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SBS Australia
3 hours ago
- Sport
- SBS Australia
Tour de France Femmes: Wiebes claims back-to-back stage wins
Lorena Wiebes has stormed to her second successive stage victory at the Tour de France Femmes, winning the fourth leg with a dominant sprint finish. The Dutch rider from Team SD Worx launched her move around 250 metres from the line and proved untouchable, sealing another emphatic stage victory. Fellow Dutch rider Marianne Vos again took second place, with Ireland's Lara Gillespie third. Wiebes also triumphed in a chaotic sprint on Monday and now sits second overall, trailing Vos, who retains the yellow jersey. Sarah Gigante finished 49th on the stage, and remains the highest-placed Australian in 19th overall. It was Wiebes' fifth stage win overall, a record since the event's revival in 2022. Jeannie Longo holds the all-time record, with 24 stage wins from 1985 and 1989. On the largely flat 130.7-km stage from Saumur to Poitiers the peloton remained tightly packed until the closing stretch before a showdown amongst the sprinters. Wiebes timed her effort perfectly, leaving her rivals unable to respond before it was too late. Former champion Demi Vollering continued racing despite a heavy crash on Monday. Vollering, from the FDJ-Suez team, underwent medical tests that excluded a risk of a concussion and finished the day safely in the peloton. She remained sixth overall, lagging 25 seconds behind race leader Marianne Vos. The place to watch the 2025 Tour de France — live, free and exclusive — plus the fourth edition of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift is right here on the SBS On Demand Hub .
The Guardian
3 hours ago
- Sport
- The Guardian
Tour de France Femmes: Wiebes strikes again as Vollering admits post-crash anxieties
Lorena Wiebes secured her second stage win in the 2025 Tour de France Femmes on the Avenue John Kennedy in Poitiers, after again fending off her Dutch compatriot Marianne Vos in an uphill sprint. Wiebes, who also won the Italian classic Milan-San Remo and the the points classification in the Giro d'Italia, described 2025 as her 'best season to date'. She has also won five Giro stages between from 2021-2025. 'I have tried to have more of a free mindset, like I had in the Giro,' Wiebes, of Team SD Worx-Protime, said. 'This season has already been really good, even if I hadn't won in the Tour de France. It doesn't feel like we have a lot of pressure from the team.' While Wiebes celebrated another sprint success, the pre-race favourite Demi Vollering was just happy to get through the day after a heavy crash close to the finish of stage three almost ended her race. Vollering, winner of the 2023 Tour de France Femmes, finished the stage in the main group, a feat which had looked unlikely before the start in Saumur, when she winced her way through a pre-race warm-up and was visibly in pain. 'It was a big relief to feel good and that I was able to ride and to keep my head up,' she said. 'That's the biggest relief. From now on we will see, day by day. I was a bit anxious for the final because it was kind of similar to yesterday, so you feel tension. A crash like that takes its toll on you. Again, no time loss, and now I think the shock is over.' Vollering admitted she had ridden at the front of the peloton 'mostly to stay safe … It's better to spend energy in the front of the peloton than be behind. My team did a very good job with keeping me in front of the bunch. When I was a bit anxious they were always next to me'. The Dutch professional is the most high-value rider in the women's peloton and her €1m transfer to the French team FDJ-Suez was built around her winning this year's Tour. However, some rival teams were dismissive of comments by the FDJ-Suez team manager, Stephen Delcourt, about a lack of respect shown towards Vollering by others in the peloton, in the aftermath of her crash. 'What he's saying is ridiculous,' Jos van Emden, the team director at Visma-Lease a bike, told Dutch media. 'Apparently he wants a peloton of eight riders, with Demi in it, to ride in a gilded cage. He's simply been influenced by Demi, by Demi's posturing.' This was Vollering's second high‑speed crash in the Tour, following her very similar fall in the race last year, six kilometres from the finish of stage four to Amnéville, while wearing the yellow jersey. 'When I was on the ground I had some throwback of last year,' she said, 'but luckily this time it was in the five-kilometre rule [meaning she did not lose any time].' However, she still blames her rivals for not honouring the tradition of waiting for the race leader when they are down, and her former teammates at SD Worx for racing ahead and abandoning her to her fate. This time, though, with Vollering's committed FDJ-Suez team around her, things were different. But it will still be a tall order for her to be fully recovered from what she described as a 'hard impact' for Wednesday's longest stage of the race, from Chasseneuil-du-Poitou Futuroscope to Guéret, which includes three categorised climbs in the final 35km.
Yahoo
4 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Wiebes claims back-to-back stage wins in women's Tour
Lorena Wiebes has stormed to her second successive stage victory at the Tour de France Femmes, winning the fourth leg with a dominant sprint finish. The Dutch rider from Team SD Worx launched her move around 250 metres from the line and proved untouchable, sealing another emphatic stage victory. Fellow Dutch rider Marianne Vos again took second place, with Ireland's Lara Gillespie third. Wiebes also triumphed in a chaotic sprint on Monday and now sits second overall, trailing Vos, who retains the yellow jersey. Sarah Gigante finished 49th on the stage, and remains the highest-placed Australian in 19th overall. It was Wiebes' fifth stage win overall, a record since the event's revival in 2022. Jeannie Longo holds the all-time record, with 24 stage wins from 1985 and 1989. On the largely flat 130.7-km stage from Saumur to Poitiers the peloton remained tightly packed until the closing stretch before a showdown amongst the sprinters. Wiebes timed her effort perfectly, leaving her rivals unable to respond before it was too late. Former champion Demi Vollering continued racing despite a heavy crash on Monday. Vollering, from the FDJ-Suez team, underwent medical tests that excluded a risk of a concussion and finished the day safely in the peloton. She remained sixth overall, lagging 25 seconds behind race leader Marianne Vos. "Very nice, I'm happy it worked out again," Wiebes said. "That went well, but quite chaotic. I had to start the sprint early again because I was afraid of being boxed in." Vos, who tried to edge past Wiebes in the final metres, conceded it had been too much of an ask. "Nice to get close – but Lorena was very fast," Vos said. "It's nice (to still be in the yellow jersey), we knew it would be chaotic, not only in the final... the whole stage was pretty tough, so thanks to the team." with AP
Washington Post
5 hours ago
- Sport
- Washington Post
Vollering keeps racing at Tour de France after crash, Wiebes wins Stage 4
SAUMUR, France — Former champion Demi Vollering continued racing Tuesday at the women's Tour de France despite a heavy crash that left her bruised. Vollering, from the FDJ-Suez team, underwent medical tests that excluded a risk of a concussion after she hit the ground during Monday's Stage 3. Vollering rode the fourth stage from Saumur to Poitiers, finishing the day safely in the peloton. She remained sixth overall, lagging 25 seconds behind race leader Marianne Vos.
The Advertiser
5 hours ago
- Sport
- The Advertiser
Wiebes claims back-to-back stage wins in women's Tour
Lorena Wiebes has stormed to her second successive stage victory at the Tour de France Femmes, winning the fourth leg with a dominant sprint finish. The Dutch rider from Team SD Worx launched her move around 250 metres from the line and proved untouchable, sealing another emphatic stage victory. Fellow Dutch rider Marianne Vos again took second place, with Ireland's Lara Gillespie third. Wiebes also triumphed in a chaotic sprint on Monday and now sits second overall, trailing Vos, who retains the yellow jersey. Sarah Gigante finished 49th on the stage, and remains the highest-placed Australian in 19th overall. It was Wiebes' fifth stage win overall, a record since the event's revival in 2022. Jeannie Longo holds the all-time record, with 24 stage wins from 1985 and 1989. On the largely flat 130.7-km stage from Saumur to Poitiers the peloton remained tightly packed until the closing stretch before a showdown amongst the sprinters. Wiebes timed her effort perfectly, leaving her rivals unable to respond before it was too late. Former champion Demi Vollering continued racing despite a heavy crash on Monday. Vollering, from the FDJ-Suez team, underwent medical tests that excluded a risk of a concussion and finished the day safely in the peloton. She remained sixth overall, lagging 25 seconds behind race leader Marianne Vos. "Very nice, I'm happy it worked out again," Wiebes said. "That went well, but quite chaotic. I had to start the sprint early again because I was afraid of being boxed in." Vos, who tried to edge past Wiebes in the final metres, conceded it had been too much of an ask. "Nice to get close – but Lorena was very fast," Vos said. "It's nice (to still be in the yellow jersey), we knew it would be chaotic, not only in the final... the whole stage was pretty tough, so thanks to the team." with AP Lorena Wiebes has stormed to her second successive stage victory at the Tour de France Femmes, winning the fourth leg with a dominant sprint finish. The Dutch rider from Team SD Worx launched her move around 250 metres from the line and proved untouchable, sealing another emphatic stage victory. Fellow Dutch rider Marianne Vos again took second place, with Ireland's Lara Gillespie third. Wiebes also triumphed in a chaotic sprint on Monday and now sits second overall, trailing Vos, who retains the yellow jersey. Sarah Gigante finished 49th on the stage, and remains the highest-placed Australian in 19th overall. It was Wiebes' fifth stage win overall, a record since the event's revival in 2022. Jeannie Longo holds the all-time record, with 24 stage wins from 1985 and 1989. On the largely flat 130.7-km stage from Saumur to Poitiers the peloton remained tightly packed until the closing stretch before a showdown amongst the sprinters. Wiebes timed her effort perfectly, leaving her rivals unable to respond before it was too late. Former champion Demi Vollering continued racing despite a heavy crash on Monday. Vollering, from the FDJ-Suez team, underwent medical tests that excluded a risk of a concussion and finished the day safely in the peloton. She remained sixth overall, lagging 25 seconds behind race leader Marianne Vos. "Very nice, I'm happy it worked out again," Wiebes said. "That went well, but quite chaotic. I had to start the sprint early again because I was afraid of being boxed in." Vos, who tried to edge past Wiebes in the final metres, conceded it had been too much of an ask. "Nice to get close – but Lorena was very fast," Vos said. "It's nice (to still be in the yellow jersey), we knew it would be chaotic, not only in the final... the whole stage was pretty tough, so thanks to the team." with AP Lorena Wiebes has stormed to her second successive stage victory at the Tour de France Femmes, winning the fourth leg with a dominant sprint finish. The Dutch rider from Team SD Worx launched her move around 250 metres from the line and proved untouchable, sealing another emphatic stage victory. Fellow Dutch rider Marianne Vos again took second place, with Ireland's Lara Gillespie third. Wiebes also triumphed in a chaotic sprint on Monday and now sits second overall, trailing Vos, who retains the yellow jersey. Sarah Gigante finished 49th on the stage, and remains the highest-placed Australian in 19th overall. It was Wiebes' fifth stage win overall, a record since the event's revival in 2022. Jeannie Longo holds the all-time record, with 24 stage wins from 1985 and 1989. On the largely flat 130.7-km stage from Saumur to Poitiers the peloton remained tightly packed until the closing stretch before a showdown amongst the sprinters. Wiebes timed her effort perfectly, leaving her rivals unable to respond before it was too late. Former champion Demi Vollering continued racing despite a heavy crash on Monday. Vollering, from the FDJ-Suez team, underwent medical tests that excluded a risk of a concussion and finished the day safely in the peloton. She remained sixth overall, lagging 25 seconds behind race leader Marianne Vos. "Very nice, I'm happy it worked out again," Wiebes said. "That went well, but quite chaotic. I had to start the sprint early again because I was afraid of being boxed in." Vos, who tried to edge past Wiebes in the final metres, conceded it had been too much of an ask. "Nice to get close – but Lorena was very fast," Vos said. "It's nice (to still be in the yellow jersey), we knew it would be chaotic, not only in the final... the whole stage was pretty tough, so thanks to the team." with AP
