Only 24 hours after winning the third stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) added another to the count by taking the fourth stage ahead of Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Lara Gillespie (UAE Team ADQ).
By finishing second, Vos kept her yellow jersey for another day, although with some climbing in the finale of stage 5, it will likely be her last. With the bonus seconds gained after two stage wins, Wiebes moved into second overall, on time with Kim Le Court (AG Insurance-Soudal) who sat third.
[race_result id=15687 stage_id=85990 count=10 gc=0 year=2025]
[race_result id=15687 stage_id=85990 count=10 gc=10 year=2025]
How it happened
- It was a fight yet again to get into the early break. Maud Rijnbeek (VolkerWessels), now quite familiar with the wind ahead of the peloton, managed to slip off the front solo and gain over a minute advantage. Behind Rijnbeek, a strange situation started to unfold, with three single riders trying to bridge across. As the peloton swept up the singles, Franziska Koch (PicNic-PostNL) and Ana Vitória Magalhães (Movistar) set out on their own mission.
- Rijnbeek was swallowed by the peloton, and Magalhães and Koch managed to gain a 1:45 advantage, but behind the teams with sprinters lined up for the intermediate sprint points.
- In the intermediate sprint, the two riders up front took the maximum points while Wiebes added 17 to her tally and Vos added 15. This put Wiebes 20 points ahead of Vos in the points classification.
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