Marianne Vos clinched stage six of La Vuelta Femenina by millimetres on Friday, beating Mischa Bredewold on the road after a photograph end.
The Visma-Lease a Bike rider was very lively within the closing phases of the penultimate stage, but it surely all got here right down to the ultimate 100 metres, with Vos throwing her bike to beat SD Worx-Protime’s Bredewold on the road.
It was Vos’ second victory of the week after she gained stage two; as she completed second on phases three and 4, too, the Dutchwoman is answerable for the factors competitors.
Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) completed with the bunch to make sure her continued lead within the race total, 45 seconds over Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime).
“I’m very glad and exhausted to be sincere,” Vos stated post-stage on tv. “We knew right this moment was an opportunity for us and we needed to go all in and we did. Ultimately it was actually shut so I used to be glad I might simply take it.
“There have been loads of lengthy, straight, open roads [today]. Not loads of wind, however sufficient wind to make it arduous, largely headwind. It was not excellent for the breakaway, after which a giant group went, however we had two riders in there. For us, it was a superb state of affairs. When that received closed, and the ultimate opened we needed to take management.”
“It was a quick run-in with the downhill, all of the groups had been attempting to arrange,” she defined of the end. “Already on the ultimate climbs it was powerful to remain in rivalry. I received introduced in in a very good place, after which Imogen Wolff once more did a very good job bringing me into a very good place. Mischa Bredewold opened her dash, and the final 150m it was simply us two-abreast. It was very shut.
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“We’re very proud of right this moment, and we’re going to have a good time a bit, after which prepare for the final stage. Hopefully we will end it off with a pleasant day.”
Saturday’s stage finishes on the Alto de Cotobello, a ten.5km at 8%, which is able to determine the course of the purple jersey.
The way it occurred
The penultimate stage of La Vuelta Femenina was forecast to finish in a dash, sandwiched between two excessive mountain phases.
Regardless of a number of assaults within the opening kilometres, the peloton nonetheless stubbornly remained collectively after 50km of racing.
With 80km of the day left, an enormous group of 19 broke away from the peloton, together with former purple jersey Ellen van Dijk (Lidl-Trek) and Olympic champion Kristen Faulkner (EF Training-Oatly). The closest to the highest of the GC was Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance coverage-Soudal), at 6:42 behind the chief, Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez).
The time hole by no means received too far past a minute, with Movistar, Liv AlUla Jayco and Visma-Lease a Bike amongst these powering on the entrance of the peloton.
With 46km to go, the break was caught, which led to an virtually rapid counter assault by three riders – Lea Lin Teutenberg (Lotto), Nicole Steigenga (AG Insurance coverage-Soudal) and Sarah Roy (EF Training-Oatly). The trio constructed up a lead of over a minute, however the curiosity in a bunch dash end was too excessive for the break to outlive.
Liane Lippert (Movistar) clipped off the entrance with 14km to go, rapidly consuming up the house in between the peloton and the leaders to finish their hopes. Lippert hoped to flee alone, however kicked off some GC motion, as she was adopted not solely by Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) however Vollering, Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) after which Marlen Reusser (Movistar).
As soon as this was closed down, Lippert was joined by Vos and Mischa Bredewold (SD Worx-Protime) out entrance for the most recent escape try, which lasted for about 3km on the plateau earlier than the ultimate small climb earlier than the end.
Lidl-Trek and FDJ-Suez had been ever-present on the entrance of the bunch as lower than 7km remained of the day, earlier than the ultimate rise. Issues caught collectively for a lot of the ascent, earlier than Cédrine Kerbaol (EF Training-Oatly) tried to go clear on the descent, however she was rapidly chased by the bunch led by Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM).
With the peloton altogether into the final kilometre, all eyes had been on a dash. Imogen Wolff (Visma-Lease a Bike) led across the remaining nook, working for Vos, who sprinted to the road in opposition to Bredewold. Vos tried to come back spherical within the remaining 50 metres, and succeeded, however solely simply, beating her compatriot in a photograph end.
Outcomes
La Vuelta Femenina 2025 stage six: Becerril de Campos > Baltanás (126.7km)
1. Marianne Vos (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike, in 3:00:09
2. Mischa Bredewold (Ned) SD Worx-Protime
3. Ally Wollaston (NZl) FDJ-Suez
4. Lara Gillespie (Ire) UAE Crew ADQ
5. Nicole Steigenga (Ned) AG Insurance coverage-Soudal
6. Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka (Pol) Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto
7. Cat Ferguson (GBr) Movistar
8. Megan Jastrab (USA) Picnic PostNL
9. Usoa Ostolaza (Spa) Labora Kutxa-Fundación Euskadi
10. Imogen Wolff (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike, all at similar time
1. Demi Vollering (Ned) FDJ-Suez, in 15:18:08
2. Anna van der Breggen (Ned) SD Worx-Protime, +45s
3. Marlen Reusser (Sui) Movistar, +46s
4. Cédrine Kerbaol (Fra) EF Educartion-Oatly, +1:49
5. Riejanne Markus (Ned) Lidl-Trek, +2:05
6. Juliette Labous (Fra) FDJ-Suez, +2:09
7. Niamh Fisher-Black (NZl) Lidl-Trek, +2:19
8. Usoa Ostolaza (Spa) Laboral Kutxa, +2:26
9. Monica Trinca Colonel (Ita) Liv AlUla Jayco, +2:35
10. Yara Kastelijn (Ned) Fenix-Deceuninck, +2:57