Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift Stage Report: It was an aesthetic victory for Kata Blanka Vas (SD Worx-Protime) on Stage 5 of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift in Amneville, because the Hungarian out-sprinted Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM) and Liane Lippert (Movistar) to the road, with Kristen Faulkner (EF-Oatly-Cannondale) shut, in fourth. A crash involving Vas’ teammate Demi Vollering and several other different riders decimated the peloton with 6km to go, with Vollering persevering with, however 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 total, 1:19 off Niewiadoma, having misplaced 1:47 because of her crash.
Stage 5 closing kilometre
The biking hotspot of Bastogne was the setting for the beginning of Stage 5 as 137 riders commenced the day’s motion, which might see the peloton cowl 152.5km, taking up 5 categorised climbs on the path to Amneville. Elena Pirrone (Roland) first after which counter-attacker Michaela Drummond (Arkea-B&B Inns) had been the early movers, arriving collectively on the summit of the primary categorised climb of the day (Côte de Hotte – 14.1km, Cat. 3, 1.2km at 7.9%) roughly 20 seconds forward of the bunch, which was led excessive by Silvia Persico (UAE Group ADQ). Pirrone and Drummond had been caught by the peloton shortly after they descended the Côte de Hotte.
Stage 5 profile
There have been a number of short-lived break makes an attempt because the riders made their option to the second categorised climb of the day, however the peloton tightly managed the potential escapees. That was the case till the Finn Wilma Aintila (Lotto Dstny Women) attacked after an hour of racing and she or he was quickly joined by Amandine Fouquenet (Arkéa-B&B Inns) on the entrance. After her earlier assault Pirrone went on the transfer once more and joined Aintila and Fouquenet to type an attacking trio within the break, making a 35 second hole by 65km. Simply after the race entered France (64.5km) a bunch of 15 counter attackers tried to succeed in the entrance three, with the peloton responding. Because the riders received to the beginning of the Côte de Saint-Pancré climb (69.6km, Cat. 4, 1.5km at 3.9%) the three breakaway riders had been caught.
The flags had been out for the peloton in Bastogne
Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) bolstered her place within the QOM rating in her polka dot jersey by taking the lead on the high of the Côte de Saint-Pancré climb (69.6km, Cat. 4, 1.5km at 3.9%) for 2 extra factors, simply forward of Justine Ghekiere (1 level). FDJ-SUEZ then stepped up the assaults and ended up discovering a gap with Loes Adegeest, third within the Rotterdam time trial. She was 15 seconds forward of the bunch on the high of the Côte de Fermont (79km, Cat. 4, 1.5km at 4.6%), with the principle group led by Persico on the summit. A second group by which Charlotte Kool (dsm-firmenich-PostNL) was using reached the Fermont summit simply over a minute behind the GC leaders. Julie Van de Velde (AG Insurance coverage-Soudal Group) and double cyclo-cross World Champion Fem van Empel (Visma | Lease a Bike) joined forces with Adegeest 67.5km from the end and shortly constructed up a lead of over 1 minute, while Kool and her group re-joined the peloton.
One other hilly day
Earlier than the intermediate dash at Mercy-Le-Haut (105.8km), although, Kool was in hassle once more, dropping to greater than 2 minutes behind the bunch. Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) gained the bunch dash for 13 necessary factors, crossing the intermediate line in fifth place, behind the breakaway three and counter-attacker Maëva Squiban (Arkea-B&B Inns), with Squiban quickly caught once more by the GC group. It had been Van de Velde who gained the intermediate dash, forward of Adegeest and Van Empel and with 30km to go a 2:17 benefit gave the three riders on the entrance the hope that they might make it to the end to contest the victory between them.
Julie Van de Velde (AG Insurance coverage-Soudal Group) and Fem Van Empel (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Nevertheless, by the point 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 down to only 48 seconds, with Movistar Group rising the tempo of the peloton. That hole was simply 24 seconds on the summit, which Van Empel reached first. The massive crash involving Vollering with 6km to go shook up the GC, while Adegeest was the final of the break riders to be caught – as 9 riders who had moved forward of the cut up peloton after the crash reached her with 2.3km to go. On the ultimate straight Vas was too sturdy for Niewiadoma, Lippert and Faulkner to take the win on a troublesome day for her workforce.
Stage winner – Kata Blanka Vas
Stage winner, Blanka Vas (SD Worx-Protime): “It’s loopy, I nonetheless can’t imagine it. I don’t know what to say! I actually didn’t count on this right now as a result of I felt so dangerous through the race. Anna [Van der Breggen] mentioned to me “imagine in your self” after which it helped me loads. My radio was not working so I didn’t know what occurred within the again however Demi crashed and misplaced Yellow so it’s a disgrace. Now, I’ve combined emotions. I used to be simply in Mischa’s [Bredewold] wheel so I used to be in 2nd place. I didn’t hear something so I don’t know what occurred. Within the closing, I didn’t need to make the identical mistake because the Olympics [she finished 4th]. I used to be struggling a lot however I knew if I used to be in a small group, possibly I can win. Additionally the Olympics gave me a variety of confidence as a result of I used to be racing within the entrance. So now, if I’ve an excellent day, I do know I may be within the entrance.”
New chief – Katarzyna Niewiadoma
Total chief and 2nd on the stage, Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM): “It feels very particular for positive. I simply realized about getting the Yellow Jersey a few minutes in the past so I really feel prefer it [the emotion] hasn’t absolutely reached me. However we’re completely happy, completely happy for my teammates, for everybody who has put in exhausting work and energy to get us into this jersey, so we’re undoubtedly completely happy about it. Right this moment’s stage was very chaotic usually. I really feel like all of the phases up to now had been very hectic so we knew that we simply needed to keep within the entrance. We’ve by no means carried out a recon like right now’s stage so the principle aim was simply to remain in entrance, to keep away from incidents, chaos and crashes, as a result of we had been concerned in some crashes within the first phases. So I feel it was simply good positioning, having teammates round that allowed us to remain in entrance of every part.”
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Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift Stage 5 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 Model (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 Total 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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