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After 175.6 km, the Dutch Lorena Wiebes won the sprint of the 5th stage of the Tour de France Women. Third, Marianne Vos retains the yellow jersey.
She becomes the first double stage winner on the Women’s Tour de France. Dutch Lorena Wiebes won in a bunch sprint the 5e stage between Bar-Le-Duc and Saint-Dié-Des-Vosges. She is ahead of world champion Elisa Balsamo and yellow jersey Marianne Vos.
The day after the stressful white paths stage, the peloton had a quiet day, on the 175.6 km between Bar-Le-Duc and Saint-Dié-Les-Vosges, the longest stage of the 2022 edition. So long that the organizer had to request an exemption from the International Cycling Union because events of more than 160 kilometers are theoretically prohibited for women.
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The stage followed the classic scenario of long flat stages. The peloton let slip a morning breakaway, made up of four riders – Victoire Berteau (Cofidis), Antri Christoforou (Human Powered Health), Emily Newsom (EF Education-Tibco-SVB) and Anya Louw (AG Insurance-NXTG) –, before to take it back in the last kilometres. The victory was decided during a massive sprint. The French, Victoire Berteau, will be able to console herself with the Prize for combativeness.
Only a massive crash that occurred 46 kilometers from the finish disturbed the calm of the stage. Occurring in the middle of the peloton, the fall took several dozen runners to the ground. Many bikes and bodies piled on top of each other, an impressive picture.
With this long stage, the runners have reached the foothills of the Vosges. The last three stages will take place in this massif with in particular the last two, concluded respectively at the Markstein and the Super Planche des Belles Filles, which will probably decide the final general classification.
