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The fifth and longest stage of the 2022 Tour de France Femmes came down to a final, frantic sprint, with Dutch cyclist Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM) out-lasting Italy’s Elisa Balsamo (Trek-Segafredo) and fellow Dutchwoman Marianne Vos (Team Jumbo Visma) to take the win.
Lorena Wiebes earned her second win of the Tour de France Femmes with victory on stage five to Saint-Die-des-Vosges.
Tour de France Femmes race leader Marianne Vos (Team Jumbo-Visma) has said that “you have to be realistic” about how long she can stay in yellow, and that the brutal gravel on Stage 4 is “a part of cycling". Vos is top of the standings after winning one stage and finishing second in two more, but speaking after a tough Stage 4 she admitted that it wasn’t likely she would stay in the lead ahead of the climbing in the mountains over the weekend. Ad/> «Of course, you have to be realistic, and with the climbs coming up this weekend, normally, the GC riders are very strong and will take a lot of time,” Vos said.
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.
As the Tour de France peloton steams towards its finish in Paris on Sunday, up ahead of them 144 women riders will do battle on the Champs-Elysees on a momentous day for the sport.
The Tour de France Femmes gets underway this weekend, with 24 teams set to compete in what will be the showpiece event of the season. With a fair few team leaders making no secret of their desire for yellow, who has the strongest line-up for the inaugural eight-stage event? Ad/> There are plenty of big names, improving youngsters and ones to watch so here is a blow-by-blow account of who has made the cut for the Tour de France Femmes.
Kasia Niewiadoma will lead the Canyon-SRAM team alongside Pauliena Rooijakkers at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift that kicks off on Sunday in Paris.
Elisa Longo Borghini won a hilltop finish on Black Mountain to win stage five of the Women’s Tour in Carmarthenshire and set up a grandstand finale for the overall title in Oxford on Saturday.