Tour Femmes’24 Stage 5: Stage to Blanka Vas-Niewiadoma in Whole Lead!
Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift Stage Report: It was a cultured victory for Kata Blanka Vas (SD Worx-Protime) on Stage 5 of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift in Amneville, as a result of the Hungarian out-sprinted Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM) and Liane Lippert (Movistar) to the street, with Kristen Faulkner (EF-Oatly-Cannondale) shut, in fourth. A crash involving Vas’ teammate Demi Vollering and a lot of different completely different riders decimated the peloton with 6km to go, with Vollering persevering with, nevertheless dropping time and the Yellow Jersey. Niewiadoma now leads the GC by 19 seconds from Faulkner, with QOM chief Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) third at 22 seconds. Vollering is now ninth complete, 1:19 off Niewiadoma, having misplaced 1:47 ensuing from her crash.
Stage 5 final kilometre
The biking hotspot of Bastogne was the setting for the start of Stage 5 as 137 riders commenced the day’s movement, which could see the peloton cowl 152.5km, taking on 5 categorised climbs on the trail to Amneville. Elena Pirrone (Roland) first after which counter-attacker Michaela Drummond (Arkea-B&B Resorts) have been the early movers, arriving collectively on the summit of the first categorised climb of the day (Côte de Hotte – 14.1km, Cat. 3, 1.2km at 7.9%) roughly 20 seconds ahead of the bunch, which was led extreme by Silvia Persico (UAE Crew ADQ). Pirrone and Drummond have been caught by the peloton shortly after they descended the Côte de Hotte.
Stage 5 profile
There have been a lot of short-lived break makes an try as a result of the riders made their technique to the second categorised climb of the day, nevertheless the peloton tightly managed the potential escapees. That was the case until the Finn Wilma Aintila (Lotto Dstny Girls) attacked after an hour of racing and he or she was rapidly joined by Amandine Fouquenet (Arkéa-B&B Resorts) on the doorway. After her earlier assault Pirrone went on the switch as soon as extra and joined Aintila and Fouquenet to kind an attacking trio inside the break, making a 35 second gap by 65km. Merely after the race entered France (64.5km) a bunch of 15 counter attackers tried to achieve the doorway three, with the peloton responding. As a result of the riders acquired to the start of the Côte de Saint-Pancré climb (69.6km, Cat. 4, 1.5km at 3.9%) the three breakaway riders have been caught.
The flags have been out for the peloton in Bastogne
Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) strengthened her place inside the QOM ranking in her polka dot jersey by taking the lead on the excessive of the Côte de Saint-Pancré climb (69.6km, Cat. 4, 1.5km at 3.9%) for two additional components, merely ahead of Justine Ghekiere (1 degree). FDJ-SUEZ then stepped up the assaults and ended up discovering a spot with Loes Adegeest, third inside the Rotterdam time trial. She was 15 seconds ahead of the bunch on the excessive of the Côte de Fermont (79km, Cat. 4, 1.5km at 4.6%), with the first group led by Persico on the summit. A second group by which Charlotte Kool (dsm-firmenich-PostNL) was driving reached the Fermont summit merely over a minute behind the GC leaders. Julie Van de Velde (AG Insurance coverage coverage-Soudal Crew) and double cyclo-cross World Champion Fem van Empel (Visma | Lease a Bike) joined forces with Adegeest 67.5km from the top and shortly constructed up a lead of over 1 minute, whereas Kool and her group re-joined the peloton.
One different hilly day
Sooner than the intermediate sprint at Mercy-Le-Haut (105.8km), though, Kool was in trouble as soon as extra, dropping to higher than 2 minutes behind the bunch. Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) gained the bunch sprint for 13 very important components, crossing the intermediate line in fifth place, behind the breakaway three and counter-attacker Maëva Squiban (Arkea-B&B Resorts), with Squiban rapidly caught as soon as extra by the GC group. It had been Van de Velde who gained the intermediate sprint, ahead of Adegeest and Van Empel and with 30km to go a 2:17 profit gave the three riders on the doorway the hope that they might make it to the top to contest the victory between them.
Julie Van de Velde (AG Insurance coverage coverage-Soudal Crew) and Fem Van Empel (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Nonetheless, by the purpose 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 right down to solely 48 seconds, with Movistar Crew rising the tempo of the peloton. That gap was merely 24 seconds on the summit, which Van Empel reached first. The large crash involving Vollering with 6km to go shook up the GC, whereas Adegeest was the ultimate of the break riders to be caught – as 9 riders who had moved ahead of the break up peloton after the crash reached her with 2.3km to go. On the last word straight Vas was too sturdy for Niewiadoma, Lippert and Faulkner to take the win on a troublesome day for her workers.
Stage winner – Kata Blanka Vas
Stage winner, Blanka Vas (SD Worx-Protime): “It’s crazy, I nonetheless can’t think about it. I don’t know what to say! I really didn’t anticipate this presently on account of I felt so unhealthy by means of the race. Anna [Van der Breggen] talked about to me “think about in your self” after which it helped me fairly loads. My radio was not working so I didn’t know what occurred inside the once more nevertheless Demi crashed and misplaced Yellow so it’s a shame. Now, I’ve blended feelings. I was merely in Mischa’s [Bredewold] wheel so I was in 2nd place. I didn’t hear one thing so I don’t know what occurred. Throughout the final, I didn’t want to make the similar mistake as a result of the Olympics [she finished 4th]. I was struggling loads nevertheless I knew if I was in a small group, probably I can win. Moreover the Olympics gave me loads of confidence on account of I was racing inside the entrance. So now, if I’ve day, I do know I may very well be inside the entrance.”
New chief – Katarzyna Niewiadoma
Whole chief and 2nd on the stage, Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM): “It feels very explicit for sure. I merely found about getting the Yellow Jersey a couple of minutes up to now so I actually really feel desire it [the emotion] hasn’t completely reached me. Nonetheless we’re fully glad, fully glad for my teammates, for everyone who has put in exhausting work and vitality to get us into this jersey, so we’re undoubtedly fully glad about it. Instantly’s stage was very chaotic mainly. I actually really feel like the entire ranges so far have been very hectic so we knew that we merely wanted to maintain inside the entrance. We’ve under no circumstances achieved a recon like presently’s stage so the first function was merely to stay in entrance, to stay away from incidents, chaos and crashes, on account of we’ve been involved in some crashes inside the first ranges. So I imagine it was merely good positioning, having teammates spherical that allowed us to stay in entrance of all of the issues.”
# Resulting from ASO for the stage particulars. #
Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift Stage 5 Finish end result:
1. Kata Blanka Vas (Hun) SD Worx-Protime in 3:46:51
2. Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon//SRAM
3. Liane Lippert (Ger) Movistar
4. Kristen Faulkner (USA) EF-Oatly-Cannondale
5. Emma Norsgaard-Bjerg (Den) Movistar at 0:08
6. Lucinda Mannequin (Ned) Lidl-Trek at 0:11
7. Cedrine Kerbaol (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT
8. Lorena Wiebes (Ned) SD Worx-Protime at 28
9. Marianne Vos (Ned) Visma | Lease a Bike
10. Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ-SUEZ.
Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift Whole After Stage 5:
1. Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon//SRAM in 11:27:29
2. Kristen Faulkner (USA) EF-Oatly-Cannondale at 0:19
3. Puck Pieterse (Ned) Fenix-Deceuninck at 0:22
4. Cedrine Kerbaol (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT at 0:47
5. Juliette Labous (Fra) dsm-firmenich-PostNL at 56
6. Thalita de Jong (Ned) Lotto Dstny at 1:04
7. Shirin van Anrooij (Ned) Lidl-Trek at 1:07
8. Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned) Fenix-Deceuninck at 1:08
9. Demi Vollering (Ned) SD Worx-Protime at 1:19
10. Liane Lippert (Ger) Movistar at 1:20.
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