Tour de France Femmes: Emma Norsgaard quits race after shocking 30-woman crash
Danish rider Emma Norsgaard was forced to abandon the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift after a major crash during the fifth stage.
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Lorena Wiebes roars to Stage 5 victory at Tour de France Femmes, Marianne Vos increases lead
Lorena Wiebes (DSM) proved she is the strongest out-and-out sprinter at the Tour de France Femmes with a dominant victory on Stage 5. World champion Elisa Balsamo (Trek-Segafredo) was a distant second, while Marianne Vos finished third after losing her Jumbo-Visma team-mates in the finale, forcing her to plot her own path to the line.
Tour de France Femmes: 'Incredible' Marianne Vos is 'up there with the men' at reading a race after Stage 2 win
Marianne Vos’ tactics to claim victory and the yellow jersey on Stage 2 of the Tour de France Femmes have drawn huge praise from Eurosport’s Breakaway team. The Jumbo-Visma rider timed her sprint to perfection as she fended off the challenges of the likes of Elisa Balsamo (Trek–Segafredo), Maike van der Duin (Le Col-Wahoo), Silvia Persico (Valcar-Travel & Service) and Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM) to take the win. Ad/> Watching the action for Eurosport, Adam Blythe was impressed with the way Vos overcame her rivals and suggested she could even provide a match for male racers.
Marianne Vos takes yellow jersey on second stage of Tour de France Femmes
The evergreen Marianne Vos emphatically out-sprinted her five breakaway companions to claim stage two and the yellow jersey in the Tour de France Femmes in Provins. The 35-year-old, beaten to the line on the Champs Élysées on Sunday by overnight race leader, Lorena Wiebes, made no mistake on the uphill sprint, easily distancing Silvia Persico, of the Valcar Travel and Service team.
Tour de France Femmes 2022: How to watch Stage 1 on Sunday, TV and live stream details, timings and route map
It's a double helping of the Champs-Elysees on Sunday as the inaugural Tour de France Femmes gets underway shortly before the men's race finishes on the iconic cobbled strip. It’s an interesting twist to start the race where the men end, with a sprint finish the most likely outcome unless the weather intervenes.
Tour de France Femmes 2022: 'You can lose entire Tour' on 'absolutely ridiculous' Super Planche
The final climb of the Tour de France Femmes is “absolutely ridiculous” and could derail the entire race for some GC hopefuls, according to Eurosport commentator Jose Been. The inaugural eight-stage race gets underway on Sunday, with the ascent up La Super Planche des Belles Filles on the last day – which tops out at a gruesome 24% – set to produce fireworks. Ad/> The race will see 24 teams compete and has attracted a start list decorated with pre-eminent names from the world of cycling, including Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar), Demi Vollering and Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx), Elisa Longo Borghini, Elisa Balsamo (Trek-Segafredo) and Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma).
Italian Balsamo ends Dutch reign in women's world road race
LEUVEN: Italy's Elisa Balsamo won the women's world road race title on Saturday ending a four-year run of success for Dutch riders.
Tour de France Femmes 2022: 'To be a woman in cycling you have to be crazy' - Audrey Cordon-Ragot
“People are not ready” for the impact of the inaugural Tour de France Femmes, according to Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Trek-Segafredo). Starting from Paris and ending with an epic summit finish, the eight-day race has a bit of everything as the women’s peloton races across the roads, cobbles and mountains of north-east France. Ad/> “To be a woman in cycling you have to be crazy,” Cordon-Ragot says on the latest Power of Sport episode.