//SRAM Racing 11:27:29
2 FAULKNER Kristen USA EF-Oatly-Cannondale 00:19
3 PIETERSE Puck NED Fenix-Deceuninck 00:22
4 KERBAOL Cédrine FRA CERATIZIT-WNT Pro Cycling Team 00:47
5 LABOUS Juliette FRA Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:56
6 DE JONG Thalita BEL Lotto Dstny Ladies 01:04
7 VAN ANROOIJ Shirin NED Lidl – Trek 01:07
8 ROOIJAKKERS Pauliena NED Fenix-Deceuninck 01:08
9 VOLLERING Demi NED Team SD Worx – Protime 01:19

It’s Vas in Amneville

It was a bittersweet victory for Blanka Vas (Team SD Worx – Protime) on Stage 5 of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift in Amneville, as the Hungarian outsprinted Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM Racing) and Liane Lippert (Movistar Team) to the line, with Kristen Faulkner (EF-Oatly-Cannondale) close by in fourth. A crash involving Vas’ teammate Demi Vollering and several other riders decimated the peloton with 6 km to go, with Vollering remounting but losing crucial time and control of the Yellow Jersey. Niewiadoma now leads the GC by 19” from Faulkner, with QOM leader Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) third at 22”. Vollering is now 9th overall, 1’19” off Niewiadoma, having lost 1’47″ after her crash.

Starting from Bastogne
The cycling hotspot of Bastogne was the setting for the start of Stage 5 as 137 riders commenced the day’s action, which would see the peloton cover 152.5km, taking on five categorised climbs on the route to Amneville. Elena Pirrone (Roland) first and then counter-attacker Michaela Drummond (Arkea-B&B Hotels) were the early movers, arriving together at the summit of the first categorised climb of the day (Côte de Hotte – Km 14.1, Cat. 3, 1.2km at 7.9%) approximately 20” ahead of the bunch, which was led over the top by Silvia Persico (UAE Team ADQ). Pirrone and Drummond were caught by the peloton shortly after they descended the Côte de Hotte.

Attacks before the Côte de Saint-Pancré
There were several short-lived breakaway attempts as the riders made their way to the second categorised climb of the day, but the peloton tightly controlled the potential escapees. That was the case until the Finn Wilma Aintila (Lotto Dstny Ladies) attacked after an hour of racing and she was soon joined by Amandine Fouquenet (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) at the front. After her earlier assault Pirrone went on the move again and joined Aintila and Fouquenet to form an attacking trio in the breakaway, creating a 35″ gap by km 65. Just after the race entered France (km 64.5) a group of 15 counter attackers tried to reach the front three, with the peloton responding. As the riders got to the start of the Côte de Saint-Pancré climb (Km 69.6, Cat. 4, 1.5km at 3.9%) the three breakaway riders were caught.

Pieterse shines
Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) reinforced her position in the QOM ranking in her polka dot jersey by taking the lead at the top of the Côte de Saint-Pancré climb (Km 69.6, Cat. 4, 1.5km at 3.9%) for two more points, just ahead of Justine Ghekiere (1 point). FDJ-Suez then stepped up the attacks and ended up finding an opening with Loes Adegeest, 3rd in the Rotterdam time trial. She was 15″ ahead of the bunch at the top of the Côte de Fermont (Km 79, Cat. 4, 1.5km at 4.6%), with the main group led by Persico at the summit. A second group in which Charlotte Kool (dsm-firmenich PostNL) was riding reached the Fermont summit just over a minute behind the GC leaders. Julie Van de Velde (AG Insurance-Soudal Team) and double cyclo-cross World Champion Fem van Empel (Visma | Lease a Bike) joined forces with Adegeest 67.5 km from the finish and soon built up a lead of over a minute, whilst Kool and her group re-joined the peloton.

Intermediate sprint
Before the intermediate sprint at Mercy-Le-Haut (km 105.8), though, Kool was in trouble again, dropping to more than two minutes behind the bunch. Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) won the bunch sprint for 13 important points, crossing the intermediate line in fifth place, behind the breakaway three and counter-attacker Maëva Squiban (Arkea – B&B Hotels Women), with Squiban soon caught again by the GC group. It had been Van de Velde who won the intermediate sprint, ahead of Adegeest and Van Empel and with 30km to go a 2’17” advantage gave the three riders at the front the hope that they could make it to the finish to contest the victory between them.

Montois-la-Montagne climb
However, by the time Van de Velde, Van Empel and Adegeest approached the Montois-la-Montagne climb (Cat. 4, 1.7km at 6%) their lead over the peloton was down to just 48″, with Movistar Team increasing the pace of the peloton. That gap was just 24” at the summit, which Van Empel reached first. The big accident involving Vollering with 6 km to go shook up the GC, whilst Adegeest was the last of the breakaway riders to be caught – as 9 riders who had moved ahead of the split peloton after the crash reached her with 2.3km to go. On the final straight Vas was too strong for Niewiadoma, Lippert and Faulkner to take the win on a difficult day for her team.

Sekundenkampf um Blau: Die Lidl Deutschland Tour live auf allen Kanälen

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Fünf Tage, 748 Kilometer, 120 Fahrer: Die Lidl Deutschland Tour bahnt sich 2024 ihren Weg durch den Süden der Bundesrepublik. Wenn in genau einer Woche am 21. August der Startschuss zur Rundfahrt in Schweinfurt fällt, geht es auf dem Weg nach Saarbrücken auf überwiegend hügeligem Terrain einmal mehr um Sekunden, aber erstmals um das Blaue Trikot.

Denn das trägt, durch den Einstieg von Lidl als Namenssponsor, der Gesamtführende. Die erste Chance darauf bietet der knapp drei Kilometer lange innerstädtische Prolog in Schweinfurt, bei dem sich sofort die ganz großen Namen, die an den Start gehen, zeigen werden. Filippo Ganna, Ethan Hayter (beide Ineos Grenadiers), Mads Pedersen und Jonathan Milan (beide Lidl-Trek) zählen hier direkt zu den Favoriten und könnten auch in der Endabrechnung eine gewichtige Rolle spielen.

Neben dem Prolog beginnt auch die 1. Etappe der Lidl Deutschland Tour in Schweinfurt. Über gut 176 Kilometer führt sie das Feld aus Bayern nach Baden-Württemberg und Heilbronn. Profil und Streckenlänge (175 Kilometer) sind dabei ähnlich wie auf der 2. Etappe zwischen dem Zielort des Vortages und Schwäbisch Gmünd: Den ganzen Tag über wellig bis ins Finale, wobei auf der zweimal zu fahrenden Zielrunde von Schwäbisch Gmünd die letzte Rampe sogar erst 1500 Meter vor dem Ziel wartet.

Von dort geht es einen Tag später weiter Richtung Süden bis nach Villingen-Schwenningen. Die mit 211 Kilometern längste Etappe seit der Wiedereinführung der Deutschland Tour kommt mit fast 3000 Höhenmetern daher und sieht auf über 900 Metern über dem Meeresspiegel auch das Dach der Rundfahrt. Im Vergleich zu den beiden Vortagen ist das Ende dieser Etappe hier allerdings flach. Das Finale der sechsten Auflage nach dem Comeback der Rundfahrt führt die Fahrer vom rheinland-pfälzischen Annweiler am Trifels über knapp 183 Kilometer nach Saarbrücken. Hier sorgt ein Anstieg auf der Schlussrunde dafür, dass ein Massensprint keine Selbstverständlichkeit ist.

Neben dem Gesamtsieger steht dann auch fest, wer die weiteren Wertungstrikots gewinnt: Der beste Bergfahrer erhält das Schwarze Trikot mit bunten Punkten in den neuen Eventfarben, der beste Sprinter trägt das klassisch Grüne Trikot von Škoda, so wie der beste Nachwuchsprofi in Weiß unterwegs sein wird. Täglich wird das Community Trikot vergeben. Über Instagram können Fans der Lidl Deutschland Tour für den Fahrer des Tages abstimmen.

Jetzt den Besuch an der Strecke planen

Bereits jetzt können Fans ihren Besuch der Lidl Deutschland Tour planen. Auf deutschland-tour.com stehen Karten, Zeitpläne und GPS-Dateien zum Download bereit. Hinweise zum Besuch des Veranstaltungsbereiches oder entlang der Strecke sind auf verkehr.deutschland-tour.com abrufbar.

Live dabei jeden Tag – per TV, Stream, im Ticker und mit Radio Tour
Die Lidl Deutschland Tour wird weltweit übertragen. Neben der Übertragung im öffentlich-rechtlichen TV und per Live-Stream auf sportstudio.de und sportschau.de sowie Eurosport / Discovery+ ist das Rennen auch über den X-Account des Rennens zu verfolgen. Zudem bietet die Homepage der Lidl Deutschland Tour auch die Möglichkeit, den Tourfunk aus dem Führungsfahrzeug komplett live mitzuhören.

Übersicht TV-Zeiten

Prolog | Mittwoch, 21. August
BR + sportschau.de 14:10-16:00 Uhr
Eurosport/Discovery+ 14:05-16:05 Uhr

1. Etappe | Donnerstag, 22. August
ZDF + sportstudio.de 15:05 – 17:00 Uhr
Eurosport/Discovery+ 15:05-17:05 Uhr

2. Etappe | Freitag, 23. August
ARD + sportschau.de 15:10 – 17:00 Uhr
Eurosport/Discovery+ 15:05-17:05 Uhr

3. Etappe | Samstag, 24. August
ZDF + sportstudio.de 15:15 – 17:00 Uhr
Eurosport/Discovery+ 15:05-17:05 Uhr

4. Etappe | Sonntag, 25. August
ARD + sportschau.de 15:30 – 17:00 Uhr
Eurosport/Discovery+ 15:05-17:05 Uhr

Die ersten Sieger des Race Around Austria sind im Ziel

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Seit Sonntag läuft das Race Around Austria p/b evileye eyewear, das emotionalste Radrennen Österreichs. Während die Starter über die 2.200 Kilometer lange Extrem-Distanz noch unterwegs sind, haben die ersten Sieger der Challenge das Ziel erreicht. Eine beeindruckende Zeit legte dabei der Lokalmatador auf Oberösterreichs Straßen hin!

Am Ziel seiner Träume ist Michael Hofer, der frisch gebackene Sieger der Race Around Austria Challenge. Die Strecke führte rund um Oberösterreich über 560 Kilometer und rund 6.500 Höhenmeter. Gestern wurde gestartet und es folgte bei heißen Temperaturen teils heftiger Regen. Mit den Bedingungen dürfte der Julbacher Michael Hofer am besten zurechtgekommen sein, denn mit 16:26 Stunden legte er eine famose Zeit hin. Wie stark der Oberösterreicher fuhr, zeigt die Vergleichszeit des Vorjahressiegers Dominik Meierhofer mit 16:38 Stunden. Der Salzburger wurde heuer immerhin Dritter beim Race Across America. „Ich wollte 18 Stunden schaffen, dass es dann 16:26h wurden ist ein Wahnsinn. Im Mühlviertel mit den vielen Anstiegen war es extrem hart. Für mich kam es zu einer richtigen Seelenreise mit vielen Tiefs. Aber das gehört zum RAA dazu, das macht das Rennen so besonders“, freute sich Hofer im Ziel. Auf Rang zwei kam Julius Lackner mit 16:59h, gefolgt von Johannes Hufnagl (17:45h). Übrigens, für eine richtige Gänsehautstimmung sorgten die zahlreichen Zuschauer:innen in den Fanzonen Julbach und Ulrichsberg.

Teamchallenge ebenfalls in oberösterreichischer Hand
Das Duo Christian Oberngruber und Rene Pammer vom Team Next 125 Hackl – Lebensräume aus Oberösterreich siegte in 14:19 Stunden ganz klar vor den Lemp Brothers (15:06h) und Krafwelt Bürmoos (15:578h). „Es ist alles wie geplant verlaufen. Wir kommen aus dem Mühlviertel und kennen dort jeden Meter, das haben wir bei unserem Teamwork perfekt ausgenützt“, freuen sich die frisch gebackenen österreichischen Meister Oberngruber und Pammer. Auch in der Business-Wertung steht mit Duschkabinen Allerstorfer der Sieger mit einer Zeit von 16:33 Stunden fest. In der unsupported-Wertung rund um Oberösterreich triumphierte Franz Scharler (17.22h) knapp vor Konrad Pfützner (17:31h) und Christian Moser (18:00h).

Lange aufgefädelt ist das Feld der Teilnehmer:innen des RAA Extreme p/b evileye eyewear. Während sich bei den Damen die Deutsche Tina Büttner und die Niederösterreicherin Elena Roch kurz vor Innsbruck ein spannendes Duell liefern, liegt Stefan Neudeck bei den Herren nach Zell am See in Führung. Die Sieger der 2.200 Kilometer langen Extreme-Variante werden Samstag Abend in St. Georgen im Attergau von tausenden Besuchern erwartet.

Spannung pur bei RAA-Damenrennen
Heute fiel die Entscheidung um den Sieg in der Damenwertung beim Race Around Austria p/b evileye eyewear Extreme. Nach 2.200 Kilometern im Uhrzeigersinn rund um Österreich entschied die in Tirol lebende Niederösterreicherin Elena Roch das Rennen mit einer halben Stunde Vorsprung für sich! Beim zweitschnellsten Damenrennen der 16-jährigen Geschichte des RAA landete die Deutsche Tina Büttner an der zweiten Stelle.

Die gebürtige Hollabrunnerin Elena Roch zählt mittlerweile zu den stärksten Ultraradfahrerinnen Österreichs. Bereits drei Mal – von 2020 bis 2022 – gewann sie das Race Around Niederösterreich, wo sie auch den Streckenrekord hält. Heuer triumphierte sie bei der Premiere des unsupported-Rennens Race Across Austria. Doch den größten Erfolg in ihrer Karriere hat sie heute mit ihrem Sieg beim Race Around Austria über 2.200 Kilometer und 30.000 Höhenmetern geholt. Mit einer Zeit von 4 Tagen 2 Stunden sorgte die 31-Jährige auch für die zweitschnellste Siegerzeit bei den Damen. Tina Büttner erreichte St. Georgen im Attergau nach einer Fahrzeit von 4 Tagen 2 Stunden 28 Minuten.

Ganz gemischte Emotionen hatte Roch im oberösterreichischen Zielort: „Es war so ein super cooles Erlebnis. Aber durch die Hitze änderten wir ständig die Schlafstrategie und zudem hatte ich ziemliche Sitzprobleme und mein Nacken schmerzt sehr. Jetzt freue ich mich auf die Finisher-Party heute Abend, wo wieder mega viele Leute kommen werden.“ Übrigens, vor zwei Jahren war Roch schon über die 1.500er-Distanz eine Klasse für sich, wo sie einen souveränen Streckenrekord aufstellen konnte.

Restart am Arlberg wegen Mure
Die Unwetter der vergangenen beiden Tage haben auch das RAA beeinflusst. Durch den Murenabgang am Arlberg musste das Rennen für die 4er-Teams gestoppt werden. Heute um 07:00 Uhr wurde die Teams im Dreiminuten-Abstand neu gestartet, das Rennen läuft somit wieder. „Sie sind nun abseits der Strecke in entgegengesetzter Richtung von Pians nach Imst und Nassereith unterwegs. Dort treffen wir wieder auf die Originalstrecke“, sagt OK-Chef Michael Nußbaumer, der dem Tourismusverband St. Anton am Arlberg großen Dank ausspricht: „Vielen Dank den Verantwortlichen von St. Anton am Arlberg rund um Marco Jordan, der uns trotz Ausnahmezustand und Feuerwehreinsätzen immer wieder über die aktuelle Situation vor Ort informiert hat!“

Mehr Informationen:
Homepage: https://www.racearoundaustria.at
Live-GPS Tracking: https://race.perfect-tracking.com/race/raa2024/live
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Tour de France Femmes – Etappe 4

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4. Etappe: Valkenburg – Liège – 123 Km

1 PIETERSE Puck NED Fenix-Deceuninck 03:12:28
2 VOLLERING Demi NED Team SD Worx – Protime 00:00
3 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna POL Canyon//SRAM Racing 00:00
4 PIENAAR Kimberley MRI AG Insurance – Soudal Team 00:29
5 RÜEGG Noemi SUI EF-Oatly-Cannondale 00:29
6 DE JONG Thalita BEL Lotto Dstny Ladies 00:29
7 MUZIC Évita FRA FDJ – SUEZ 00:29
8 VAN ANROOIJ Shirin NED Lidl – Trek 00:29
9 FISHER-BLACK Niamh NZL Team SD Worx – Protime 00:29
10 MEIJERING Mareille NED Movistar Team 00:29

Gesamt:

1 VOLLERING Demi NED Team SD Worx – Protime 07:40:10
2 PIETERSE Puck NED Fenix-Deceuninck 00:22
3 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna POL Canyon//SRAM Racing 00:34
4 FAULKNER Kristen USA EF-Oatly-Cannondale 00:47
5 LABOUS Juliette FRA Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:56
6 ROOIJAKKERS Pauliena NED Fenix-Deceuninck 01:03
7 PIENAAR Kimberley MRI AG Insurance – Soudal Team 01:03
8 DE JONG Thalita BEL Lotto Dstny Ladies 01:04
9 KERBAOL Cédrine FRA CERATIZIT-WNT Pro Cycling Team 01:04
10 VAN ANROOIJ Shirin NED Lidl – Trek 01:07

Liege glory for Pieterse

Stage 4 of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift was won by Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) who produced a powerful performance over the hilly 122.7 km route from Valkenberg to the Quai des Ardennes in Liege. In an exciting finale Pieterse took a brilliant first win, just beating Yellow Jersey Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) to the line in a photo finish, with Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon//Sram Racing) crossing the line in third place. In wet conditions in Belgium it was the final Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons climb which proved decisive and the result leaves Vollering top of the GC by 22” from Pieterse, with Niewiadoma third overall at 34”.

Amstel Gold Race climbs
There were 144 starters for Stage 4, with Elise Chabbey (Canyon//SRAM Racing), Clara Emond (EF-Oatly-Cannondale), Christina Schweinberger (Fenix-Deceuninck) not taking the start. Over the first four categorised climbs of the day which are firm fixtures in the Amstel Gold Race route – Bemelerberg (km 6.6, Cat. 4, 1.3km at 4.9%), Cauberg (km 12.8, Cat. 3, 0.7km at 8%), Geulhemmerberg (km 17.8, Cat. 4, 1.1km at 5.1%) & Bemelerberg (km 23.4, Cat. 4, 1.3km at 4.9%) – it was Silvia Persico (UAE Team ADQ) who dominated the proceedings, topping each summit in first place, to move into the virtual lead of the Mountain classification.

Martin goes solo
After that hilly start Sara Martin (Movistar) went solo at the front and soon built up a 1’15“ lead over the peloton at km 41. Upon reaching Aubel, at km 43.3, the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift left the Netherlands to enter Belgium and the climbs so familiar from Liege-Bastogne-Liege awaited. Laura Tomasi (Laboral Kutxa – Fundación Euskadi) briefly went on the counter-attack, chasing Martin, but she was soon reeled back in. After solo attacker Martin was first through the intermediate sprint at Pepinster (km 67.5), Charlotte Kool (dsm-firmenich PostNL) was the first of the bunch in the sprint in her green jersey, ahead of Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime).

Martin caught on Mont-Theux
The race was briefly stopped at a level crossing before the Mont-Theux climb (Km 74.8, Cat. 3, 2.8km at 5.6%) with the commissaires neutralising the bunch to fairly maintain Martin’s lead. But once onto that climb Martin would not last much longer in the lead and she was caught by the main group 500m from the top. Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) went over the top of the Mont-Theux climb first, followed by Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance – Soudal Team) and Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance – Soudal Team). Behind the climbers and GC favourites the peloton was split into several groups with Wiebes in one group, polka dot jersey wearer Cristina Tonetti (Laboral Kutxa – Fundación Euskadi) in a third group and Kool in a fourth.

Onto ‘la Redoute’
At the top of the Côte de la Redoute (km 88.8, Cat. 2, 1.6km at 9.4%) Pieterse from the Fenix-Deceuninck team led a peloton reduced to around 15 riders, with Niewiadoma, Vollering and Kimberley Le Court (AG Insurance – Soudal Team), 2nd, 3rd and 4th respectively on that climb. Belgian rider Ghekiere from AG Insurance-Soudal took the lead ahead of Kastelijn and Gigante at the top of the Côte des Forges (Km 99.6, Cat. 3, 1.3km at 7.8%) pressing on hard on the descent and soon moving 20” ahead of the bunch.

Final Roche-aux-Faucons climb
Indeed 20” was Ghekiere’s lead starting the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons climb (km 109.4, Cat. 2, 1.3km at 11%) but she was caught by a severely reduced main group 330m from the summit, with Vollering herself setting a fearsome pace in yellow on the ascent. Pieterse took the lead at the summit of Roche-aux-Faucons ahead of Niewiadoma, Vollering and Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck) and they soon forced a 10″ gap over the rest of the diminished main group. With less than 10km to go it was just Pieterse, Niewiadoma and Vollering at the front, 30″ ahead. In the end it was Pieterse who had the power to get to the finish line first and she also ended the day top of the mountain classification.

Tour de Pologne – Alle Etappen

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1. Etappe: Wrocław – Karpacz – 156 Km


Plomi Foto

1 NYS Thibau BEL Lidl-Trek 03:37:07
2 KELDERMAN Wilco NED Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:03
3 NERURKAR Lukas GBR EF Education-EasyPost 00:03
4 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:06
5 MOHORIC Matej SLO Bahrain Victorious 00:06
6 ULISSI Diego ITA UAE Team Emirates 00:06
7 GRÉGOIRE Romain FRA Groupama-FDJ 00:06
8 FUGLSANG Jakob DEN Israel-Premier Tech 00:06
9 MAJKA Rafal POL UAE Team Emirates 00:09
10 CONCI Nicola ITA Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:09

2. Etappe: Mysłakowice – Karpacz – ITT – 15,4 Km


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1 WELLENS Tim BEL UAE Team Emirates 00:23:59
2 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:09
3 GROßSCHARTNER Felix AUT UAE Team Emirates 00:15
4 ONLEY Oscar GBR Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:15
5 SCHACHMANN Max GER Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe 00:21
6 ULISSI Diego ITA UAE Team Emirates 00:34
7 SHEFFIELD Magnus USA INEOS Grenadiers 00:39
8 GARCÍA Raúl ESP ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 00:40
9 CHRISTEN Jan SUI UAE Team Emirates 00:41
10 KELDERMAN Wilco NED Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:42

3. Etappe: Wałbrzych – Duszniki-Zdrój – 157 Km

1 NYS Thibau 104 LTK – 10s 04h 03′ 21“
2 ULISSI Diego 176 UAD – 6s + 00′ 00“ 19p
3 KELDERMAN Wilco 162 TVL – 4s + 00′ 00“ 18p
4 RYAN Archie 65 EFE + 00′ 00“ 17p
5 SHEFFIELD Magnus 83 IGD + 00′ 00“
6 ZAMBANINI Edoardo 7 TBV + 00′ 00“
7 GREGOIRE Romain 73 GFC + 00′ 00“
8 MOHORIC Matej 1 TBV + 00′ 00“
9 VINGEGAARD Jonas 161 TVL + 00′ 00“
10 PARET PEINTRE Aurélien 51 DAT + 00′ 00“
11 ONLEY Oscar 146 DFP + 00′ 00“
12 WANDAHL Frederik 125 RBH + 00′ 00“
13 DONOVAN Mark 192 Q36 + 00′ 00“
14 VOISARD Yannis 206 TUD + 00′ 00“
15 CHRISTEN Jan 171 UAD + 00′ 00“

4. Etappe: Kudowa-Zdrój – Prudnik – 195 Km

1 KOOIJ Olav 164 TVL – 10s 04h 46′ 20“
2 BENNETT Sam 52 DAT – 6s + 00′ 00“
3 PEDERSEN Mads 105 LTK – 4s + 00′ 00“
4 MEEUS Jordi 122 RBH + 00′ 00“
5 MERLIER Tim 133 SOQ + 00′ 00“
6 ANIOLKOWSKI Stanislaw 41 COF + 00′ 00“
7 THIJSSEN Gerben 95 IWA + 00′ 00“
8 DAINESE Alberto 201 TUD + 00′ 00“
9 PLOWRIGHT Jensen 16 ADC + 00′ 00“
10 BAUHAUS Phil 3 TBV + 00′ 00“
11 VAN UDEN Casper 147 DFP + 00′ 00“
12 FRĄTCZAK Radosław 215 POL + 00′ 00“
13 STEWART Thomas Jake 187 IPT + 00′ 00“
14 PITHIE Laurence 75 GFC + 00′ 00“
15 DEKKER David 21 ARK + 00′ 00“

5. Etappe: Katowice – Katowice – 188 Km

Jordi Meeus holt im Massensprint der 5. Etappe der Tour de Pologne (2.UWT) Platz 2. Der 187km lange Tagesabschnitt mit Start und Ziel in Katowice war ein Tag für die Sprinter. Mit Filip Maciejuk, Ryan Mullen und Danny van Poppel konnte sich der 26-jährige Belgier Meeus in der Sprintvorbereitung auf eine starke und eingespielte Mannschaft verlassen. Auf der langen Zielgerade von Katowice war es am Ende T. Merlier, der die Nase vorne hatte. Am Sonntag, auf der letzten Etappe der siebentägigen Rundfahrt, gibt es für Jordi Meeus die nächste Chance, um den Sieg zu sprinten.

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„Eine sehr schnelle Etappe mit einem ziemlich anspruchsvollen Finale. Wir haben die letzten Kilometer heute morgen besichtigt, um wirklich perfekt vorbereitet zu sein. Die Jungs sind eine super Sprintvorbereitung gefahren. Am Ende war Merlier einfach etwas schneller – gemischte Gefühle heute, aber wir haben am Sonntag nochmal eine Chance.“ Jordi Meeus

1 MERLIER Tim 133 SOQ – 10s 04h 05′ 00“
2 MEEUS Jordi 122 RBH – 6s + 00′ 00“
3 KOOIJ Olav 164 TVL – 4s + 00′ 00“
4 PLOWRIGHT Jensen 16 ADC + 00′ 00“
5 STEWART Thomas Jake 187 IPT + 00′ 00“
6 CIMOLAI Davide 113 MOV + 00′ 00“
7 VAN POPPEL Danny 127 RBH + 00′ 00“
8 ANIOLKOWSKI Stanislaw 41 COF + 00′ 00“
9 PASQUALON Andrea 4 TBV + 00′ 00“
10 VAN UDEN Casper 147 DFP + 00′ 00“

6. Etappe: Wadowice – Bukovina Resort – 183 Km

1 NYS Thibau 104 LTK – 10s 04h 26′ 06“
2 ULISSI Diego 176 UAD – 6s + 00′ 00“
3 ONLEY Oscar 146 DFP – 4s + 00′ 00“
4 VINGEGAARD Jonas 161 TVL + 00′ 00“
5 KELDERMAN Wilco 162 TVL + 00′ 00“
6 BAGIOLI Andrea 101 LTK + 00′ 00“
7 PARET PEINTRE Aurélien 51 DAT + 00′ 00“
8 ZAMBANINI Edoardo 7 TBV + 00′ 00“
9 MOHORIC Matej 1 TBV + 00′ 00“
10 WANDAHL Frederik 125 RBH + 00′ 00“

7. Etappe: Wieliczka – Kraków – 142 Km

1 KOOIJ Olav 164 TVL – 10s 03h 04′ 08“
2 MERLIER Tim 133 SOQ – 6s + 00′ 00“
3 THIJSSEN Gerben 95 IWA – 4s + 00′ 00“
4 VAN UDEN Casper 147 DFP + 00′ 00“
5 PLOWRIGHT Jensen 16 ADC + 00′ 00“
6 MEEUS Jordi 122 RBH + 00′ 00“
7 REINDERS Elmar 152 JAY + 00′ 00“
8 NAESEN Oliver 56 DAT + 00′ 00“
9 SWIFT Ben 84 IGD + 00′ 00“
10 THEUNS Edward 106 LTK + 00′ 00“

Endstand:

1 VINGEGAARD Jonas 161 TVL 24h 26′ 22“
2 ULISSI Diego 176 UAD 24h 26′ 35“ + 00′ 13“
3 KELDERMAN Wilco 162 TVL 24h 26′ 42“ + 00′ 20“
4 GREGOIRE Romain 73 GFC 24h 26′ 55“ + 00′ 33“
5 SHEFFIELD Magnus 83 IGD 24h 26′ 59“ + 00′ 37“
6 MOHORIC Matej 1 TBV 24h 27′ 06“ + 00′ 44“
7 ZAMBANINI Edoardo 7 TBV 24h 27′ 06“ + 00′ 44“
8 HONORÉ Mikkel 61 EFE 24h 27′ 11“ + 00′ 49“
9 VOISARD Yannis 206 TUD 24h 27′ 11“ + 00′ 49“
10 ONLEY Oscar 146 DFP 24h 27′ 15“ + 00′ 53“
11 GARCIA PIERNA Raul 22 ARK 24h 27′ 37“ + 01′ 15“
12 BARTA William 111 MOV 24h 27′ 48“ + 01′ 26“
13 PARET PEINTRE Aurélien 51 DAT 24h 28′ 00“ + 01′ 38“
14 HERMANS Ben 44 COF 24h 28′ 02“ + 01′ 40“
15 CHRISTEN Jan 171 UAD 24h 28′ 13“ + 01′ 51“