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Eine Woche bis zum Start der Deutschland Tour

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Am 24. August startet die Deutschland Tour in Weimar. Zum Auftakt am kommenden Mittwoch wartet ein kurzes Einzelzeitfahren auf die 120 Profis. Nach dem Sekundenkrimi folgen vier Etappen bis zum großen Finale am 28. August in Stuttgart.
Prolog, selektive Zielrunde, Klassiker-Parcours und eine Bergankunft– der Weg zum Gesamtsieg der Deutschland Tour 2022 verlangt einen kompletten Rennfahrer. Ob Nils Politt seinen Titel verteidigen kann, wird sich auf den 710 Kilometern durch Thüringen, Hessen und Baden-Württemberg zeigen. Die 20 Mannschaften, davon 14 Teams aus der UCI WorldTour, haben sich mit Sprintern, Klassikern- und Klassement-Fahrern auf das abwechslungsreiche Terrain eingestellt.

Live-Übertragung im TV
Wie in den Vorjahren ist auch in der kommenden Woche täglich ein mehrstündiges Live-Programm im TV und Live-Stream eingeplant. Am 24. August steigt der MDR um 17:15 Uhr in den Prolog ein. Die anschließenden vier Etappen werden abwechselnd von ARD und ZDF gezeigt. Am Donnerstag übernimmt das Erste ab 16:00 Uhr. Das ZDF beginnt am Freitag bereits um 15:40 Uhr mit der Übertragung der längsten Etappe der diesjährigen Rundfahrt. Die Bergankunft am Schauinsland können Fans am Samstag ab 16:00 Uhr live in der ARD verfolgen. Vom Finale in Stuttgart berichtet das ZDF am Sonntag ab 15:50 Uhr.

Die Bilder von Deutschlands wichtigstem Radrennen gehen in 190 Länder. Auf vier Kontinenten übertragen Sender das Rennen live im linearen TV sowie als Stream in digitalen Playern und Apps. Mit hohem Aufwand produziert die A.S.O. das Live-Signal von der Deutschland Tour. Die eingesetzte Technik garantiert ein TV-Erlebnis, wie bei der Tour de France – inklusive Hubschrauber sowie diversen mobilen und stationären Kameras.

Besuchen & Mitmachen
Wer den Besuch in den Etappenorten und an der Rennstrecke planen möchte, findet alle Renndetails im Roadbook auf www.deutschland-tour.com. Karten und Zeitpläne mit Durchfahrtszeiten geben einen Überblick, um die Profis bei der Wunschetappe zu erleben. Hinweise zu Verkehrseinschränkungen und Sperrungen sind für jede Etappe auf verkehr.deutschland-tour.com abrufbar.
Neben dem Besuch des Profi-Rennens werden viele Möglichkeiten zum Mitmachen angeboten. Vor allem die täglichen Zielorte bieten ein umfangreiches Programm. So können sich Alltagsradfahrer*innen für die „Techniker Ride Tour“ anmelden – eine Ausfahrt, um die Umgebung auf dem Fahrrad zu erkunden. Die „kinder Joy of Moving mini tour“ sorgt bei Kindern und Jugendlichen für Begeisterung mit der Bike Parade oder dem Laufradrennen auf den letzten Metern der Profistrecke. Die Anmeldung ist auf www.deutschland-tour.com möglich.

Arctic Race of Norway Etappe 3+4

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3. Etappe: Namsos – Skallstuggu – 180 Km

1 LAFAY Victor FRA COFIDIS 04:09:29
2 VAUQUELIN Kévin FRA TEAM ARKÉA-SAMSIC 00:03
3 HOULE Hugo CAN ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH 00:03
4 BYSTRØM Sven Erik NOR INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT 00:03
5 HAGEN Carl Fredrik NOR ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH 00:03
6 HERMANS Quinten BEL INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT 00:03
7 OSBORNE Jason GER ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 00:03
8 SCHULTZ Nick AUS TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO 00:03
9 CHZHAN Igor KAZ ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM 00:03
10 CONCI Nicola ITA ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 00:09

4. Etappe: Trondheim – 160 Km

1 LEKNESSUND Andreas NOR TEAM DSM 03:30:26
2 CONCI Nicola ITA ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 00:16
3 ZINGLE Axel FRA COFIDIS 00:18
4 POOLE Max GBR TEAM DSM 00:18
5 HOULE Hugo CAN ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH 00:20
6 HERMANS Quinten BEL INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT 00:35
7 BURGAUDEAU Mathieu FRA TOTALENERGIES 00:35
8 SBARAGLI Kristian ITA ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 00:35
9 BAX Sjoerd NED ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 00:35
10 KORETZKY Victor FRA B&B HOTELS-KTM 00:35

Endstand:

1 LEKNESSUND Andreas NOR TEAM DSM 16:11:32
2 HOULE Hugo CAN ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH 00:08
3 CONCI Nicola ITA ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 00:09
4 ZINGLE Axel FRA COFIDIS 00:14
5 LAFAY Victor FRA COFIDIS 00:15
6 VAUQUELIN Kévin FRA TEAM ARKÉA-SAMSIC 00:22
7 POOLE Max GBR TEAM DSM 00:23
8 HERMANS Quinten BEL INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT 00:26
9 HAGEN Carl Fredrik NOR ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH 00:28
10 BAX Sjoerd NED ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 00:35

Unforgettable victory in home soil for Andreas Leknessund

Team DSM’s Andreas Leknessund pulled off a masterpiece he will never forget to win the final stage and the GC of the 2022 Arctic Race of Norway. The Norwegian rider went clear from the peloton with a hundred kilometres to go and proved to be the strongest in the final circuit of Trondheim, holding off all the attempts to bring him back and landing a solo victory that subsequently awarded him the overall win ahead of Hugo Houle (Israel-PremierTech) and Nicola Conci (Alpecin-Deceuninck). It’s the first time a Norwegian rider triumphs in this event since the victory of Thor Hushovd on its first edition, back in 2013.
108 riders took the start on the 4th stage of the 2022 Arctic Race of Norway, which began and finished in Trondheim after covering 159,1 kilometres, at 14:20. One DNS: Intermarché-Wanty Gobert’s Sven Eryk Bystrøm, who fell ill overnight and sat out of the race giving up his hard-earned 4th position on the GC. It was a hectic start, with many moves as all of the event’s prizes and honors were undecided or straight away up for grabs, as the 400 liters of Mack Brewery products awarded to the winner of the first intermediate sprint in Spongdal (IS, km 26). Israel-Premier Tech led out, yet former GC leader Axel Zingle (Cofidis) proved the fastest of the contenders and took three important bonus seconds ahead of Quinten Hermans (Intermarché-Wanty Gobert) and Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-Samsic), who closed in to Midnight Sun jersey wearer Victor Lafay (Cofidis) by two and one seconds respectively.

Three-man breakaway up the road
Virtually every rider from every team wanted to break away, and that made for a thrilling first hour of racing until Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM), Fabian Greiller (TotalEnergies) and Alessandro Verre (Arkéa-Samsic) managed to jump clear 65 kilometres into the stage. The trio build a buffer that reached 2’15” atop Løvset (Cat 2, km 78,7), first crowned by Greiller. Cofidis drove the bunch to keep the gap steady as Leknessund led the way through Ståggån (Cat 2, km 101,9).

Leknessund takes off
It was with 37 kilometres to go that the riders entered the final circuit in Trondheim: a 8,1-kilometre loop with a steep climb to Tylhot Tower (1,4 km at 7,7%) to be crested 5,8 kilometres from the finish line. As soon as the road pitched upwards, Leknessund took off from his companions to reach the summit of Tylhot Tower (Cat 2, km 128,9) solo, holding a 1’10” gap on a bunch where attacks began to take place. A three-man group with Martin Urianstad (Uno-X), Embret Svestad-Bardseng (Team Coop) and Thomas Gloag (Trinity Racing) went clear atop the climb and caught up with Verre and Greiller after the second crossing of the finish line with 24 kilometres to go. They were quickly swept up by the pack when the race finally took shape.

Alpecin-Deceuninck comes close as Cofidis loses its lead
Nicola Conci (Alpecin-Deceuninck) unfurled a ferocious acceleration to pass the summit of the second climb to Tylhot Tower (Cat 2, km 137) second to Leknessund, who was still leading the race with a 45-second buffer. The Italian rider was joined from behind by teammates Jason Osborne and Kristian Sbaragli, as well as by Hugo Houle (Israel-Premier Tech), Dries de Potter (Intermarché-Wanty Gobert), Axel Zingle (Cofidis) and Max Poole (Team DSM). The Alpecin-Deceuninck squad kept a fast tempo as Leknessund collected KOM points in Tylhot Tower (Cat 2, km 145,2) and bonus seconds on the third and fourth crossing of the finish line. Conci took off again up the final climb to Tylhot Tower (Cat 2, km 137) in a furious pursuit of Leknessund, who managed to keep him at bay. Behind, Lafay, Vauquelin and Hermans took on a late chase with the Midnight Sun jersey in mind that turned out unfruitful as all of them finished off the podium for the benefit of Conci, Houle… and the outstanding overall winner Leknessund.

Arctic Race of Norway Etappe 2

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Mosjøen – Brønnøysund – 155 Km

1 GROENEWEGEN Dylan NED TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO 03:41:17
2 CAPIOT Amaury BEL TEAM ARKÉA-SAMSIC 00:00
3 BOASSON-HAGEN Edvald NOR TOTALENERGIES 00:00
4 QUICK Blake AUS TRINITY RACING 00:00
5 MALUCELLI Matteo ITA CHINA GLORY CYCLING TEAM 00:00
6 DAUPHIN Florian FRA B&B HOTELS-KTM 00:00
7 NEILANDS Krists LAT ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH 00:00
8 GIBSON Matthew GBR HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 00:00
9 URIANSTAD Martin NOR UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:00
10 SYRITSA Gleb RUS ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM 00:00

Gesamt:

1 ZINGLE Axel FRA COFIDIS 08:31:14
2 BURGAUDEAU Mathieu FRA TOTALENERGIES 00:05
3 CAPIOT Amaury BEL TEAM ARKÉA-SAMSIC 00:07
4 SYRITSA Gleb RUS ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM 00:07
5 BOASSON-HAGEN Edvald NOR TOTALENERGIES 00:09
6 VAN ROOY Kenneth BEL SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE 00:10
7 AASVOLD Kristian NOR HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 00:10
8 BYSTRØM Sven Erik NOR INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT 00:10
9 JOHNSTON Liam AUS TRINITY RACING 00:10
10 BAX Sjoerd NED ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 00:11

Groenewegen takes the sprint by storm

It isn’t easy to pull off an obvious victory, yet today the best sprinter in the field won the sprint stage of the Arctic Race of Norway. Dylan Groenewegen put on an excellent display of power to repay the work of his BikeExchange-Jayco teammates all over the 154,3-kilometre course. The Dutchman launched his sprint with 250 meters to go and kept at bay Amaury Capiot (Arkéa-Samsic) and Edvald Boasson Hagen (TotalEnergies) to score his seventh victory of the season. Cofidis’ Axel Zingle retained the Midnight Sun jersey and netted bonus seconds on an intermediate sprint to increase his lead over Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) up to 5” ahead of tomorrow’s summit finish in Skallstuggu.

113 riders took the start on the 2nd stage of the 2022 Arctic Race of Norway, which covered 154,3 kilometres between Mosjøen and Brønnøysund, at 12:10. Peacock jersey wearer Stephen Bassett (Human Powered Health) went on the attack early on to create a 5-man breakaway with Iker Mintegi (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Aaron Van Poucke (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Johan Ravnøy (Team Coop) and Liam Johnstone (Trinity Racing). Atop the day’s first categorized climb, Laksforsen (Cat 2, km 21), the front group had a 3’40” gap on the bunch. Van Poucke, who had been Bassett’s main challenger for the KOM classification on the opening stage, beat the American on the summit to score the maximum points at stake.

Showdown between Bassett and Van Poucke for the Peacock jersey
Cofidis, defending the GC leadership of Axel Zingle, and BikeExchange-Jayco, favoring the options of its sprinter Dylan Groenewegen, drove the bunch for most of the day and prevented the break from building a gap that went above the four minutes threshold. Van Poucke got the best of Bassett again at both Tosen (Cat 2, km 69,9) and Lande (Cat 2, km 94,8), yet the American had a big enough advantage in the standings as to keep leading them. On the final kilometer of the latter climb, Mintegi got dropped back to the peloton, that was riding at a steady pace 2’00” behind. By the time the race reached Hommelstø (IS, km 121,2), with Johnstone in first position across the line, the gap of the front four had been reduced to 1’20”.

GC battle at the final intermediate sprint
The breakaway was brought back for good by the bunch during the climb to Torghatten (IS, km 141,8). The GC contenders sprinted for the bonus seconds, with Sven Eryk Bystrøm (Intermarché-Wanty Gobert) getting 3” ahead of Midnight Sun jersey wearer Axel Zingle and Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies), who netted 2” and 1” respectively. Israel Premier-Tech and Intermarché-Wanty Gobert took the helm in the final ten kilometres, preparing for a bunch sprint that was finally launched by Groenewegen with 250 meters to go. Despite the long range of his acceleration, no one was able to overtake him before the finish line.

Arctic Race of Norway Etappe 1

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Mo i Rana – 185 Km

1 ZINGLE Axel FRA COFIDIS 04:50:09 38,62
2 SYRITSA Gleb RUS ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM 00:01
3 BURGAUDEAU Mathieu FRA TOTALENERGIES 00:01
4 CAPIOT Amaury BEL TEAM ARKÉA-SAMSIC 00:01
5 SCHULTZ Nick AUS TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO 00:01
6 BALLERSTEDT Maurice GER ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 00:01
7 AALRUST Håkon NOR TEAM COOP 00:01
8 STOKBRO Andreas DEN TEAM COOP 00:01
9 ANGULO Antonio ESP EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI 00:01
10 HERMANS Quinten BEL INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT 00:01

Gesamt:

1 ZINGLE Axel FRA COFIDIS 04:49:59
2 BURGAUDEAU Mathieu FRA TOTALENERGIES 00:04
3 SYRITSA Gleb RUS ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM 00:05
4 AASVOLD Kristian NOR HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 00:08
5 VAN ROOY Kenneth BEL SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE 00:08
6 BAX Sjoerd NED ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 00:09
7 CAPIOT Amaury BEL TEAM ARKÉA-SAMSIC 00:11
8 SCHULTZ Nick AUS TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO 00:11
9 BALLERSTEDT Maurice GER ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 00:11
10 AALRUST Håkon NOR TEAM COOP 00:11

Zingle singles himself out in Mo i Rana

Cofidis’ Axel Zingle won the first stage of the Arctic Race of Norway, a five-hour loop under the rain which started and finished in Mo i Rana. The French rider was the quickest up the definitive hill, putting some bike lengths on Gleb Syritsa (Astana Qazaqstan) and Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies), second and third over the line. It’s the second victory as a pro for the talented young Frenchman, who becomes the first wearer of the Midnight Sun jersey as a race leader with an advantage of four seconds over Burgaudeau and five over Syritsa. After a demanding opening day, the Arctic Race of Norway will continue tomorrow with a 154,3-kilometre flat stage between Mosjøen and Brønnøysund.

114 riders took the start on the 1st stage of the 2022 Arctic Race of Norway, which started and finished in Mo i Rana after covering 186,8 kilometres, at 11:20. Strong winds and mild rain accompanied the cyclists all day long. As soon as the race began, a group of five with Stephen Bassett (Human Powered Health), Luis Ángel Maté (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Aaron Van Poucke (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Eirik Lunder (Team Coop) and Sam Culverwell (Trinity Racing) went clear from the peloton. By kilometer 17, they had built a remarkable gap of 5’20”. Back in the bunch, Intermaché-Wanty Gobert, Uno-X and Israel-Premier Tech joined forces to control the breakaway as the route headed south-west.

Maiden Peacock jersey for Bassett
Bassett was the first rider atop Korgfjellet (Cat 1, km 46,9), where the front group had an advantage of 3’35” over the peloton. The gap was steady for the following hour of racing, as the American rider reached the summit of Elsfjord (Cat 2, km 95,3) in first position again. The vibe in the main group changed as it approached the second climb to Korgfjellet (Cat 1, km 107,9), with Intermarché’s Taco van der Hoorn and Dries de Potter taking the reins to up the pace and reduce the gap of the breakaway down to 1’30” on its summit. Meanwhile, Bassett secured the lead of the KOM classification and the maiden Peacock jersey by cresting the third and final categorized climb of the day in first position. After the subsequent descent, some attacks took place in the bunch, with Krists Neilands (Israel-Premier Tech) being particularly active at this segment of the race. No one was given leeway, though, and Uno-X and Intermarché-Wanty Gobert regained control of the operations, with BikeExchange-Jayco joining the chase for the benefit of its sprinter Dylan Groenewegen. The advantage of the break had increased to 2’20” as they went through Finneidfjord (IS, km 135) led by Culverwell.

A bunch cut by half
Uno-X sped things up at the cutting edge of the main group, shutting down the break with 24 kilometres to go and trimming the peloton before the first crossing of the finish line (IS, km 165,5), where Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) accelerated to pass first in order to net some bonus seconds for the GC. A reduced bunch of 60 riders was left at the head of the race by the second crossing of the finish line (IS, km 176,2), led by Kristian Aasvold (Human Powered Health). Team DSM took over from Uno-X and managed to keep the front group together through the final lap around Mo i Rana despite several attacks. The final kilometer kicked slightly uphill. Axel Zingle (Cofidis) opened the sprint with 200 meters to go and nobody could match his powerful acceleration as he powered away to victory.
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Top-Startliste verspricht spannende Deutschland Tour 2022

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Zwei Wochen vor dem Start der Deutschland Tour haben die 20 Mannschaften ihre vorläufigen Starter gemeldet. Angeführt vom Titelverteidiger und Deutschen Meister Nils Politt tritt BORA – hansgrohe das Heimspiel gleich mit mehreren Siegkandidaten an. Auch Maximilian Schachmann, Gesamtdritter der Deutschland Tour 2018, und Lennard Kämna kommt das Streckenprofil in diesem Jahr entgegen.

Gleich zum Auftakt der Deutschland Tour am 24. August wird ein Trikot besonders auffallen: mit Filippo Ganna (INEOS Grenadiers) startet der Zeitfahr-Weltmeister zum Sekundenkampf im thüringischen Weimar. Dass er nach dem Prolog nicht kampflos aus dem Regenbogen-Dress in das Rote Trikot wechseln wird, zeigt der Blick auf die Konkurrenz. Mit nur 2,6 Kilometern Länge wird die Runde durch die Kulturstadt zu einer Angelegenheit der schnellen Fahrer. Auch Yves Lampaert (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team), Gewinner des Auftaktzeitfahrens der diesjährigen Tour de France, Zeitfahr-Landesmeister wie Bauke Mollema (Trek – Segafredo) und die kraftvollen Sprinter werden alles geben.

Mit Tour-Etappensieger Fabio Jakobsen (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team), Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal), Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) und Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma) trifft die internationale Elite der endschnellen Fahrer auf die deutschen Sprinter um Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-Victorious), Rick Zabel (Israel – Premier Tech) und Max Kanter (Movistar Team). Alexander Kristoff (Intermaché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux) wird seine Vorliebe für deutsche Rennen auch in diesem Jahr für einen Tagessieg nutzen wollen.

Viele Teams haben sich mit ihren Klassiker- und Klassementfahrern auf das abwechslungsreiche Profil der Deutschland Tour eingestellt. Romain Bardet (Team DSM), Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-Victorious), Jakob Fuglsang (Israel – Premier Tech), Rafal Majka (UAE Team Emirates) oder Ben Tulett (INEOS Grenadiers) gehören zu den Fahrern, die am Anstieg zum Schauinsland Kletterqualitäten auf Grand Tours-Niveau zeigen können. Doch Simon Geschke (Nationalmannschaft) möchten am Freiburger Hausberg seinen Heimvorteil ausnutzen. Klassikerspezialisten, wie Greg Van Avermaet (AG2R Citroën Team) oder Kasper Asgreen (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team), bieten die vielen Höhenmeter vor allem am Schlusstag zahlreiche Möglichkeiten für ein offensives Rennen. Das kommt auch Hugo Houle (Israel – Premier Tech) entgegen. Mit ihm startet ein weiterer Etappensieger der diesjährigen Tour de France.

Deutsche Fans können sich auch auf die Tour de France-Teilnehmer Jonas Rutsch (EF Education – Easypost), Georg Zimmermann (Intermaché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux) und Alexander Krieger (Alpecin-Deceuninck) sowie die Top-Fahrer der Rad-Bundesliga freuen. Mit 40 Fahrern stellen die deutschen Profis das größte Kontingent der Deutschland Tour. Die Liste der 120 Starter ist vorläufig. Alle Mannschaften können in den kommenden zwei Wochen Änderungen an ihrem Kader vornehmen. Die finale Startliste wird am 24. August bestätigt.

Die Deutschland Tour findet vom 24. bis zum 28. August statt und verläuft über 710,5 Kilometer. Nach dem Auftaktzeitfahren in Weimar führt die Rundfahrt nach Meiningen und am nächsten Tag weiter nach Marburg. Die Königsetappe startet am Samstag in Freiburg und endet mit der ersten Bergankunft der Deutschland Tour auf dem Schauinsland. Der Schlusstag führt von Schiltach im Schwarzwald durch die Region Stuttgart bis in die Landeshauptstadt Baden-Württembergs.

Ausgewählte Fahrer der Deutschland Tour 2022:

UCI WorldTeams

• AG2R Citroën Team: Greg Van Avermaet, Felix Gall
• Bahrain-Victorious: Phil Bauhaus, Pello Bilbao, Heinrich Haussler
• BORA – hansgrohe: Lennard Kämna, Nils Politt, Maximilian Schachmann
• EF Education – Easypost: Ruben Guerreiro, Jonas Rutsch
• INEOS Grenadiers: Filippo Ganna, Ben Tulett
• Intermaché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux: Alexander Kristoff, Georg Zimmermann
• Israel – Premier Tech: Jakob Fuglsang, Hugo Houle, Rick Zabel
• Jumbo-Visma: Chris Harper, Olav Kooij
• Lotto Soudal: Caleb Ewan, Roger Kluge
• Movistar Team: Juri Hollmann, Max Kanter
• Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team: Kasper Asgreen, Fabio Jakobsen, Yves Lampaert
• Team DSM: Romain Bardet, Nico Denz
• Trek – Segafredo: Tony Gallopin, Bauke Mollema
• UAE Team Emirates: Fernando Gaviria, Rafal Majka

UCI ProTeams

• Alpecin-Deceuninck: Maurice Ballerstedt, Alexander Krieger
• B&B Hotels – KTM: Miguel Heidemann, Sebastian Schönberger

UCI Continental Teams

• Saris Rouvy Sauerland Team: Jon Knolle
• Team Dauner | Akkon: Jan-Marc Temmen
• Team Lotto – Kern Haus: Jan Hugger

Deutsche Nationalmannschaft Simon Geschke, Tom Lindner

ARCTIC RACE OF NORWAY 2022: NORWEGIAN ARMADA TO FIGHT THE ARCTIC CROWN BACK

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Key points:
• The Arctic Race of Norway is showcasing a strong contingent of home talents. Riders such as DSM’s Andreas Leknessund or Uno-X’s Tobias Halland Johannessen will aim to be first Norwegian GC winner of this race since Thor Hushovd achieved the overall victory on its maiden edition (2013).
• Reigning champions Israel-Premier Tech field a strong line-up with Latvia’s Krists Neilands, Norway’s Carl Hagen and the two recent stage winners on the Tour de France, Hugo Houle and Simon Clarke to defend the crown claimed by Ben Hermans last year.
• Tour de France stage winner Dylan Groenewegen will try and land a sprint victory for Team BikeExchange – Jayco on the Australian outfit’s debut in the world’s northernmost race.

The ninth edition of the Arctic Race of Norway is the first one that will be fully held below the Arctic Circle – but the heat of the competition will be as high as ever. Six UCI WorldTeams spearhead the team list with many different targets in sight. Israel-Premier Tech won’t enter defending champion Ben Hermans, yet fields a very strong squad of riders capable of delivering an outstanding result. After a resilient display on the Tour de France, Krists Neilands will try to improve his third place on the GC of the 2019 edition of this race while his teammate Patrick Bevin aims at netting his second UCI ProSeries stage race of the season after winning the Tour of Turkey in April. Along with these two leaders comes Norway’s Carl Fredrik Hagen, twice top10 finisher on the Arctic Race’s GC and the two recent stage winners on the Tour de France, Simon Clarke and Hugo Houle.

Hagen is not the sole local rider entering the Arctic Race of Norway with the ambition of triumphing in the overall classification, a feat that has not been replicated by a Norwegian rider since Thor Hushovd conquered the first edition of the event back in 2013. 22-year-old Tobias Halland Johannessen is one of the most exciting talents in the world of cycling after winning the 2021 Tour de l’Avenir and claiming the best young rider jersey on this year’s Critérium du Dauphiné. The uphill finish at Skallstuggu Summit, to be held on stage 3, should be the ideal hunting ground for Uno-X’s bright prospect. There he will face Andreas Leknessund, a cyclist who has already triumphed in Trondheim, host city of the lumpy final stage, as he claimed the ITT National Championship there as a junior five years ago. 7th on the final GC last year, Leknessund leads a well-rounded Team DSM squad on which Cees Bol will play for the sprint finishes expected in the two opening stages at Mo I Rana and Brønnøysund…

… As will do another renowned Norwegian rider, TotalEnergies’ Edvald Boasson Hagen, who is yet to win a stage in this race. The man to beat on this domain, though, is no one but Dylan Groenewegen. His team, BikeExchange-Jayco, is making its first appearance on the Arctic Race of Norway this very month of August, and is seemingly willing to do it in style. The Dutch rider will be supported by most of the train that led him out a stage of the Tour de France a few weeks ago in Sønderborg, and will try to keep his good vibe in Nordic roads while his teammate Amund Jansen enjoys racing in home soil and Australia’s Nick Schultz targets the GC.

Meant to upset the ambitions of the sprinters are powerhouses like Intermarché’s Quinten Hermans, who astounded the cycling world by landing a podium spot at Liège-Bastogne-Liège and intends to put his quality into display after missing the Tour de France. Rider who have already tasted victory on this event, Norway’s August Jensen, lead the charge from the USA’s Human Powered Health. Like Jensen, who were 2nd overall in 2017, Cofidis’ Victor Lafay has already podiumed on the GC as he was 3rd last year. One of the most celebrated additions to this Arctic Race’s team roster is China Glory Continental Cycling Team, who enters USA’s Sean Bennett as a designed leader and China’s Lyu Xianjing as a joker prepared to make waves in the Norwegian Sea.

The 19 teams of the 2022 Arctic Race of Norway

Australia
Team BikeExchange-Jayco : Groenewegen (Ned), Jansen (Nor), Schultz (Aus)

Belgium
Alpecin-Deceuninck : Gogl (Aut), Sbaragli (Ita)
Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB : Livyns (Bel), L. Wirtgen (Lux)
Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux : Bystrom (Nor), Hermans (Bel), Van der Hoorn (Ned)
Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise : Marit, Reynders (Bel)

China
China Glory Continental Cycling Team: Bennett (USA), Lyu (Chn)

France
B&B Hotels-KTM : Mozzato (Ita), Koretzky (Fra)
Cofidis : Lafay, Pérez (Fra)
Team Arkea-Samsic : Vauquelin (Fra), Verre (Ita)
TotalEnergies : Boasson Hagen (Nor), Burgaudeau (Fra)

Great Britain
Team Trinity Racing : Gloag (Gbr), Porter (Aus)

Israel
Israel-Premier Tech: Bevin (Nzl), Hagen (Nor), Neilands (Lat), Clarke (Aus), Houle (Can)

Kazakhstan
Astana Qazaqstan Team : Conti, Gazzoli (Ita)

Netherlands
Team DSM : Leknessund (Nor), Bol (Ned), Donovan (Gbr)

Norway
Team Coop : Stokbro (Den), Aalrust (Nor)
Uno X-Pro Cycling Team : T. Johannessen, Andersen (Nor)

Spain
Burgos-BH: Raïm (Est), Orts (Spa)
Euskaltel-Euskadi: Aristi, Maté (Spa)

USA
Human Powered Health : Aasvold, Jensen (Nor)

Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift Etappe 8

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Lure – La Super Planche des Belles Filles – 123 Km

1 [NED] van Vleuten Annemiek Movistar Team 03:37:23
2 [NED] Vollering Demi Team SD Worx + 30
3 [ITA] Persico Silvia Valcar-Travel & Service + 01:43
4 [POL] Niewiadoma Katarzyna CANYON//SRAM Racing + 01:52
5 [FRA] Labous Juliette Team DSM + 01:56
6 [ITA] Longo Borghini Elisa Trek-Segafredo + 02:01
7 [USA] Ewers Veronica EF Education-TIBCO-SVB + 02:13
8 [DEN] Ludwig Cecilie Uttrup FDJ-SUEZ-Futuroscope + 02:50
9 [ESP] Garcia Mavi UAE Team ADQ + 02:59
10 [GER] Lippert Liane Team DSM + 03:01

Endstand:

1 [NED] van Vleuten Annemiek Movistar Team 26:55:44
2 [NED] Vollering Demi Team SD Worx + 03:48
3 [POL] Niewiadoma Katarzyna CANYON//SRAM Racing + 06:35
4 [FRA] Labous Juliette Team DSM + 07:28
5 1 [ITA] Persico Silvia Valcar-Travel & Service + 08:00
6 1 [ITA] Longo Borghini Elisa Trek-Segafredo + 08:26
7 2 [DEN] Ludwig Cecilie Uttrup FDJ-SUEZ-Futuroscope + 08:59
8 [FRA] Muzic Evita FDJ-SUEZ-Futuroscope + 13:54
9 2 [USA] Ewers Veronica EF Education-TIBCO-SVB + 15:05
10 1 [ESP] Garcia Mavi UAE Team ADQ +

Van Vleuten flies to glory

Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) is the best climber and the first winner of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. The Dutch star claimed her second victory in two days, on Sunday, as she tamed the gruelling ascent to La Super Planche des Belles Filles to secure the overall victory. Again, Demi Vollering (SD Worx) was runner-up at the summit to also secure the 2nd place in the overall standings and the polka-dot jersey as Queen of the Mountains. Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//Sram) rounds up the GC podium of this first Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift after 8 days of intense racing since the start in Paris.
The final showdown starts with fast battles as early as the 109-woman peloton (without Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio and Anna Henderson) start from Lure. The peloton cover almost 40km in the first hour and no break manages to get away.

Garcia and Chabbey on the move
New attacks fly on the first ascent of the day, the cat-2 Côte d’Esmoulières (summit at km 52.5) but Demi Vollering (SD Worx) brings the main GC riders back to the front as she sprints for the QOM points to strengthen her stranglehold on the polka-dot jersey.
After the summit, 10 attackers manage to open a gap, including two members of the GC top-10, Mavi Garcia (UAE Team ADQ, 9th +12’06’’) and Elise Chabbey (Canyon//Sram Racing, 10th +12’24’’). They are joined by Leah Thomas (Trek-Segafredo), Paula Patiño (Movistar), Grace Brown (FDJ Suez Futuroscope), Riejanne Markus (Jumbo-Visma), Liane Lippert (Team DSM), Pauliena Rooijakkers (Canyon//Sram), Yara Kastelijn (Plantur Pura) and Coralie Demay (St Michel Auber 93).

Van Vleuten’s struggle
While the break establishes itself at the front, Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) sustains mechanical issues that force her to change her bike on three occasions, after she already did so in the neutral zone at the beginning of the stage.
First, she takes her teammate Arlenis Sierra’s bike and returns to the bunch at km 69. But SD Worx up the ante and create splits. Sheyla Gutierrez and Aude Biannic try to pace Van Vleuten back, until she takes matters in her own hands towards the cat-1 ascent up Ballon d’Alsace (km84.6). She bridges the gap on the first slopes… and stops two more times on the ascent to change bike.

A tight battle with the break
Demi Vollering (SD Worx), 2nd in the overall standings (+3’14’’), attacks three times on the ascent and also maintains pressure on the way down, but Van Vleuten reacts every time. Mavi Garcia is the first rider at the summit with a gap of 1’10’’ to the GC group.
On the valley towards the final ascent of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, La Super Planche des Belles Filles (7km, 8.7%), Trek-Segafredo and Canyon//Sram Racing work together to move closer to the attackers.

Van Vleuten asserts her authority
Pauliena Rooijakkers attacks at the bottom of the ascent, Mavi Garcia follows her move. But the GC contenders only trail by 20’’.
Van Vleuten attacks 6km away from the summit. She catches and drops the last attackers with 5.5km to go. Again, Vollering is the strongest rider in pursuit. But she can’t match Van Vleuten’s pace, as the Dutch climber flies to her second stage victory and the overall win in the first edition of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.
A.S.O./Fabien Boukla

Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift Etappe 7

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Sélestat – Le Markstein – 127 Km

1 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek NED MOVISTAR TEAM WOMEN 03:47:02
2 VOLLERING Demi NED TEAM SD WORX 03:26
3 LUDWIG Cecilie DEN FDJ SUEZ FUTUROSCOPE 05:16
4 LABOUS Juliette FRA TEAM DSM 05:18
5 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna POL CANYON // SRAM RACING 05:18
6 PERSICO Silvia ITA VALCAR – TRAVEL & SERVICE 06:56
7 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa ITA TREK – SEGAFREDO 06:56
8 ŽIGART Urška SLO TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO 07:23
9 MUZIC Evita FRA FDJ SUEZ FUTUROSCOPE 08:27
10 ROOIJAKKERS Pauliena NED CANYON // SRAM RACING 10:10
11 EWERS Veronica USA EF EDUCATION-TIBCO-SVB 10:39
12 MARKUS Riejanne NED TEAM JUMBO VISMA 10:39
13 GARCIA CAÑELLAS Margarita Victo ESP UAE TEAM ADQ 10:41
14 KASTELIJN Yara NED PLANTUR-PURA 10:41
15 CHABBEY Elise SUI CANYON // SRAM RACING 11:05

Gesamt:

1 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek NED MOVISTAR TEAM WOMEN 23:18:31
2 VOLLERING Demi NED TEAM SD WORX 03:14
3 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna POL CANYON // SRAM RACING 04:33
4 LABOUS Juliette FRA TEAM DSM 05:22
5 LUDWIG Cecilie DEN FDJ SUEZ FUTUROSCOPE 05:59
6 PERSICO Silvia ITA VALCAR – TRAVEL & SERVICE 06:11
7 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa ITA TREK – SEGAFREDO 06:15
8 MUZIC Evita FRA FDJ SUEZ FUTUROSCOPE 10:13
9 GARCIA CAÑELLAS Margarita Victo ESP UAE TEAM ADQ 12:06
10 CHABBEY Elise SUI CANYON // SRAM RACING 12:24

Van Vleuten in her own world

Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) delivered a fantastic one-woman show on Saturday, as stage 7 of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift took the riders into the Vosges mountains. There were three cat-1 ascents to overcome on the way to the finish at Le Markstein, and the Dutch climber went on the move as early as she hit the first slopes up Petit Ballon. She then dropped Vollering on the following climb, Col du Platzerwasel, to go solo 62km away from the finish. She capped off her dominant ride with another strong ascent, on Grand Ballon, to open major gaps and take the Maillot Jaune. She will have to defend it on the way to La Super Planche des Belles Filles, where the winner of the Tour will be crowned on Sunday.
The “queen stage” of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift brings awe and motivation in the peloton. With many attacks and counter-attacks, the peloton fly towards the first ascent of the day, the cat-1 Petit Ballon. 33 attackers, including the World champion Elisa Balsamo (Trek-Segafredo), open a gap of 50’’ just before the ascent. But Movistar have other ideas for the day…

Movistar launch Van Vleuten
The attackers are caught as soon as they hit the first slopes up Petit Ballon (9.3km at 8.1%, summit at km 48.6). Only a dozen of riders remain at the front of the race, the yellow jersey Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) is not part of them… And Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) already attacks.
Demi Vollering (SD Worx) follows Van Vleuten while Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) sets off in pursuit. Behind them, a group of chasers emerge with Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig, Grace Brown, Evita Muzic (FDJ Suez Futuroscope), Juliette Labous (Team DSM), Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//Sram) and Silvia Persico (Valcar-Travel & Service). At the summit, Longo Borghini trails by 1’25’’, the chase group by 2’30’’ and Vos by 7’45’’.

Van Vleuten opens up impressive gaps
Van Vleuten sets a strong pace on the following ascent, the cat-1 Col du Platzerwasel (7.1km at 8.3%, km 65.8). The Dutch star drops her younger compatriot inside the last kilometre of ascent and goes solo 62km away from the finish. As she returns to the valley leading to the final climb of the day, Van Vleuten has a gap of 1’25’’ to her first chaser, 5’20’’ to Longo Borghini and 6’20’’ to the chase group.
At the bottom of the final climb, the gap to Vollering is up to 2’20’’. She keeps losing ground on the final ascent, while the battle for the third position unfolds behind her. Persico is dropped from the chase group with 15km to go, and Longo Borghini is caught just after.

Vollering holds on behind Van Vleuten
While Van Vleuten keeps pushing her lead at the front, Niewiadoma ups the pace with 12km to go. Only Labous and Ludwig can follow her; Longo Borghini and Persico (who had briefly returned to the group) are dropped with Zigart.
Van Vleuten summits the final climb with a gap of 3’30’’ to Vollering and swiftly covers the final 7.2km to take the stage win and the Maillot Jaune. With a gap of 5’16’’, Ludwig sprints to the 3rd place ahead of Labous and Niewiadoma, who takes the 3rd place overall.

Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift Etappe 6

Ergebnisse, Etappenrennen, Frauenradsport, Tour de France, , , ,

Saint-Dié-Des-Vosges – Rosheim – 128 Km

1 VOS Marianne NED TEAM JUMBO VISMA 03:09:26
2 BASTIANELLI Marta ITA UAE TEAM ADQ 00:00
3 KOPECKY Lotte BEL TEAM SD WORX 00:00
4 BALSAMO Elisa ITA TREK – SEGAFREDO 00:00
5 PERSICO Silvia ITA VALCAR – TRAVEL & SERVICE 00:00
6 CONFALONIERI Maria Giulia ITA CERATIZIT – WNT PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:00
7 GUAZZINI Vittoria ITA FDJ SUEZ FUTUROSCOPE 00:00
8 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna POL CANYON // SRAM RACING 00:00
9 BARBIERI Rachele ITA LIV RACING XSTRA 00:00
10 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa ITA TREK – SEGAFREDO 00:00

Gesamt:

1 VOS Marianne NED TEAM JUMBO VISMA 19:30:14
2 PERSICO Silvia ITA VALCAR – TRAVEL & SERVICE 00:30
3 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna POL CANYON // SRAM RACING 00:30
4 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa ITA TREK – SEGAFREDO 00:35
5 MOOLMAN-PASIO Ashleigh RSA TEAM SD WORX 01:05
6 VOLLERING Demi NED TEAM SD WORX 01:11
7 LABOUS Juliette FRA TEAM DSM 01:19
8 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek NED MOVISTAR TEAM WOMEN 01:28
9 LUDWIG Cecilie DEN FDJ SUEZ FUTUROSCOPE 02:02
10 CHABBEY Elise SUI CANYON // SRAM RACING 02:34

Vos asserts her authority

Another intense day of racing, and another victory for Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) on the roads of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift! The Dutch icon dominated the sprint in Rosheim after the rolling course of the day and many attacks had reduced the bunch to some 50 riders. This time, she outsprinted Marta Bastianelli (UAE Team ADQ) and Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx), able to make it to the stage podium despite being involved in the crash that took Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM) out of the battle for the stage win. Vos’ results since the start of the Tour are impressive: 2nd, 1st, 2nd, 5th, 3rd and 1st again.
Many riders have identified stage 6 as the last opportunity for long range attacks ahead of the final week-end over the Vosges summits… And it naturally leads to an intense battle from the start of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, with 129.2km to cover on a rolling course towards Rosheim.

Longo Borghini’s early chase
Maaike Boogaard (UAE Team ADQ) opens a small gap on the first ascent of the day, the cat-4 Col d’Urbeis (summit at km 19.2) but she’s reeled in at the summit, where Femke Gerritse (Parkhotel Valkenburg) takes 1 QOM point to defend her polka-dot jersey.
Action also unfolds at the back, with Elisa Longo Borghini suffering a mechanical on the following downhill. Trek-Segafredo call three teammates back to help her return to the bunch at km 37.

An impressive breakaway
Attacks keep flying and a strong break eventually gets away at km 47 with 14 riders: Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Trek-Segafredo), Sheyla Gutierrez (Movistar), Christine Majerus (SD Worx), Marie Le Net (FDJ Suez Futuroscope), Anna Henderson (Jumbo-Visma), Franziska Koch (Team DSM), Tiffany Cromwell (Canyon//Sram), Ruby Roseman-Gannon (BikeExchange-Jayco), Sandra Alonso (Ceratizit-WNT), Laura Smulders (Liv Racing Xstra), Katrin Hammes (EF Education-Tibco-SVB), Jesse Vandenbulcke (Le Col-Wahoo), Joscelin Lowden (Uno-X) and Tamara Dronova (Roland Cogeas Edelweiss Squad).
Lowden is the strongest on the cat-4 Côte de Klingenthal (km 59.7) and the cat-3 Côte de Grendelbruch (km 67.7) to claim 5 QOM points. In the bunch, UAE Team ADQ and Valcar-Travel & Service control the gap around 2 minutes.

Wiebes and Kopecky go down
The gap is down to 1 minute when Cordon-Ragot attacks inside the last 30km. Vandenbulcke also has a go and Hammes powers to the line of the bonus point (km 101.5). Grace Brown (FDJ Suez Futuroscope) sets a strong pace in the bunch and they only trail by 30’’ into the last 25km.
Henderson attacks on the way down and the breakaway explodes. Meanwhile, Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM) and Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx), two of the stage favourites, suffer a crash. They get back up but lose time and the pace in the bunch drops down.

Vos is unstoppable
The attackers get back together for the last 20km, except for Koch. Team DSM set a strong pace in the bunch, despite Wiebes’ crash. Henderson attacks again and a leading trio emerges for the last 15km with Le Net and Lowden. Kopecky returns to the bunch and Audrey Cordon Ragot drops back to help the chase in the peloton, trailing by 45’’.
Le Net goes solo on the final ascent of the day, with 10km to go. Over the top, she has a lead of 24’’ to the bunch, led by Ellen van Dijk (Trek-Segafredo) after an unsuccessful attack by Liane Lippert (Team DSM).
Le Net is eventually caught with 5km to go. Jumbo-Visma and Trek-Segafredo set the sprint in the fast run-in to Rosheim. And Vos powers to victory, again.

Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift Etappe 5

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Bar-Le-Duc – Saint-Dié-Des-Vosges – 175 Km

1 WIEBES Lorena NED TEAM DSM 04:32:16
2 BALSAMO Elisa ITA TREK – SEGAFREDO 00:00
3 VOS Marianne NED TEAM JUMBO VISMA 00:00
4 BARBIERI Rachele ITA LIV RACING XSTRA 00:00
5 VAN DER DUIN Maike NED LE COL-WAHOO 00:00
6 CONFALONIERI Maria Giulia ITA CERATIZIT – WNT PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:00
7 PERSICO Silvia ITA VALCAR – TRAVEL & SERVICE 00:00
8 GUAZZINI Vittoria ITA FDJ SUEZ FUTUROSCOPE 00:00
9 DRONOVA Tamara RUS ROLAND COGEAS EDELWEISS SQUAD 00:00
10 MANLY Alexandra AUS TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO 00:00

Gesamt:

1 VOS Marianne NED TEAM JUMBO VISMA 16:20:58
2 PERSICO Silvia ITA VALCAR – TRAVEL & SERVICE 00:20
3 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna POL CANYON // SRAM RACING 00:20
4 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa ITA TREK – SEGAFREDO 00:34
5 MOOLMAN-PASIO Ashleigh RSA TEAM SD WORX 00:55
6 VOLLERING Demi NED TEAM SD WORX 01:01
7 LABOUS Juliette FRA TEAM DSM 01:09
8 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek NED MOVISTAR TEAM WOMEN 01:18
9 LUDWIG Cecilie DEN FDJ SUEZ FUTUROSCOPE 01:52
10 GARCIA CAÑELLAS Margarita Victo ESP UAE TEAM ADQ 02:30

Wiebes is the absolute queen of sprints

Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM) displayed again her pure speed as she sprinted to a second stage win in the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, four days after she took the first Maillot Jaune in Paris. The Dutch sprinter put a significant distance between her and the World champion Elisa Balsamo (Trek-Segafredo), 2nd ahead of Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma), who slightly increased her GC lead with the time bonuses. On the longest stage of the race, the early attackers survived until they were caught inside the last 3km. They will try again to upset the peloton on Friday with a rolling course towards Rosheim.
The longest route of the week doesn’t deter early attackers. The battle is on from the start in Bar-le-Duc and it takes almost 30km for the situation to settle with a 4-woman breakaway at the front.

A big battle and a significant gap
Emily Newsom (EF Education-Tibco-SVB) and Anya Louw (AG Insurance-NXTG) launch the key move at km 13.5. With other teams, and most notably Human Powered Health, willing to make the break, they struggle to open up a significant gap.
Victoire Berteau (Cofidis) and Antri Christoforou (Human Powered Health) join them at the front and the gap increases to a minute at km 27. It reaches a maximum of 3’45’’ atop the first climb of the day, the cat-4 Côte de Pagny-la-Blanche-Côte (km 61.4), where Berteau takes the first QOM points of the day.

Norsgaard Bjerg abandons after a crash
Team DSM are the first team involved in controlling the gap, with Franziska Koch. Leah Thomas (Trek-Segafredo) also moves to the front of the bunch as the race enters the last 50km with a gap of 2’ from the early attackers to the peloton.
A mass crash involves a few dozens of riders with 46km to go. Among them, Emma Norsgaard Bjerg (Movistar) is forced to abandon. Lotte Kopecky and Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (SD Worx) are also involved, with the latter suffering an injury to the right arm.

Wiebes doubles up
The situation returns to normal and the gap drops down to under 1 minute inside the last 25km. Berteau attacks with 21.5km to go, towards the Bonus point of the day. Only Christoforou can follow her, while Louw and Newsom are reeled in by the pack.
Berteau and Christoforou hold on to a gap of 40’’ with 10km to go, and 20’’ under the 5km to go banner. They are eventually caught inside the last 3km. Trek-Segafredo try to set Elisa Balsamo for the win but Elisa Longo Borghini takes a wrong turn inside the last kilometre. It doesn’t unsettle Wiebes, who takes off to victory with two bike lengths between her and Balsamo. Vos rounds out the podium.

Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift Etappe 4

Ergebnisse, Etappenrennen, Frauenradsport, Tour de France, , , , , ,

Troyes – Bar-Sur-Aube – 127 Km

1 REUSSER Marlen SUI TEAM SD WORX 03:16:30
2 MUZIC Evita FRA FDJ SUEZ FUTUROSCOPE 01:24
3 AMIALIUSIK Alena BLR CANYON // SRAM RACING 01:24
4 EWERS Veronica USA EF EDUCATION-TIBCO-SVB 01:24
5 VOS Marianne NED TEAM JUMBO VISMA 01:40
6 KOPECKY Lotte BEL TEAM SD WORX 01:40
7 PERSICO Silvia ITA VALCAR – TRAVEL & SERVICE 01:40
8 ROSEMAN-GANNON Ruby AUS TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO 01:40
9 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa ITA TREK – SEGAFREDO 01:40
10 VOLLERING Demi NED TEAM SD WORX 01:40
11 LACH Marta POL CERATIZIT – WNT PRO CYCLING TEAM 01:40
12 LIPPERT Liane GER TEAM DSM 01:40
13 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek NED MOVISTAR TEAM WOMEN 01:40
14 LABOUS Juliette FRA TEAM DSM 01:40

Gesamt:

1 VOS Marianne NED TEAM JUMBO VISMA 11:48:46
2 PERSICO Silvia ITA VALCAR – TRAVEL & SERVICE 00:16
3 NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna POL CANYON // SRAM RACING 00:16
4 LONGO BORGHINI Elisa ITA TREK – SEGAFREDO 00:21
5 MOOLMAN-PASIO Ashleigh RSA TEAM SD WORX 00:51
6 VOLLERING Demi NED TEAM SD WORX 00:57
7 LABOUS Juliette FRA TEAM DSM 01:05
8 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek NED MOVISTAR TEAM WOMEN 01:14
9 LUDWIG Cecilie DEN FDJ SUEZ FUTUROSCOPE 01:48
10 CHABBEY Elise SUI CANYON // SRAM RACING 02:20
11 GARCIA CAÑELLAS Margarita Victo ESP UAE TEAM ADQ 02:26
12 MUZIC Evita FRA FDJ SUEZ FUTUROSCOPE 02:47
13 LIPPERT Liane GER TEAM DSM 02:55
14 EWERS Veronica USA EF EDUCATION-TIBCO-SVB 02:55
15 ROSEMAN-GANNON Ruby AUS TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO 03:11

Reusser means power
The European time-trial champion Marlen Reusser (SD Worx) made the most of her skills to take a spectacular solo victory in Bar-sur-Aube, at the end of stage 4 of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. The Swiss powerhouse attacked with 23km to go, ahead of the final gravel section of the day, and eventually triumphed in Bar-sur-Aube with a gap of 1’24’’ on Evita Muzic. Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) resisted the many attacks launched by her rivals and eventually dominated them in the final sprint while Mavi Garcia (UAE Team ADQ) lost almost 2 minutes as she suffered mechanical incidents and a crash. Vos will wear the Maillot Jaune for a third day on stage 5, as the peloton take on the longest stage of the Tour (175.6km towards Saint-Dié-des-Vosges).

As always since the start of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, the battle for the breakaway is an intense one from the start. It takes many attacks, counter-attacks and follow up moves for a breakaway to establish on the way to Bar-sur-Aube, to be reached after 126.8km.

First attacks
The World champion Elisa Balsamo (Trek-Segafredo) tries to get away with a 23-rider group but Movistar control that move. 42.5km are covered in the first hour before a group of three riders manage to make the break: Laura Asencio (Ceratizit-WNT), Valérie Demey (Liv Racing Xstra) and Coralie Demay (St-Michel Auber 93).
They open a gap of up to 2’40’’ en route to the first categorised ascent of the day, the cat-3 Côte de Celles-sur-Ource (summit at km 68.1), to be immediately followed by the first “white road”, the Chemin blanc de Celles (2,300m). The intensity increases in the bunch with many teams battling for the front positions and the gap quickly drops down.

First white roads
Demey can’t keep up with the pace set by Asencio and Demay while a race of attrition begins in the bunch. Canyon//Sram, SD Worx, Trek-Segafredo and Jumbo-Visma are the most involved teams to set the pace behind the attackers.
Demay goes solo at the front on the 2nd ascent of the day, the cat-3 Côte du Val des Clos (km 77.3). Around 50 riders remain in the front bunch when they eventually catch Demay at km 90, on the penultimate and longest white road of the day, Chemin blanc du plateau de Blu (4,400m).
On the gravel, Kasia Niewiadoma (3rd on GC, Canyon//Sram), Mavi Garcia (6th, UAE Team ADQ) and Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (10th, FDJ Suez Futuroscope) all suffer mechanicals. They manage to get back to the front bunch on the cat-4 Côte de Maître Jean (km 98.6).

The key attack
Marlen Reusser attacks with 23km to go and quickly opens a gap. She has a lead of 25’’ as she enters the final 20km and faces the last gravel section of the day. Niewiadoma tries to attack several times, Vos also moves, Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) has a late puncture, but the GC contenders stay together except for Garcia, who sustains another mechanical and eventually crashes inside the last 15km.
Alena Amialiusik (Canyon//Sram), Evita Muzic (FDJ-Suez-Futuroscope) and Veronica Ewers (EF Education-Tibco-SVB) successively set off in pursuit and get together on the Côte des Bergères, the penultimate ascent of the day. But Reusser is too far away and she forges on on the last climb of the day, Côte du Val Perdu, to power to victory.
@ASO