Lorena Wiebes offers herself a second victory in a row in front of Marianne Vos, who keeps her yellow jersey

Like the day before in Angers, the Dutch sprinter dominated competition during a group arrival in Poitiers on Tuesday.

The fastest runner in the world has still struck. Favorite of the day, Lorena Wiebes signed her second victory in a row at the sprint at the end of the 4th stage of the Tour de France women, Tuesday July 29 in Poitiers. Already winner on Monday in Angers, the Dutchman of the SD World-Protime team reinforced her position at the top of the classification of the green jersey by ahead of the Marianne Vos line (Visma-Lease a Bike), which retains its leader tunic, and the Irish Lara Gillespie (UAE Team Adq).

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And this, when she had already dominated her compatriot of yellow jersey with an intermediate sprint. Yet in the final, the SD-Worlds had appeared more disorderly than usual, the leader Anna van der Breggen (7th to 27 “) being forced to take a relay to the world champion Lotte Kopecky, who had produced her effort even before the red flame.

At the game of bonuses, the top of the general classification is nevertheless upset since the winner of the day climbs in second place ahead of Mauritian Kim Le Court (AG Insurance-Soudal), who points like her at 12 “by Marianne Vos. La Française Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt (Visma-lease a Bike, 4th at 18”) and the title Catherine NIEWIADOMA (Canyon-SRAM, 5th to 22 “) remain in contact.

The flattest stage of these nine days of racing had, before that, saw the runners fight to take the escape, like Victoire Berteau (Cofidis), the French Champion 2023. But it is ultimately the duo composed of the German Franziska Koch (Picnic Postnl) and the Brazilian Ana Vitoria Magalhaes (Movistar), who held the longest after having taken the longest and The Dutchman Maud Rijnbeek (Volkerwessels). Their company nevertheless came back in vain, since they were logically caught up in the peloton four kilometers from the finish.

After her fall in the final of the day before, half vollering (FDJ-Suez) did not seem to be at best at the start of Saumur, but she finally spent a globally quiet day, even showing herself at the front of the peloton after borders without consequences. “It is rather reassuring, she had slept well and all the medical protocols were ok this morning. On the first kilometers, she was a little afraid in the peloton but we quickly reassured her. As the stage progresses, she was much more comfortable. At the end, I had the impression that it was as if there was nothing. I think that the hardest is behind us”reacted her tricolor teammate Juliette Labous in the show Vélo Club.

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“We were very worried last night, even more this morning. We will redo exams this evening and leave each other again one night. She has knee pain, back and cervical. It was worrying this morning, reassuring on the radio after an hour. We have to see how it will evolve. We told her that we did not want her to take unnecessary risks because it is her life as a woman who is not in play.said with caution Stephen Delcourt, the manager of FDJ-Suez, dismissing the hypothesis of a concussion.

To be completely reassured about its state of form, it will be necessary to wait for the 5th stage between the Futuroscope of Chasseneuil-du-Poitou and Guéret with a rugged profile and more than 2,000 meters of positive elevation on the program.